May 11, 2021 a thought for the day, One who knows books has four eyes. Traditional Proverb

This has turned out to be a busy day. I didn’t get a chance to work on the bulletin yesterday so after the usual morning “wake up” starts and the virtual visits, I went straight to the bulletin. For some reason I made better time on it than it usually takes. Probably because the five or six pieces of the information I always need to search for was more in one spot than it is most of the time.  I usually have to search four or five different sites to find what I need. 

I also spent a couple of hours putting together the bible study we need for Saturday evening. 

One of the photos of the day for yesterday was “messy”. As usual I looked around while I was out for the photo of the day. This is one of the images I have in my collection for yesterday. 

I was taken out to dinner last night for Mothers Day. We each had other plans on Sunday so yesterday worked better. We all went to Red Lobster for dinner. Lowell and Rebecca and Lou Ann met Bob, Sue and me there. And then Mick, Kim and William joined us. We had a great meal and a good time. 

One disappointment of the day was that I missed a visit from Natalie and Gideon. I have been wanting to get together with them for over a month. They brought me a beautiful potted arrangement for purple petunias and other tiny little purple blooms all in a lavender pot for the front porch.  I missed them because I had an eye doctor appointment and then stopped for some supplies at JoAnn Fabrics. 

Then to top off the day I had some texts that let me know that Drew and Lexie had been wanting to call me while we were at the restaurant. So I called them to say good night before I, and they, went to bed. 

The second photo of the day for yesterday was “birds”. I had a bit of a challenge finding one that was quiet enough for me to capture. I went by the park but I couldn’t get a good shot there. So this is in my back yard.

I woke up this morning realizing I haven’t backed up my computer files in a very long time. If the hard drive fails, I will be losing over five years of photographs and other data. So tomorrow I am going to go out to get another external hard drive to start and maintain some backups.  

The word today is venture. Begin, be bold and venture to be wise. Horace.  It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult. Lucius Annaeus Seneca.  Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. Emily Dickinson. Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie. Michel de Montaigne.   As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God. Charles Spurgeon,  Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. Aesop.  Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture, Lydia M. Child. Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He that would fish, must venture his bait, Benjamin Franklin. Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand. Euripides. Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature. The starry sky, the sea, and every sight afforded by these wonderful regions, seems still to have the power of elevating his soul from earth. Such a man has a double existence: he may suffer misery, and be overwhelmed by disappointments; yet, when he has retired into himself, he will be like a celestial spirit that has a halo around him, within whose circle no grief or folly ventures. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 

Today’s challenge is “on top”. That’s a wide-open subject but I wasn’t planning on going out till later in the day so I shot this one on top of the frig. 

There are a lot of memories for most of us in the family at the Spaghetti Warehouse. This article is about some of the remodeling is going on there. According to the article Spaghetti Warehouse is a “paragon of pleasantly prepared pasta”. It undergoing a few “key changes” that will be subtle and drawn out and will then be “fit for another several decades”. Here in Columbus it is located in the Franklinton area that is seeing a lot of new activities. There is a Spaghetti Warehouse in Dayton, Toledo, Akron and Syracuse, NY.  The restaurant is located in a historic building on West Broad Street. It is believed to be one hundred and thirty years old. There are seven dining rooms and seating for eight hundred people. The inside is mostly dark wood floors and ceilings, brick, wooden stairs and railings with accessories of yellow and black vents, old furniture and checkered tablecloths. I gathered that they hope to keep the “American bric-a-brac, colored glass, antique overhead lampshades and remnants of the building’s days as an icehouse”. The work will be ongoing and will not disturb guests and the recipes will remain the same. There are a few new exciting additions to the menu including some gluten-free and vegan meals. They plan to expand their carry out/pick up service. I will be glad to pay them a visit. When I worked downtown, we visited there on our lunch breaks. My retirement dinner was held there. To add to all of that, I am happy that a historic structure is restored and kept in service instead of torn down.  

I am going to make potato soup and fried bologna for dinner. 

Joy

Here is the “discard” for the day. I like to note the other “artful activity” in the image. Items like the textures, the lines, the shapes, the color tones as well as the deformed shapes of the main item, the bends and dents.