October 8, 2021 a thought for today,  Differing in words, not in reality. Latin Proverb

This Friday took me by the collar and carried me on an adventure of errands of the kind that I am unaccustomed to. I am a person who more or less lives by a scheduled check list. Today was “follow my nose”, again, more or less. 

Yesterday the photo theme was “I held this....”. This is pretty much a regular for me. I have mentioned before I stop at McDonalds and White Castle often. 

The first thing this morning Sue and I stopped by the church fall sale. It seemed to be moving along very well. There were lots of all kinds of clothing, jewelry, books, “flea” items and a bake sale. I needed to pick up a gift box that I couldn’t find at the Walmart store we stopped at a day or so ago. So I decided to go to the one that use to be one of my old haunts. They didn’t let me down they had the box that I wanted. Then we went across the street to Sams Club. I wanted to check out the Waterpik they had in stock. It wasn’t quite the model I had in mind. So I will order on line. Next was a stop at Office Max to pick up some ink jet business card blanks. I was asked to make some more for passing out at the fall sale tomorrow. The last stop after visiting a McDonalds along the way was a quick trip to Kroger for Bob’s ice cream. Oh, and I came across a breakfast treat I hadn’t noticed before, sausage wrapped in a pancake all on a stick, how neat. Next, home to sooth the aching legs. 

Except for some necessary computer work that will be it for the day. 

The word for today is fountain.  A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington Irving.  In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee, Lord Byron.  Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience, Charles Spurgeon. People of too much sentiment are like fountains, whose overflow keeps a disagreeable puddle about them, Henry Ward Beecher. Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. John Locke. Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Marcus Aurelius.  Nature is the fountain's head, the source from whence all originality must spring. John Constable.  That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Now to rivulets from the mountains Point the rods of fortune-tellers; Youth perpetual dwells in fountains, Not in flasks, and casks, and cellars, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  A man too careful of danger liveth in continual torment, But a cheerful expecter of the best hath a fountain of joy within him, Martin Farquhar Tupper. No fountain so small but that Heaven may be imaged in its bosom, Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in, Henry Ward Beecher. The cistern contains: The fountain overflows, William Blake.  Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings, Henry Theodore Tuckerman.

Today’s photo challenge is “I like to”.....spend time with my family is my choice of images. This was one of our birthday parties spent at the park as a picnic so the youngest ones (and some of the older ones to) could enjoy the play equipment and enjoy nature, fresh air and summer time. 

This article presents an interesting look at a left overs of war. Maybe a hint of dogs in this scenario can bring other than something less ugly than the other parts of war. The National Veterans Memorial and Museum is noting the place of dogs in war zones, in veterans’ lives and in Wounded Warriors presence. There are five life size hand carved wooden dogs in the exhibit from October 20 through the 24th. Each of these statues tells a war story. The creator of these five dogs wanted to say thank you to six of his friends who gave their lives for this country as well as many other men and women in the service of the United States of America. At the same time of this exhibit there will be a program called Pets for Vets (Oct. 20-22, 11 to 3). There will be adoption opportunities. Along these lines the article mentioned that dogs are great companions for the wellness of everyone and wants to provide the opportunity for vets to find a forever friend. Two of the other dog sculptures of this artist are a dog in a hang glider to represent the space shuttle disaster and an oil slicked dog to illustrate the Exxon Valdez disaster (not in this exhibit). One of the dogs in the exhibit is named Robson. His owner was a U.S. Air Force veteran who committed suicide. Robson served in the U.S. Air Force for six years as a patrol and explosives detection dog. Lucca is another of the dogs in statue form who was trained to detect explosives for the U.S. Marines. Her statue has an accompanying medallion. She completed 400 missions on patrol in Afghanistan and barely survived a IED blast. 

PIZZA!!

Joy

life in the city (or anywhere I imagine)