February 14, 2021 thought for today: Words are like bullets; if they escape, you can't catch them again. African Proverb

I went to church early today to get the Ash Wednesday bulletin printed. I wasn’t sure I would be able to get out of the house before Wednesday next week. It wasn’t bad getting to church today the giant snow fall we are supposed to be getting hadn’t started yet. Attendance was very small. 

After I left church I stopped at Walgreen to see if I could get a set time for my second COVID 19 shot on Thursday. The girl at the counter said I had to set it by getting on line. 

When I got home, I did get on line and set the appointment. Now with what I am hearing on the television about the news I don’t know if I will be able to get out then either. I’ll just have to wait and see. Then I don’t know when I will be the church bulletin printed and Saturday message printed either since I do that on Thursday too. 

The photo there for February 13 was “red”. I have lots of red items around the house but most are not all that interesting so I remembered this small vase of firethorns twigs that I had in the house so it was my model. 

Sue had wanted to go to Walmart and I had told her that we should do it Monday morning since it wasn’t supposed to get really bad until later in the day on Monday. I decided we had better do it today since the weather wasn’t too bad. So we went. I stored up on dog food too just to be safe not knowing how bad things would ultimately get. We have enough food to last for at least a week or so. 

I sent the great grand children each an email Valentin yesterday. It was the first time I attempted doing that on line. I didn’t get paper ones early enough to send. 

Lowell stopped by to help Bob with a lighting problem he was having. I hadn’t seen him in a while so that was nice. 

To top the day off a lens fell out of my glasses. There no way I will be able to get to the eye doctor this week so the old lenses are going to have to do.....that will probably result in a headache since they are not up to the proper prescription. 

The word today is seeking.  In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one another's burdens, Henry Ward Beecher.    The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes, Marcel Proust. The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth, Marcus Tullius Cicero. One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter, Gautama Buddha. Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way, Gautama Buddha. God reveals Himself, unfailingly, to the solitary, thoughtful seeker, Honore de Balzac. A seeker of Truth looks beyond the apparent and contemplates the hidden, Rumi. Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who is a seeker will be a finder, Rumi. The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune, Joseph Addison. In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool, Lord Chesterfield.  

Today’s photo challenge is an easy guess, “heart”. I looked through some jewelry I have in the house
and some playing cards of that suit. This heart that was given many years ago won out as the model. 

Th article is about some more new things to see in the near future. I remember the horse race park in Grove City. I use to take my niece there, she worked for a time with some of the horses. The house park was sold several years ago and is now being turned into a park. It is to become a living development. It is hoped that by the summer of 2022. That will be the beginning of that is projected to be a ten-year project. What the developers are picturing is a park similar to Goodale or Schiller Parks. There will be no ball parks. There will be areas for sitting and walking or jogging around the lake. There will be a playground and tennis courts and an amphitheater for concerts and special events. There will be a hill for a sitting area and the other side as a sledding hill. According to the article this have been talks with the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts for a partnership to sponsor events at the venue. Total financing for the park is till in negotiations. There is an option for the city to sell bonds as it has with other improvements and other types of proposals. Along with this “central park” portion of the Beulah Park land will feature 900-plus dwellings, including town homes, apartments, custom homes, senior living. The development is among the latest to follow a national trend, and brings new urbanism to central Ohio

We are having our now typical taco bell selections for dinner tonight. 

Joy