August 21, 2021 a thought for today, Water and sun make work, water and wind make grain. Sicilian Proverb

Here it is Saturday again and once again I didn’t sleep past seven o’clock. I guess I just didn’t want to let one tiny part of the day go “to waste”.

Yesterday my photo of the day choice for the “month of gratitude” is this railroad crossing signal and crossing gates.  

I got one of the dental appointments out of the way and did it with my nerves pretty well in check. They did pull the loose tooth, which, by the way, wasn’t all that loose as they had to tug on it to get it out. The news they gave me wasn’t nearly as depressing as the news the ENT doctor gave me a couple of weeks ago, I guess I have to give him some space since he isn’t a dentist. I have to go back for a three more appointments and then I should have a few “new” teeth on the bottom. (Yesterday I had to walk around with gauze in my mouth for about two to four hours). In the mean time I will be wearing a mask to keep from calling attention to the missing teeth when I open my mouth. I am so grateful for my son being with me for the whole thing as my advocate and comforter. 

After Bob finished the lawn a while ago, I asked him to go get me a McDonald hamburger. Want to see how I manage it without the slightly painful (while biting down) loose tooth. 

I finished getting done the few things I want to take to HM3 (free meal) with me this evening. Then I watered some of the thirsty plants. I have some that don’t get the down pours we have been getting recently. 

I took care of a couple email messages that needed to be tended to. I took care of online ordering of a few supplies I have been needing yesterday so that was out of the way for today. If I have some free time after I prepare the potatoes in a while I will pay the monthly bills, or maybe not, maybe tomorrow or Monday....you know, put off til tomorrow.  

As I coming home from a drive by the park I noticed this “rentable” scooters that have become popular
in recent years. I’m sure the people who have need of them are grateful that they are there, I would have been in my younger years. 

The word for today is deserve.  There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. Frederick William Robertson. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it. Abraham Lincoln. Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve. Francis of Assisi.  Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval. Apollonius of Tyana. Grant us peace, Almighty Father, so to pray as to deserve to be heard, Jane Austen. He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  He who refuses to learn deserves extinction, Hillel the Elder. Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise, Martin Luther. You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect, Gautama Buddha. There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. George Washington.  Words, which are the dress of thoughts, deserve surely more care than clothes, which are only the dress of the person. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. 

Here is a part of my extended community that I am not too familiar with, it looks like there is some new development going on. There are plans to develop 450 acres neat Lockbourne and Rathmell roads. The plan is to create a walkable, mixed use housing complex that will allow for parks, bike paths and trails. One section will include office space, homes, parks and open spaces. Another will be mainly single family homes. A third section will offer multi-family homes.  It expected that with this growth there will be hundreds of new students to be planed for at the school level. There are plans for the increased traffic and layouts that will manage all types. For instance golf cars will be allowed on some of the roads but not on others. Some of the thinking is also for the presence of increased crime requiring an increase in police presence. The village of Obetz is welcoming comments and feedback from the community in the area. There are also thoughts about placed to shop and eat. 

It’s going to be hot dogs and cheesy potatoes for dinner. 

Joy

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