December 11, 2021 thought for today, Where the heart would go, there follows the foot. African Proverb

I have gotten my Christmas calendars done.....not printed yet but formatted and ready for printing. Normally I make the family calendars with family photos on each page but this year I have changed the design. I am using photos form the Westgate area and ones that have had some impact when I uploaded them to public sites. Now the trick is going to be getting them printed before the 25th gets here. I am printing them on my home printer which is very slow. That will mean only two or three calendars a day.....cutting it kind of close. It’s more likely that they will be “late” Christmas remembrances as getting the ink I need and other holiday constraints. Anyway, so far that is what I worked on so far this morning, and it is almost noon. 

One of the photos of the day for this December 10 was “silver”. I don’t have much shiny silver around the house. But I do have these two vintage pieces of silver, fork and spoon, that need polished badly. 

 I also finished the coloring books for the HM3 free meal tonight. 

I will take a break in a few minutes to make some homemade noodles for the tuna casserole. I  generally make a huge mess when I make noodles....flour all over the counter and my shirt. But the taste ooooh so good. 

They were predicting dangerous storms for our area over night and into today.  We had the rain and thunder last night but not as severe as I expected at least not where I am. The thunder bothered Sweet Pea so she got in bed with me and didn’t move all night. Ooops I spoke to soon, we just got a huge gust of wind. It is even howling against the windows...stronger than I have seen in a while. 

The second photo for yesterday was “footware”. I had found this pair of tennis shoes when I was out hunting for thrown away objects for my “captured images” collection. 

The word today and for some further thought is knowing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau.  Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. Charles Spurgeon. In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Montesquieu. If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. Herodotus.   Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living. Thomas A. Kempis. Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I pity my brother Ferdinand, knowing by my own feelings how sad a thing it is to live apart from one's family. Marie Antoinette. 

Today’s photo challenge is titled “tree”. What better tree for the season than a decorated Christmas tree. 

This article offers another view of a history of a part of Columbus. It is titled “Early pastimes in Columbus were more than child’s play”. In 1812 the first “town” was beginning at the “High Banks” also known as “Wolf’s Ridge” just opposite Franklinton. When it first began there was a forest in the area of walnuts, hickory and maple trees along with large sycamores along the river. As the article mentioned it took saws (not electric ones) and endurance to bring down the trees, some 100 feet tall, and do the building. Apparently the stumps “remained for years. Time was taken from the strenuous work relaxation and games. Some of the games may be unfamiliar to us now, called prisoner’s base, four-holed cat, hop scotch, round the stakes and roly poly. There were some times feuds between “boys of Franklinton” and boys “of Columbus”. There would be ‘epithets and throwing stones across the Scioto”. The Ohio State Journal once called attend to the kids and how the “infested” the street with disturbances and “profanity”. It was felt that part of the cause was “want of schools”. It wasn’t that education was ignored or religion or morally for that matter. For adults there was summer evening with violin music, and coffeehouses where for conversations and “gaming”. In the summer there were gatherings on sidewalks with chairs or benches at the coffeehouses and taverns. When ladies would walk by the men with rise and greet her. In the Fifties equestrianism became a popular pass time. Parties were held in May especially for children. If the weather was bad, the parties would be held indoors usually in hotels. It was custom to have a May festivals which took place in what was then called Stewart’s Grove now called Schiller Park. There were “necktie” parties, “leap year” parties, “ghost” parties. There were cooking clubs, and trace carnivals. Many were held for “charitable purposes”. 

We are having tuna casserole and Pillsbury/hazelnut/cream cheese desserts for dinner. 

Joy 

after lunch .... clean the car ..... toss at will