September 19, 2019 thought for the day: The bird will not fly into your arrow. Ovambo Proverb

This long and busy week is nearing it’s end. I got the bulletin printed and distributed. I also got the newsletter printed for the ladies and I to finish putting together tomorrow.

Once I got home I made a couple of phone calls that I needed to make. My new doctor’s office has left a couple of message so I returned those. I have to get a pesky mammogram, so I made that appointment. It is also time for Sugar to have her annual shots. Both dogs need their phenobarbital too so I called the vet and set that up for tomorrow afternoon.

The photo challenge for yesterday was R. The best I could do was the neighbors roof, which I think had gorgeous lines and a beautiful background.

I had displaced some money and was getting panicky about it I finally remembered where I put it. That was a big relief off my mind. Once all of that was out of the way, I up loaded the newsletter to the people who want it by email, then uploaded to the church web page. My desk needed a quick straightening so I got that out of the way. Finally I got the laundry separated and the first load started.

On my way home I was on the alert for today’s photo of the day. I made a couple of shots. We’ll see if I use them or see if I have time to shoot some more.

The word is awareness. Patience is the companion of wisdom, Saint Augustine   Nobody can bring you peace but yourself, Ralph Waldo Emerson. The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival, Aristotle. To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not, Akhenaton.  Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self, Francis of Assisi.  Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it, Rumi.  Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom, Socrates.



When we were staying in Mt. Sterling and I was driving back and forth to meetings early in the growing season I noticed the fields when there were heavy rains. There were like over night ponds in all the fields. For the past couple of months there has been very little rain. What a life to have to depend on nature that way.  As you can probably tell the article is about the blite of farmers due to this past summer season. Apparently the heavy rain from earlier in the summer delighted the pumpkin crops. It was bad season for many farmers who had later and smaller harvests. But for the pumpkin farmers this will make for the traditional wagon rides, petting zoos, corn mazes and pumpkin picking as happy as ever. One of the hiccups for some of  the pumpkin farmers was that they had to replant seed in July that missed the mark with the June planting. The fact that after all that rain we had the particularly dry spell wasn’t the best news either but one of the framers mentioned in the article said “farmers are resilient and will roll with the punches. One of the ways the farmers adjusted to the difficult weather of the season and the lower than usual harvest was to not to sell wholesale to stores and reducing the price by 50 cents for the coming farms visitors. One farmer mentioned that while it wasn’t an ideal season the line was as close as you can get. Another food product mentioned was apples. Some of the apple farmers offer apple picking to people who enjoy getting their fruit that fresh. There is also a reduction in that crop due to the weather but there are still ten varieties to choose from on one listed farm.

Today’s (FMS) photo challenge was S. I used one of the shots I made coming home from church. Steps and shadows.

I am having barbeque sandwiches and left overs for dinner. I noticed that Kroger was carrying shredded beef steak when I was there the other day so I bought some with this in mind. I am making my own barbeque sauce, never done it before so it is a test. So here’s how I did the BBQ sauce. Three fourths cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup Heinz Ketchup, I used 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar instead of red wine vinegar and I think that may have been a mistake. The sauce turned out to be a little to sweet for me, I think due to the Pompeian Balsamic vinegar (and I will cut back on the brown sugar next time too). ½ T. Worcestershire sauce. I added a squirt of yellow French’s mustard, a dash or PÀPA Hungarian paprika, some black pepper, a squirt of wine, and a dash of onion powder. It tasted good but too sweet so I added a touch of Arm and Hammer baking soda, still to sweet so a dash of Kroger apple cider vinegar.  I browned the shredded steak and added the sauce. It was good but I still miss my mother-in-laws BBQ sandwiches. I never did get her recipe.

Joy