August 7, 2020 thought for the day:  If you are not good for yourself, how can you be good for others? Spanish Proverb

It has been an interesting Friday as it always is when the twins are here. It is surprising how they come up with actions and ideas I have either totally forgotten since my seventh year which is way way in the background or never even thought of to start with. It, once again, shows that all minds and thoughts are new, unique and original if not in total at least in part. 

The photo challenge for August 5 was “people”. I made another quick trip to Westgate Park again yesterday to find this photo. I knew there would be people there either at the tennis court or the daily walk on around the circumference of the park.

A note from yesterday, when I started to leave for church yesterday I found that I had a dead battery. I called AAA. They were here in about thirty minutes. The mechanic was going to jump the battery and found that it was completely gone so he replaced it. There’s always something when we own property.

I finished the handouts for the free meal on Saturday evening with the help of Savannah putting the VIP labels on the envelopes. She asked if they could stay another night so she could go help with the free meal tomorrow evening.

The girls wanted to go to one of the play grounds for a while. So I took them to the play area at the school down the street. They only played for about fifteen minutes. One of them hurt their foot so play time was over.

When we got back, I watered one of the areas of the yard, later for the other section. I want to tear up all of the black cloth that was put down where my tulips and daffodils have popped up for years. They didn’t this year because they were smothered by the black cloth. I don’t know if it is too late for them to “pop up” next year.

Today’s photo theme is “art or craft”. I couldn’t make up my mind for this one. The twins are here but they are not working on one of the “craft” projects so that wasn’t a choice. I do have some of Sue’s sketches sitting around so I shot the one she has done of our grandfather with one of the horses he used for deliveries from his general store.

They are updating the site that I have my blog on. While finding my way on the new features I inadvertently deleted some of my older blogs so now I am taking time to put them back.

The word today is land.  We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children, Chief Seattle.  Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown, Stephen Gardiner.  You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, Henry David Thoreau. What greater grief than the loss of one's native land, Euripides. The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land, Abraham Lincoln. It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land, Sitting Bull. The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish; Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly; So to the brave man every land's a home, Ovid. Not only does every animal live at the expense of some other animal or plant, but the very plants are at war.... The individuals of a species are like the crew of a foundered ship, and none but good swimmers have a chance of reaching the land, Thomas Huxley.   

It’s amazing all the things I am reading about how people are adapting to this “new normal”. According to this article even the Pelotonia is making some changes leaning toward other ways including a virtual way of doing things. One of the ladies mentioned in the article rode her exercise bike to participate in this annual fund raiser practice. Her family cheered her on with signs. The article went on to say that more than 10,000 ‘registrants’ have chosen an online platform with creative ways of using them. They have used ‘goals’ such as golf, swimming, soccer, fitness exercises and ways of helping with the pandemic (making masks and blood donations). The normal funds for this event are down but the hope is they will be rebuilt. They have waived the registration fees and fund-raising requirements for this year. It is expected that a wider audience is being reached since Pelotonia is no longer a cycling-only event. This allows even young children to participate. There are three-legged races and swimming relays.

It’s pizza night again......I love it when the no-kitchen-work night rolls around.

Joy