Sunday, January 10, 2021

January 9, 2021 thought for the day: A lion lurks in everyone's heart; awake him not. Bulgarian Proverb

The sun is out today making for a happy more relaxed mood than when the skies are gray. But, still it is cold, as a matter of fact even though the sun is shining I think the temperature is below freezing. 

There isn’t too much on the agenda. I am trying to get the last of the Christmas calendar’s printed. It will take a few days. I got the message/hymn sheet dropped off at the church. And I want to work on a short photo project today. After that the dogs are out of their meat ball snack so I will have to make those today. Then the rest of the day can be more on the easy-come-easy-go. 

The photo theme for January 8 was “I ate here”. I didn’t go out any on Friday so there were not fast food photos. I put together some of the things I had for lunch as my photo props. 

I like cable TV on the week end. I usually have it on in the back ground as I work on the computer on Saturday. Most of my favorite shows are being shown on Discovery Plus (a new streaming set up) now. I have “made friends” with many of the regular kitchen and home renovations show personalities. I will be missing them because my cable plan doesn’t carry Discovery Plus. Besides I’m not sure I would like the streaming method anyway. I am (sadly) a type A personality. I have a habit of counting on things to happen at specific times. I sometimes get uneasy when that is interrupted. So with the streaming it is watch at anytime not just at certain times of the day or week. If I would want to watch a certain segment a second time all I would have to do is wait for a rerun. Ah well, c'est la vie. 

The word for today is rely.  The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves, Walt Whitman. Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope, Epictetus. Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring, Horace.  In the first place, then, men should guard against the beginning of change, and in the second place they should not rely upon the political devices of which I have already spoken invented only to deceive the people, for they are proved by experience to be useless, Aristotle.  God wants our conscience to be certain and sure that it is pleasing to Him. This cannot be done if the conscience is led by its own feelings, but only if it relies on the Word of God, Martin Luther. The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour, Livy. The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions, Gautama Buddha.  A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord, Charles Spurgeon.  It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  

Today’s photo challenge is titled “a close up”. I drove by the park for some ideas and made a couple of shots. As I was pulling out of a mall parking lot, I noticed a large bolt above the surface of a cement base for some large signage. It ended that I had several images to choose from. 

Here is another story about the Columbus Zoo. I hope there aren’t so many on my blog that they get boring but the zoo is famous and there is a lot to be learned and enjoyed there and at the wilds. This article is relating some facts about Koalas. The first baby koala in fifteen years was born at the zoo in July.  One of the facts mentioned is that they live their life as solitary animals and pretty much live alone. They spend fifteen to twenty hours a day sleeping. Their favorite food seems to be eucalyptus leaves. One of them “gave birth” in July but the baby, called a joey, has been developing from that point in the mother’s pouch. It isn’t expected to “emerge” until mid March. The article related that when it was first born it was the size of a jellybean, by this time it should be about the size of a softball.  At this point it has opened its eyes and has started to move. I didn’t realize until I read this article that it’s tiny arm or leg may appear now and then at the edge of the pouch. The new baby’s mom is named Katy. This baby is the third born at the zoo since 1991 when the zoo first became a home for the Koalas. Male and female Koalas are only put together at a time when conception can take place. There are only nine facilities that care for Koalas in captivity. Zoos sign an agreement with the Australian government to house them and must follow specific requirements for their care. According to the article they are “picky eaters” and eat only eucalyptus leaves. In some areas the food must be shipped from warmer areas of the country. Here are some things I learned from this article, there are 700 kinds of eucalyptus and only a fraction of them can be eaten by the Koalas. I also learned that eucalyptus is poisonous to other species. In 2019 and 2020 there were bush fires in Australia and thousands of animals were killed and 80% of their habitat was destroyed. 

I’m taking some beef and noodles out of the freezer for dinner. 

Joy

 

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