September 4, 2019 thought for the day An old banana leaf was once young and green. Nigerian Proverb

I like productive days and this has been one of them. I got a good night’s sleep after one that wasn’t so much that way. Sugar, my senior citizen dog,  had diarrhea for two days. I kept thinking it would clear up but after being up every hour on the hour to let her out I knew I had to do something. She and I were both being worn to a frazzle. I took her to the vet this morning. The vet gave her a shot to stop the diarrhea and some antibiotics as well as a couple of other meds for me to give her to build her immune system up. Other than the diarrhea she was acting perfectly fine. Anyway, things seem good today.

The first morning task was to finished the church bulletin. Then I headed out for a couple of errands. I am at a point on the crocheted baby raddle I am making to the point I needed the beads to make the sound. So after checking some stores on line I went to Michaels Craft Store, they seem to have things I need and at a price that is decent. 

I stopped at Walmart to get some printer ink and was looking for planter pots, they didn’t have want I wanted.

After some nourishment at White Castle, I headed to Strader’s Garden Center to look for the pots and some potting soil. I am still slowly, one day at a time, bringing the house plants in. When I got a couple in yesterday I saw that many of them have outgrown their pots. Ergo, new pots.

I am still working on the project of putting dry good in plastic containers. The ones I picked up the other day are a little large for what I need, so I stopped today to get a smaller size.

After I got home I started on the transplanting. Actually, I was multi tasking. My television soaps had started so I took advantage of the commercial breaks to work on the plants and then on filling some of the containers to arrange the kitchen cupboard shelves for better working order.

Now my legs ache and I want to tie up some small chores before I get started on dinner and clean up. I have our first church choir practice of the season this evening and I will want to rest a little before I leave.

My photo of the day for yesterday, September 3, was an every day cork screw. I wanted to open a bottle of wine to use in a recipe I was working on so another one of those killing two birds with one stone....a photo and a needed ingredient made handy.


The word is attitude. The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity, George Eliot.  Not only does the wind of accidents stir me according to its blowing, but I am also stirred and troubled by the instability of my attitude, Michel de Montaigne.  Art is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace The features of the mother's face, Her aspect and her attitude, All her majestic loveliness Chastened and softened and subdued Into a more attractive grace, And with a human sense imbued. He is the greatest artist, then, Whether of pencil or of pen, Who follows Nature, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals, Epictetus.  Falsehood always endeavors to copy the mien and attitude of truth, Samuel Johnson.  Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake, Louisa May Alcott.    In dreams we are true poets; we create the persons of the drama; we give them appropriate figures faces, costumes; they are perfect in their organs, attitudes, manners; moreover they speak after their own characters, not ours; and we listen with surprise to what they say, Ralph Waldo Emerson..   

Over the years it has become more and more set in memory that when something new comes around many times something old has to move to make room. So here we are again. There have been many cemetery’s moved over the years. My only hope is that it is done with reference and regard for the families of the deceased. The article I chose for today is about a new building project in the city. It has come to light that the new26 story residential tower next to the North Market is being built over a grave yard, reportedly one of the first grave yards in Columbus. One of our mayor’s is reported to be buried there. The grave yard has been I existence since 1813 and visited until the 1970s. A story about this space was written in a book called “Columbus City Graveyards” by Donald M. Schlegel. Due to new construction in the area through the years the space was in the way of growth. Most of those buried there were moved to another cemetery. But there were some that were missed and left behind. The article brought up the point that during some construction bones were found. Another situation similar to this in Tampa Bay was cited as a possible way to answer this situation. A company has been hired to find archaeologically using “ground-penetrating radar” any graves and the number of such will be properly exhumed and reburied.

Today’s fatmumslim.com.au project today is D. I had shot a photo of Sugar sleeping beside my computer monitor and decided to use it (dog) in lieu of looking around for another subject.

I am pulling another one of the pre-cooked and frozen meals from the freezer, quick homemade vegetable soup along with some sirloin beef burgers for dinner. This vegetable soup is so easy and quick. Three cans of Swanson’s Beef Stock, a 15 oz. can of Kroger crushed tomatoes (or diced tomatoes crushed in my Ninja blender), one small package each of lima beans, corn, green beans (my family is picky about what vegetables they will eat, those are the first choices). I dice up four or five potatoes and drop into the broth, half a small package of baby carrots dropped in and some celery chopped in large slices if I have any (this is one of the vegetables the family doesn’t care for so I chop it in large slices so they can take it out). Onions are another vegetable they don’t all like so I shake one or two tips of onion powder.  Other spices are Mrs. Dash Table Blend, Tomato Blend, and Garlic and Herb Blends. To top it off I use a with a splash or fourth of a cup of Beringer’s White Zinfandel wine. If I think about it I may add a bay leaf also. After the soup has cooked for a half hour or so I may add some dumplings. (One mixed egg, a splash of water and a splash of olive oil then enough flour to make a heavy dough. Then drop into the simmering soup and let cook for about fifteen minutes.

Joy