April 23, 2021 a thought for today, Your years will still remain the same whether you laugh or cry. Japanese Proverb

I met Dorothy at church so we could finish the newsletter. It is always nice to chat with her as we work. When I left there I headed out to White Castle....I was surprised at the number of people in the drive through line at that time of morning. There are a lot of people who are loyal to the White Castle chain. They are celebrating their one hundredth year now. I can’t help but think of my earlier small connection with them. When I was a teen, we sold poppies on the street corners for Veterans Day. White Castle had areas along the way where they cooked and fed us on our breaks. 

Once I got home, I decided my agenda is on the light side for the rest of the day. The laundry is done, the frig cleaned out and dish washer run so I am taking it on the easy side for now. I will be getting the message envelopes ready for the free meal at church for tomorrow and water the plants. I forgot to water them last week so they are probably on the thirsty side. 

The photo challenge for April 22 was “socks”. I shot a couple of images for this assignment. I was waiting for Sue to finish some business at the bank yesterday. I knew that I needed “socks” for today. I glanced under a table and saw these bright red shoes, just above them were the socks that I needed but the shoes were the “attraction”. I figured I had better have a back up so I took a shot of my own sock between my slipper and my pink pants. The contrast in colors added to the photo as the red shoes did in the first. 

I wanted to run the sweeper and do some dusting but I think I will put that on the short side of the back burner for the time being. I am feeling a little on the lazy side. I had a last minute huge problem with the newsletter file yesterday, in trying to fix the problem I lost connection with an external hard drive that has some very old and very dear files stored so I have  been trying to fix that problem without success at this pint so I need to step back and let it go for now. 

The word for today is tomorrow.  Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. Martin Luther. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln. Light tomorrow with today! Elizabeth Barrett Browning.  Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. Lord Byron. What is not started today is never finished tomorrow. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher. Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. Horace.  Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. Benjamin Franklin. Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow. Brigham Young. It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. Aesop. A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow's supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn. Charles Spurgeon. Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven. Persius. Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes. Benjamin Franklin.  Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's. Henry Ward Beecher.  Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow. Solomon Ibn Gabirol. Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  There is a budding tomorrow in midnight, John Keats.  

Today’s photo theme is “moon”. Well, this is day time and I don’t see a moon in the sky so I had to rely on my archives again. This one was shot some time ago and served the purpose perfectly. 

I think I probably pick a lot of articles about improvements and renovations in and around the city but that’s part of our history and growth. When most projects like this get started the areas around the particular project seem to get a “dusting” too. This article is about some improvements and new bike and pedestrian bridge over the Scioto River and an off-street trail along Souder Avenue in the Franklinton Trail. I think it will add to and improve this area of the city. The article says that the new bridge will separate from the road bridge. It will connect the Scioto Trail and the Olentange Trail to a new path running along Souder Avenue to W. Broad Street. Along with this new plan are hopes to add more park-like “amenities” to some of the overlooked green space in the neighborhood. Items to be included would be playgrounds, walking paths and small shelters. The green spaces they are considering are within the side street island in the middle of West Park, Dakota and Guilford avenues. The people considered with these improvements are hoping to offer this neighborhood “amenities” that are not available to them now considering they are an under-served community. To add to the future bright hopes for the neighborhood is an elevated trail from West Broad Street near the Spaghetti Warehouse to the Scioto Tail near the River and Rich development.  

Pizza night.....

Joy

Here’s another of my “discarded” subjects for your enjoyment. The points I like in this photo are  the diagonal line of the curb, the texture of the gravel the cement and  the objects, the red of the balls and the wall anchor, along with the everyday natural arrangement of clutter.