June 16, 2021 thought for today, That which is done at night appears in the day. Uruguayan Proverb

This has been another of the early days. I like when there are appointments early to get out of the way so there is the rest of the day for other things, though I expected this one to take up most of the day. Sue had an appointment for a test at Mt. Carmel Grove City for 8:30. I packed up a couple of snacks, some crochet work and my tablet for the time in the waiting room. The test didn’t take nearly as much time as I thought. We were ready for the trip home before I had time to get a good start on the crocheting I had taken with me. We had a stop at a CVS. I wanted to make one other quick stop. I had finished the second bootie for the new baby and wanted to drop it off. We didn’t make it a real visit, just the drop off but I did get to give a quick hug to William. 

One of the photo a day theme’s for yesterday was “toys”. We have a box of toys here for the twins to use when they visit so that was my model. 

Before the early appointment this morning, I had the time to put last minute finishing touches to the bulletin and time to print the shut-in envelopes. That way I didn’t have to worry about not having them done. I am ready for printing tomorrow morning. 

I don’t have anything pressing on the agenda for the rest of the day, just working on the dinner chores.

The word today is age.  Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. Victor Hugo.  What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine, Thomas More.  We grizzle every day. I see no need of it. Whilst we converse with what is above us, we do not grow old, but grow young, Ralph Waldo Emerson. With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, William Shakespeare. If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old, James A. Garfield. Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after, Homer. Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. John Adams.  In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. Josh Billings.  Age merely shows what children we remain. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. Confucius.  For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality, Pindar. The years teach much which the days never know, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Education is the best provision for old age, Aristotle. Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end. Marcus Tullius Cicero.

The second photo theme for yesterday was “panning theme”. Panning in photography is a capturing of a moving object with a slow shutter speed while moving the camera to “stop action”. I was using my Samsung Smart Phone camera and have not mastered the manual setting yet. So as part of the definition of panning, moving the camera, I used the panoramic setting and moved the camera for shooting a section of the neighborhood. 

There are a few areas of the Columbus in one part of restoration or another so I may have spoken about this area before so this may be an update. The Quarry Trails roughly includes Riverside Drive to Asbury Road and then east on Onandaga to connect with existing connections along Tremont Road. They expect it to be ready in October or November. There will be townhouses, flats and apartments as well as singles family homes included in the park. Both the park and the development are located at the northeast corner of Trabue and Dublin Roads at former quarry land. Buildings will be located to the right of the parkland. Some of the planned projects are a brewery, a company to rent out kayaks, rock climbing gear and other equipment, a gym and coffee shop. There will be pedestrian-only green spaces. There will be such pathways through out the structured development leading all the way to the Scioto River. The path will consist of sidewalks, Adirondack chairs along the way and “lots of landscaping”. In the park area there is a new stairway with access to a 20-foot waterfall. There will be steep mountain bike trails, a giant sledding hill with a climbing wall near by. “Other park features include a dog park and multiple access points for kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding and fishing”. All of this should be available beginning in the fall of this year. 

Today’s photo theme is “something weird”. I thought of shoes hanging from telephone cables but there were none close by for today’s shoot. Last year when I planted some flowers along the fence, I marked where they were in their younger growth phase. I used dowel rods with homemade yarn tassels attached so my son would know not to weed whack it. I think my neighbors wondered “what in the world those objects are for”. So that was my “weird” subject for today.  

I am having baked salmon for dinner and cheesy potatoes for dinner. 

Joy

The story speaks for itself in the area of ‘discards’. But there is a bit of required photographic art features, which are:  line, shape, form, texture, pattern, color and space also in the shot.