October 28, 2019 a thought for the day:  If you don't cherish the little, you don't deserve the more.  Hungarian Proverb

It has been a “soft” day. I don’t know if that word can describe a day but it does for me. It is a day when there is no pressure to get things done. It is a day when there are people around who love and do for you. It is a day when the weather isn’t threatening by either rain or too much cold.

I got the bulletin ready for the last information which come from the minister whenever he is prepared to send it. The next few days will have a little more activity. I have two food pantry days coming up and at least one trip to the store. I haven’t got any Halloween candy in yet. And I still have bills to pay before the end of the week. I also have a training session coming up this week so it looks like today will be the quietest day for a while.

I haven’t been out in search of photos for the past three days so these there have been taken near home. On October 26, it was raining and dreary. I noticed a low hanging branch on the tree near the street. There was good color and the street in the background showed the wet pavement giving the feeling of wet and dreary with the fallen leaves.

Lowell and Rebecca were both here today helping out with a few things. They left for church and Sue left for some shopping. The house got quiet all of a sudden and a little lonely.

I got the plants that needed watered taken care of. The pine cones I planted a few days ago were showing some signs of mold so I think I am going to have to give those cones up for use in my experiment.  Since the house was still quiet, I took a look around for my photo of the day. Lowell’s truck was behind my car so I couldn’t drive through the neighborhood looking for shots. I found a couple that looked pretty good out the back door. After some post processing I’ll choose the one I like best.

Last week when things were a little slow for me, I started on my annual family calendar. It is going to be more of a challenge this year than in the past since I don’t see part of my family anymore. I hope I can make it look nice anyway.


The word is breezes.  No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy! Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the face of God, Rumi. The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward, Ramakrishna. Can man be so age-stricken that no faintest sunshine of his youth may re visit him once a year? It is impossible. The moss on our time-worn mansion brightens into beauty; and the good old pastor, who once dwelt here, renewed his prime and regained his boyhood in the genial breeze of his ninetieth spring. Alas for the worn and heavy soul, if, whether in youth or age, it has outlived its privilege of springtime sprightliness! Nathaniel Hawthorne.  Acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze, Thomas Carlyle.  I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless! - not frozen seas More motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again! William Wordsworth.    

 I have a wonderful view of the neighborhood to the north of my house, to th South too but not with such beautiful framing. The sun was out on the twenty seventh allowing the color to come through with a more vibrant display. I like the way it frames the lines, shapes and forms of the homes in the background.

It always a good thing for animal lovers like myself to read that there has been a new addition to the zoo. This time it wasn’t at the zoo proper it was at the Wilds. The Wilds is a safari like park in South Eastern Ohio. It offers a  conservation center along and education programs. Last Wednesday a white rhinoceros was born there. She is the 21st white rhino born there in the past fifteen years. The park staff named her Scout. Her mother is five years old.  Her father is twenty one years old. She is his first off spring. Scout will be released for folks to see by Friday.

I think I will pull something from the freezer for dinner tonight, most likely the lima bean soup I made a few weeks ago.

Since I couldn’t get the car out of the driveway today, I searched around for something with color and lines. Most of the houses in this neighborhood are charming with architecture that catches the eye,

Joy