June 6, 2021 a thought for today, Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye. French Proverb

I got a taste of things easing back to “normal” after the pandemic. Our free meals at church have been placed in containers to go for the past several months. We will be returning to inside sit-down meals the first of July. Also, our food pantry will be making some major changes as we ease back to inside pick ups. While we move to get back to our old “normals” I am looking for some new things to be added along the way. I don’t know exactly what they will be but it seems when changes are made a little newness seeps in too

One of the photo of the day challenges for yesterday was “off center”.  I try to do my of my focusing and post processing with that rule in mind, that is the rule of thirds. So it was a relatively easy shot to make once I found a main subject. Let me tell you how that subject came to light. For the couple of days that it was comfortable enough to have the screen door opened there was a tiny little sparrow making a whole lot of noise as she/he busily made it’s nest in the rain gutter of a small roof over the front door of my house. As I swung the desk chair around to look out the door he/she was taking a rest on the corner of the roof. Perfect time to grab the camera (phone).

The heat is back in Columbus. We didn’t really have much of a Spring. I was able to leave windows open for about a week. Then it got cold enough for a few days to turn the furnace back on. Now we are back to the AC, no windows open. 

It is another relaxed and easy going Sunday afternoon.

The second photo for yesterday’s collection was called “nautical”. That one was hard. I don’t live anywhere near the sea and haven’t had the pleasure of that type of destination for a loooong time, Anyway, when I thought of the title I pictured a pool of water so I settled for the a pond in the park down the road from my house.  

The word is accomplish.  One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning? Francis Cabot Lowell. Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. Michelangelo. You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. Publilius Syrus. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle.  Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. Victor Hugo. An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men, Thomas Fuller. A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles, William Hazlitt. Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well, Vincent Van Gogh. We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them, Francois de La Rochefoucauld.  There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish, Seneca the Younger. Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish, Jean de La Fontaine. Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish, Marcus Aurelius.  

Today’s photo challenge is called “smooth”. I can think of a smooth pudding or a smooth sauce or something with no blemishes or bumps. But there is also another smooth. One that makes one think of smooth and relaxing. (Words related to smooth to connect to my way of thinking for this photo theme: assured, calm, collected, composed, confident, cool, secure, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed).  That was my choice. 

So there is some more sprucing up in the Short North. I like that. I like the way that area of town has grown into some interesting shops and a busy community. There is some more restoration going on in one of the older buildings there. It will not only be restored but re-purposed. It was once the Callandar Cleaners. The plan is to have a glass structure on the roof. A third floor office and meeting place will also open onto the new rooftop patio. This modern addition would “extend down into the second floor, replacing a section of the building’s existing brick exterior wall”.  Along with those plans a restaurant will take up the first floor of the newly refurbished establishment. Apparently there are still further plans for structures in that area of town including a new apartment building. 

I think I am having a tuna salad plate from Subway for dinner. 

Joy