September 18, 2021 a thought for the day, All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew. Persian Proverb

I’m not a spur of the moment persons so Sue and I have to coordinate our timing on many things.  She had plans for something today. I was going to take her and drop her off then come back home and work on what I need to get done before HM3 tonight. Shortly after she came down for breakfast, she let me know that her plans had changed and there wouldn’t be an outing today. So I headed into a new direction and some new plans for today. I had planned to get some of the house plants in today, now  I will have a little more time on that project. I will probably have to leave a few of them for tomorrow. 

The photo theme for September 17 was “plant”. I hadn’t brought the majority of the houseplants in from the outside yet so I took this shot of some of them waiting to some in. I used a couple filters on the image to add a pronounced look to the shape of the leaves and then added a dark vignette to the edges.  

Tiffany took two of the larger plants that I was trying to find new homes for but I still have about a half dozen smaller plants left. Bob moved them to the front yard for me after he got the mowing done. They will have to be rescued this weekend or they will meet a different ending. 

It’s gorgeous outside, a perfect time for an ending to summer. Autumn will be here in a few days.

I write a little then move to the outside to pick another plant to bring in. The largest ones are in except for the two large hanging baskets and two Bob will have to move upstairs for me, those will come in tomorrow. I think I can finish the smaller ones before the day is over. Then I can clean the back deck and get it ready for the new season. 

The word today is family.  Peace in society depends upon peace in the family, Saint Augustine  The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home, Confucius. Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world, Napoleon Bonaparte.  To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right, Confucius. Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better, William Shakespear. You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation, Brigham Young.  In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one another's burdens, Henry Ward Beecher. Children are potentially free and their life directly embodies nothing save potential freedom. Consequently they are not things and cannot be the property either of their parents or others, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind, Thomas Jefferson. There is health in table talk and nursery play. We must wear old shoes and have aunts and cousins, Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

Today’s photo challenge is “mess”. My garage reminds me of a stuffed and seldom visited attic. There are storage bins full of odds and ends that were taken out of the house when we remodeled over a year ago. There is little room left for outdoor utilities. We are going to have “remember” these things and get them out of there. 

It might be nice to learn a little history about surrounding places in and around Columbus. I spent much of my teen years at Buckeye Lake. Our aunt and uncle lived there for many of my growing up years.  I found some articles that tell about different parts of Ohio and how they became what they are today. I watch a show on Thursdays called Broad and High and part of that is Columbus Neighborhoods. That’s where I started searching for information to pass on. From this article I learned some things about the lake that I didn’t know. For instance, I didn’t realize it began as a small pond in the eighteenth century and Ohio Indians called it “Big Swamp”.  When Ohioans started the Ohio and Erie Canal in the 1820s a dike was built that caused water from the Licking River to be channeled into the “small pond”. The name then changed to Licking Summit Reservoir. As the water flowed it caused sphagnum moss to break away. The moss created a floating island now known as the Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve. It has shrunk over the years from about fifty acres. It has produced cranberries and some other plants and wildlife make their home on the island. The canal declined in its use and the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned. At about that time the name of the “big swamp” was again changed to Buckeye Lake which became a public park in 1894. Buckeye Lake became more and more popular for recreational activities. An electric trolley system called the Columbus, Buckeye Lake and Newark Interurban Electric Railway was established. In 1906 the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club was formed and still exists. Finally in 1910 an amusement park was created on the north shore. The Great Depression, as most major events of this nature, led to changes. The rail system went out of business so it was more difficult for people to get to the lake. Many families bought cottages, some stayed year round. More attractions were added to the amusement park. A roller coaster, a roller skating rink, a nightclub and the Crystal Ballroom and Pool were added. The ball room attracted famous performers. Guy Lombardo, Count Basie, Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington, among others. All of this continued through the 1940s. As many as fifty thousand people visited the park each day (we use to take Uncle Dean's speed boat across the lake from the cottage to the park for a day’s outing).  In its heyday Buckeye Lake became a state park. In the 1960s the park was in a decline that led to no recovery. All that remains today is a fountain on the North Shore. It is still a state park but all of the amusement portions of the park are gone. There are still many vacation homes on the lake and near the park. 

We will have hamburgers and French fries for dinner. 

Joy

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