June 24, 2021 a thought for today, A royal heart is often hid under a tattered cloak. Danish Proverb

This is one of those days that started out on the negative side. Besides waking up from one of those “downer” type dreams, I had one message in the virtual visits that left me a little sad. One thing that did start out right was a call from my great grand children. It was a relatively short chat but their bright faces added a bit of a smile to wipe away some of the slump in my mood. 

The challenge for yesterday was “stripes”. I hadn’t given the singular idea of stripes much thought. So as I was out and about looking for models for my image I came across all kinds of stripes. Some on the backs of fire trucks, some on US mail trucks, traffic markings in the street and of course flags and so much more. Here is one of the “so much more”....the side of a KFC building. 

After the virtual visits out of the way and the chat with the kids, I headed for church for the printing. The bulletin printing went smoothly but then things got a little “sticky”. The copier became a problem. I began the printing of the newsletter. The stapler part of the printing didn’t work, that caused the copier to jam. I reset the copier and tried again and one more time. What to do, what to do....I thought about taking the flash drive with the file on it to Kinko to have the printing done but needed to check with someone about taking that costly step. I decided to walk around and through the sanctuary to disburse the bulletins and came up with the notion of taking the single “clean” copy that I did have and try to print from the top of the copier itself rather than from the computer to the copier. That worked, except for the stabling. I made the eighty-five copies I needed. Tomorrow morning will be better, hopefully, when Dorothy and I get together to get the newsletter ready for the mail. 

After leaving the church I made a quick stop for brunch then drove around the park for some photo ideas. 

Once at home I got the laundry started, that will take the rest of the day along with preparing a meal. 

The word today is awake.  Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau.  When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson. And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. Thomas Moore.  We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. Henry David Thoreau. If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then? Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life, Gautama Buddha.  A thought once awakened does not again slumber, Thomas Carlyle.  Every seed is awakened, and all animal life. Sitting Bull.  The revealed Word awakened me, but it was the preached Word that saved me, and I must ever attach peculiar value to the hearing of the truth, for by it I received the joy and peace in which my soul delights. Charles Spurgeon. Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened, Charles Spurgeon.  My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze, Anne Bronte.  Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear, Gautama Buddha.  

The photo theme for today is “one colour”. This subject is a bit more of a challenge then yesterdays.
There aren’t to many one color items that fill the frame of a camera. I came across one that does have more than one hue of that color ....green.  

This is an interesting idea. Help from a facility as big as Children’s Hospital is a generous service to our community. The article is about the plans of Nationwide Children’s Hospital to build and renovate twenty homes making them affordable for undeserved communities. It is part of their Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families initiative . There other agencies in a partnership with the hospitals program. The article related “that health is about so much more than health care, and high-quality, affordable housing is crucial for the well-being of children and their families”. The plan is to build seventeen rental homes and rehab three others. The Healthy Neighborhood Healthy Families will manage the properties. There are some people who feel the money could be spent in a different direction, “What we need is to help people who are struggling to make ends meet." Others respond saying the need is to “tackle the poverty problem...not just housing.” There was a collaborative formed in 2019 that the hospital is involved with to tackle housing, business development, health care access and other challenges”. 

I think I am going to try one of the hamburger helpers I got at the store this week for dinner. 

Joy