Saturday, July 4, 2020

July 3, 2020 thought for today: When in prayer you clasp your hands, God opens His. Traditional Proverb

It’s been another overnight with the twins and the energy that goes with it. We didn’t do so much moving around away from the house this time. We stayed here and they seemed able to find all kinds of things that interested them. One of the things that seemed to grab their attention the most was playing in the hose. I went out to water the back “garden”. That’s when they decided it would be nice to get themselves wet too. They seemed to have had a blast.

My photo challenge for yesterday was “fave colour”. I don’t know that I really have a favorite color. It changes with my mood and senses. Yesterday, and many time, it is green.

I think I picked up some more work for church while I was at a meeting last night. Actually, two things, I will be in charge of getting the sermons and anthems up to our web page and facebook page. I will also be generating a new church phone directory.

There is nothing pressing on the agenda for today so other than enjoying the twins I have been researching material on the web to get the phone directory project started. I also got to work on cataloging Photoshop files. I have put that off for a couple of months so there were a lot of photos to add keywords to for future searches.

The word today is impossible. Abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters, Francisco Goya. To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them, George Washington. Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws, Aristotle.  Nothing is impossible to the willing heart. Thomas Heywood. Justice without wisdom is impossible, James Anthony Froude.  It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices, Gautama Buddha. Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible, Francis of Assisi.  There is nothing impossible to him who will try, Alexander the Great.  One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities, Democritus. Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible, Thomas a Kempis.  Every man is an impossibility until he is born, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish, Jean de La Fontaine  Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred... Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace, Hafez. The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility, Tertullian

Today’s challenge is “mirror”. I like the one I chose. I like the division of the photo, the muted colors and the small reflections. This is the mirror above my mantel. That spot has an interesting life and history.

I think I mentioned the area around Old Man’s Cave a few days ago. Here’s another one I found today. This article is about Hocking Hills and it’s reopening “while distancing”. The trails, some of them very narrow, have been “modified”. Many have become “one-way loops”. To complete some of these modifications walkways had to be built. On some of the others just the signs had to be posted. The article mentioned that some of the park workers took the time to reroute some of the trails around “ecologically sensitive areas”. One of the areas that has been closed for six years because of damage from a flood was reopened. The visitors center at Hocking chills is still closed but restrooms are open. The day the opened, last week, the parking lot was on-third full by ten o’clock. Not many were wearing masks but they were keeping good distance from others. There are other state parks with beautiful offerings too. As for the Hocking Hills parks one couple made reservations six months ago for a cabin. A family stopped for an overnight at Hocking Hills on their way for a family reunion in Kentucky. Another item in the article was that a lady stated that it was easy enough hike even with her arthritic knees.

I always look forward to pizza night . . .

Joy

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