July 1, 2020 thought for the day: If your day is hemmed with prayer, it is less likely to unravel. Traditional Proverb

It has been a slow day compared to the last three or four. There is noting on the agenda except to make any small corrections to the bulletin for printing tomorrow.

The photo theme for June 30 was “four”. As usual my search began with the closet object to my eye at a time I could begin my search. The first thing I noticed was Sweet Pea showing all four paws as she napped laying on her side. I decided that would make a perfect subject and didn’t look any further.

When I got home from a meeting at church yesterday, I got an email from an old and dear friend, one I haven’t seen since I retired from the federal court system. It was good to hear from him.

I got the frig cleared out, started the dish washer, put an egg on to cook to add to the tuna I was making for lunch and cooked some chicken for chicken salad. Saturday I had another slow day and started looking up salad recipes. Summer time seems to be the season for salads. I never have been able to make a good chicken salad. I found one that sounds good, it is the one I will try for tonight.

It rained last night so I’m going to take a chance that my “garden” doesn’t need a drink today, except for the seedlings I am coaxing and nourishing.

The photo subject for today was “happiness is....”. That can be a broad subject. This season is normally a happy one for many people and I am one of them. Nature can show it best features with the sun, green grass, blue skies, and fluffy clouds. That was my choice for this subject.

The word today is impression.  All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence, Ralph Waldo Emerson. But the impressions which the morning makes vanish with its dews, and not even the most "persevering mortal" can preserve the memory of its freshness to midday, Henry David Thoreau.  And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark. Plato. Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly those of earlier years, Charlotte Bronte. The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them, Laozi. Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most, Thucydides. Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress of its Maker and can-if duly considered-read us lectures of ethics or divinity, Sir Thomas Blount, 1st Baronet.  The same facts impress us differently, Thomas Jefferson.

It looks like there are more plans in store for Columbus highways. The title of this article drew my attention: “Columbus-area initiative seeks development that won’t bring more cars”. A planning commission called LinkUS is “working with neighborhoods and businesses to develop high-capacity and rapid-transit systems in the corridors along with improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians”.  Some of the subjects that have come up in the beginning of this plan are “young adults are less interested in owning a car”....”high capacity transit can transform”....and “more affordable housing can be built along the ‘corridors’”. There apparently will be community input in these planes at some point. I think this will be a subject we may (or may not) hear more about in the near future.

Today is the last day of the moth so time for the usual monthly composite of photos shot every day in June.

We are having chicken salad and stuffing for dinner.

Love you
Grandma