August 3, 2020 thought for the day: God will listen to you whatever cloak you wear. Spanish Proverb

We had the twins again last night. This wasn’t a planned visit. All other adults in their lives were working today so we got to have them with us over night.

The photo challenge for August 2 was “sunrise/sunset”. I had to go back to my photo archives to pull one I took a while ago. I don’t get up before sunrise anymore. I like to upload the photo of the day  by early afternoon so it isn’t possible to take the photo that evening and upload it in time that day.

There is nothing much happening today except for work on the church bulletin. Since this pastor is quite on the ball I had her information a little ahead of time so I was able to get the whole bulletin done in about three hours.

Watering the gardens isn’t necessary today. We have had a few days of rain off and on. So watering was one of the to-do list check boxes filled in automatically. Now I have the rest of the day to catch up on some “back burner” projects.

I have a hibiscus plant that is in full bloom. There are buds all over every stem. At the beginning of spring I thought the plant was dead so I pruned it drastically. It came back to life in a huge way. I go out every day to cut off three or four or even five full open flowers to bring in to spruce up the kitchen and dining room and to give all the other buds a better chance to open.

The word today is knowing.   ...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all, Saint John Chrysostom.  One so small Who knowing nothing knows but to obey, Alfred Lord Tennyson.  Every man of sound brain whom you meet knows something worth knowing better than yourself. A man, on the whole, is a better preceptor than a book. But what scholar does not allow that the dullest book can suggest to him a new and a sound idea? Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton. Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive, David.  I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do, Leonardo da Vinci. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing, Socrates.  Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom, Aristotle. The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials, Confucius. Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. No man should be angry with what is true, Plato.

The photo theme today is “kindness”. In this photo Sweetpea obliged by resting her chin on my hand. I don’t know which was the “kinder”, me holding her chin or her allowing me to.

It was difficult for me to find something to talk about from today’s news. This is a more about some housing in Columbus. Actually it is “affordable housing apartments”. They are planned for “existing or planned public transportation routs and near schools...”. Franklin County is planning four developments that would create two hundred and seventy-three such apartments. There is an apparent hold up in the process due to the money intended for the process is being delayed until the developers can secure federal tax credits. The actual construction will not be done over night, so to speak, it will take a couple of years to complete the process. One person interviewed for the story said it is “about quality of life and work force availability.” Parts of the city to receive these housings are in the Linden area, on the westside on West Broad Street, on Lockbourne Road on the South side and on the South side on Reeb Road. It is hoped that the facilities “will be ready for residency by 2022".
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Hot dogs and potato soup for dinner.

Joy