November 18, 2020, today’s thought for the day: You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar. Danish Proverb

This has been one of those ho-hum days. I started out working on the two “shops” I have on line. I have heard some of my photo peers selling things from their sites like mine so I decided to update mine and do some advertising. Anyway, that is where I began the day, well almost. I haven’t gotten the information I need to finish the bulletin so I sent an email to see if it was coming soon. Then I got started on my project. 

On November 17 the photo title was “what I’m doing today”. Sugar and Sweet Pea were out of food. I couldn’t do any major shopping yet so I had to stop at the store for just their food. On my way to the car I spotted the grocery carts and decided they would give an idea of what I was doing today. When I got "film" to the “darkroom” (Photoshop) I noticed something I hadn’t seen when I took the shot. Three separate sparrows exploring the area.  

After I got a good bit of work done on the web sites, I checked my email and the information I needed was there so I took about half an hour to finish that and get it out to be proofread. 

I have the TV on and listen to news wherever it comes on. It is saturated right now with new numbers due to the pandemic. It is really depressing. Hopefully it will be controlled sooner than later, before the whole population will have had the virus.  

After that it was back to the computer with some more updating. I was also able to get the calendar done that I am putting together with Westgate area photos in each month. Its set up but I want to double check it. I may want to change out some of the photos before I send it to a printer. I am going to put that off until another day. My son and daughter-in-law have come to help get some things done. 

The word today is persevere. Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent, Calvin Coolidge. By perseverance the snail reached the ark, Charles Spurgeon. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life, Pythagoras.  To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man, Euripides. Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible, Lord Chesterfield. Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable, Lord Chesterfield. Persevere in labors that lead to salvation. Always be busy in spiritual actions. In this way, no matter how often the enemy of our souls approaches, no matter how many times he may try to come near us, he'll find our hearts closed and armed against him, Cyprian.   It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error, Marcus Tullius Cicero. Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer, John Calvin. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones, Confucius. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance, Abigail Adams. 

Today’s photo challenge is titled “my favorite food”. I had lost track of time and I didn’t want to get out
ice cream and not eat it before dinner so I visited my photo archives and found just what I wanted, ice cream with a whipped cream topping. 

When the most recent fires were going on in the western, United States, I was so discouraged for the animals. They were trapped and must have been frightened beyond anything we can decipher. I remember seeing Kola bears in the Australian fires with burned noses and patches on their bodies. I was just knew there would be and applauded people who would rush to help the animals in the California fires as there were reported to be in the Australian fires. Today’s story is about three mountain lion cubs who were rescued from the California fire. They are coming to our awesome Columbus zoo.  One of the three is called Captain Cal and has a story. Some of the firefighters found him as he was severely burned and limping in the road in late September. The pads of his paws were seriously injured. They took him to the Oakland Zoo where he was rehabilitated with “around the clock care.” Two female cubs were rescued a little after Captain Cal from the fire and will all be in Columbus in a few weeks. The two females still need names, they were only a few weeks old when discovered. They all will be flown from Oakland to Indianapolis with staff from both zoos traveling with them to Columbus. Our zoo was chosen because they have had experience with other rescued animal, “including bears, moose and (other) mountain lions”. The article said that after the move the Oakland Zoo can take in more rescued wildlife. The cubs are so young that they will not be on display yet. Since they lost their mother they will be “introduce(d) to Jessie, the zoo’s 17-year-old female mountain lion”.The article mentioned that Jessie is nearly blind and a ‘senior-citizen’ but in good health. It was noted that mountain lions face being struck by cars and illegally poached as well as the wildfires. Captain Cal and the girls are forever safe from those disasters. I think they have had more than their share of man-made disregard.

I am making goulash for dinner tonight. 

Joy

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