May 19, 2021 a thought for today, No man can call again yesterday. Latin Proverb

It has been a full and mostly pleasant day. We, Sue and I, started out with an early trip to Kroger. She had an appointment at 10:30 so I wanted to make plenty of time to get the shopping done before I dropped her off. After I dropped her off, I went to Wendy’s but I was exactly four minutes too early for lunch. So I came on home to put the ice cream away. I got a few more of the bags out of the car before I headed back to Wendy’s. Sue called to say she was ready as I was leaving Wendy’s. After I picked her up, we went on one of my photo searching trips.

The photo theme for yesterday was “to my right”. As I work on work on my computer Sugar, one of my best friends, lies on an afghan on the table that is my desk. Her legs are too short for her to be able to sit and watch the outside as she loves to do. I have to watch her carefully so that she doesn’t fall off the table. She is over fourteen years and is in the last chapter of her life so I want her to be able to enjoy anything I am able to provide for her. She deserves that and more as I remember all the love and “understanding” she has given me over the years from the time we rescued her until she crosses over the rainbow. 

Shortly after we got home, I got a wonderful call from two of my great grand children. After a chat with them my legs were rested some from the shopping excursion. So I got a few little side chores done. 

I got a text asking for an addition to one of the documents to be printed tomorrow so I made that addition.  

While I got the cold things put away, I still have canned and boxed things to put in their respective places. 

The sunshine makes it much easier to smile and to sit back and get ready for the lazy, hazy days of summer (and the hum of the AC inside and wind chimes outside). 

The photo assignment for today is titled “shadow play”. Wow, did I have fun chasing this one down. I have maybe twenty-five shots to choose from. Here’s the one that won. 

The word for today is weak. Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyl. Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them. Anacharsis. Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. Victor Hugo. A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.  The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. Thomas Carlyle. The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. Thucydides. Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. Jane Austen.  Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. Victor Hugo.  We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus' love. Charles Spurgeon. He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. Michel de  Montaigne.

Here something interesting that may soon be added to the history books. The title is “The sky is the limit for drones to deliver the absurd”. At the beginning of the article it is mentioned that Kroger is planning to experiment with drone deliveries in their store in Centerville. At first it will be only to people in the neighborhood. The packages won’t weigh more than five pounds. The article goes on to describe some of the surprised that may happen with these deliveries. For instance, people on a picnic wanting a mayonnaise deliver. Another point of view, a dad on vacation after driving 1,200 miles wanting an 18-piece bucket of fried chicken delivered through the sunroof of a moving SUV. The article noted that recently a four-year old managed to order $2,600 worth of SpongeBob Popsicles from Amazon to be delivered the “old-fashioned” way. But, as the article went on to relate, that could happen where a preschooler uses a smartphone and accidently orders a larger than normal drone delivery.  How about home improvement supplies to be delivered by drone. Especially when “nuts, bolts, rivets and rolls of duct tape” can use this kind of delivery. Then comes the question of pizza deliveries. Here is another of the humorous notes from the author, “No more 90-minute waits” (for pizza) “..... But I predict all those airborne, extra-large pepperonis will be too much for hungry thieves armed with slingshots....Anti-aircraft fire will fill the skies...”.  More in that vein in this article is delivers of gluten-free vegan foods that people may not want known, folks with a security camera would “show that bacon cheeseburger arriving by air at 1 a.m.” The last item pointed out in the article is “Amusing collisions will dominate the news.....funny mishaps seem unavoidable: A pharmacy drone bearing antacids collides with a diner drone delivering chili dogs.....” and so on. It was an amusing article with maybe some truth....but then all things new have to go through test cycles. 

It looks like it is going to be creamed beef on toast for dinner and shoestring potatoes. 

Joy

My “discard” for today is titled (by me) “hole in one”.