July 20, 2021 a thought for the day, The sin carries its own penance. Mexican Proverb

It’s been an “action” packed day. It started out taking Sue to run an errand. Then on the way home from there I stopped to refill the gas tank. 

Yesterday’s challenge was “all white”. That along with all black can be a real challenge. Here is one of my efforts. I shot cars, trucks, and flowers and ended with this one. 

I wasn’t home long before it was time to leave for food pantry. I got there earlier than I usually do. There were just a few people there early to get set up with computers and such. Once things got started it was slow going....we didn’t have too much of a turn out. We haven’t totally gotten things back to normal since we got hit by lightening and the pandemic. But things are moving in the right direction. 

I didn’t get anything done on the bulletin or newsletter. I still need to get information for both. I was hoping I would get the information for at least one of them so I could print one of them a day early to lessen the pressure of the next few days. But, alas, no dice. I will just have to do some more shuffling. 

I had to take some quick pictures for the photo of the day. I am having to get use to being “back to normal” when it comes to the four days a month at food pantry. I have fallen into different scheduling. I’ll get there ...... just takes some time. 

One of yesterday’s photo themes was “at work”. Well I am retired but I volunteer at the church and this happened to be one of the days that I was there. This is a sneak peek at what I was doing. 

The word today is cherish.  The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. Ulysses S. Grant. Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. Henry David Thoreau. At any age we must cherish illusions, consolatory or merely pleasant; in youth, they are omnipresent; in old age we must search for them, or even invent them. But with all that, boredom is their natural and inevitable accompaniment, Lord Chesterfield. The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received, Confucius. Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. John Adams. No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect. Anne Bronte.  We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. Amos Bronson Alcott.  Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty, William Shakespeare. Since hate poisons the soul, don't cherish enmities or grudges: avoid people who make you unhappy, Robert Louis Stevenson.  If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others, Confucius. It is not enough that we are truthful; we must cherish and carry out high purposes to be truthful about, Henry David Thoreau. The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself, Laozi.  

The second photo challenge for today is “mushrooms”. I’m not presently in an area where mushrooms grow readily and I wasn’t in the grocery store produce section today. So I chose to create an image of the mushrooms I most often use. 

This article sounds like a bit of a sprucing up journey.....I like that almost as much as restoring old architecture. There is a facility in German Village called the Sycamore that is making some changes and upgrades in the facility. The café changed hands last year. That is when some renovations began. The question is, “How could this space feel as good during the day as it feels at night?” Some of the ways that were chosen was neutral tones, comfortable booth seating, newly refinished floors and exposed brick walls. The restaurant seats fifty-one people and has a patio that seats another twenty. The hours use to be evenings only so it was decided to increase the hours to include all day service. They now open for coffee and “light” baked goods. The switch to lunch at 10:30am. They close for an hour to prepare for Dinner. This restaurant has a history in the German Village district and has been operating since the 1920s. 

I think it will be left overs tonight. 

Joy

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