July 22, 2021 a thought for today, There is more time than life. Mexican Proverb

This going to be a long, long day. The AC people are coming to do the annual check up of the air conditioner. They were supposed to be here between 8 and noon. Well, they didn’t make it at eight or nine. I was hoping they would get here early so I could get to the church to get at least part of the printing done before tomorrow. 

Yesterday’s theme was “old”. I love this architecture of the old weather weary stone and design lines and shapes. So it was my first choice among some of the other “old” things that I shot. 

I have a doctor’s appointment in the middle of the afternoon. I am having a problem with my eighty-year-old teeth. 

I got the newsletter and bulletin done late yesterday afternoon after I got the rest of the information I needed after I got home from helping at food pantry. 

Now I had better get the laundry started and get at least part of that out of the way before this afternoon. 

The word today is children. I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. Thomas Paine.  Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. Sitting Bull. There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.   A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. Victor Hugo.  Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends. Chanakya.  Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. Henry Ward Beecher. Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Aristotle.  Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Plato. It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. Michel de Montaigne. We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word. Charles Spurgeon.  Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children. James Anthony Froude.  Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, Plato. All things in this world must be seen with youthful, hopeful eyes. Henry David Thoreau.  We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light, Victor Hugo. One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Books, the children of the brain. Jonathan Swift. In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice. Charles Dickens. Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. Hosea Ballou. 

Today’s challenge is “petals”. I have simply gorgeous hibiscus blooms on my plant right now but I was too lazy to walk outside and around the house to get the shot. I have a small vase with some very tired coneflowers whose petals are now showing character rather than the beauty of youth.  

This article sounds kind of exciting. By the title I am thinking a new way of travel at least here in the US. For instance the opening question was “Ever think of kavaking to work?” This along with some other thoughts of travel are in this article. It is a “new initiative” called the Rapid 5 Project, explaining links between greenways and area waterways. The Scioto, Olentangy, Alum Creek, Big Walnut and Big Darby creek ‘corridors’. All of that covers 200 plus miles of land.  The parks, called greenways, with bike and pedestrian tails near Franklin County residents. Some of th surveys by the Neighborhood Design Center that were conducted for this projects were provided five local design firms to come up with broader ideas for using parks and waterways to connect Franklin County communities. One proposal was the Big Darby Creek region having the landscapes, grasslands and woodlands that edge the Big and Little Darby waterways.  This plan connects 65 miles along bus and trolley services, bike sharing, hat air balloons, and a gondola. One vision was to connect a regional destination like that of Napa Valley in California, Wyoming, the Finger Lakes of New York.  Another proposal along the Scioto River corridor connecting O’Shaughnessy Reservoir, the Zoo, and the river confluence with Big Walnut Creek. The plans envision taking existing assets and use the river link to those that exist. Next comes the Olentangy River featuring the Confluence and other parks with opportunities to connect neighborhoods on either side of the river. Moving onto the Big Walnut Creek with wetlands, kayaks, with villages and parks, including Friendship Park. Coming along in the planning is Alum Creek offering natural features and connections with representations of the past like the Underground Railroad stops. This area has been called a hidden gem. The overall results of these plans are a vision of using exiting green space with waterways for growth to benefit all parts of the communities. The article mentioned that it’s to early to assess a price tag or set a time line. The article stated further that “Hopefully, it captures the imagination of a lot of people...... It will happen over time... a lot of this vision is well within our reach.”  

I pulled some tuna casserole out of the freeze for dinner tonight. 

Joy

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