December 27, 2021 a thought for today, One word beforehand is better than ten afterwards. Danish Proverb
Our church service this Sunday was a bit difference for us this year. At first I had my doubts about it but once we got started I changed my mind. We had a hymn fest with the congregation choosing the Christmas songs we wanted to sing. My choice wasn’t entirely Christmas but fit the season in part, I Danced in the Morning. The minister gave an interesting message and then introduced a hymn that I hadn’t heard of about children picturing Jesus each with the thought that He looked like each of them, Some Children See Him. It touched my heart. Only one thing marred the service. There was a huge photo screen hiding our old and traditional altar with the cross, the open bible and the alar flowers of honor on it.
I hope busy days lighten natures progress of aging. This was one of those days. I was out of so many things in my kitchen and health items that there was no excuse good enough not to go to the store today. I had the newsletter on my mind and agenda but I had to squeeze in the time for the store. Bob is on vacation and that is always a handy time for me to go because I have his help, which is an unbelievably great relief . He brought everything in from the car as I emptied bags and put the cold things away.
As soon as I got that done and Bob and I had lunch I left for church to print the newsletter. I got it printed and stapled by hand since the copier is being obstinate and not stapling. It is ready for Dorothy and I to finish tomorrow morning before I volunteer for our food pantry.
There was a bit of excitement in the neighborhood a few minutes ago. One of the fire ladder trucks came down the street and stopped at the intersection. Then one of the rescue squads pulled up along side it. It must have been a false alarm, both left after about ten minutes after a neighbor spoke with them. An interesting part was that the ladder truck was from the engine house my father was stationed at for several years and became captain there. The squad was the one my husband served on for more that two decades. These kinds of memories are always welcome and bring pride and comfort.
The word for today is moral. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Plato. Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. Lewis Carroll. Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius. Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. George Washington. The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise. Horace Mann. It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate. Nathaniel Hawthorne. The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. Aristotle. Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. Alexis de Tocqueville. Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. Thomas Jefferson.
This is an interesting history of this icon in our city. Franklin Park is one of the gorgeous places to visit and enjoy in our city. As this article states it’s interesting and varied history “spans over 150 years”. In 1852 eighty-eight acres were found and used for the first Franklin County Fair. In 1884 this land became “official grounds of the Ohio State Fair”. There was a City Beautiful movement in the time era that prompted the building of a “grand Victorian-style glass greenhouse (called the Palm House)” opening to the public in 1895 and called the Franklin Park Conservatory. There were carriage paths in the park surrounding the “glass greenhouse” along with a lake and boathouse. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department owned the structure and park until 1989. There were rare and unusual plants to be seen and offered a place for weddings and gatherings of all kinds of happy events. In 1989 the AmeriFlora ‘92 became a major event for six months “international horticulture exposition”. The original “Palm House” became the object of a $14 million expansion. The additional 58,000 square feet included more plant collections, classrooms, a library, gift shop and offices. After Ameriflora “the Ohio Legislature created the Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreation District for long-term management of the Conservatory”. In 1994 there was a “Blooms & Butterflies” event. It was the first conservatory in the US to have a seasonal butterfly exhibition and it still occurs today. In 2003 Chihuly’s art entered the Conservatory . Much of his work became permanent collections. Over the years there have been many artists sharing their work at the conservatory. To back it up a bit, the park at the “Conservatory housed zoo animals for many years (from about 1920) until 1925" until they move the O’Shaugnnessy Reservoir.
We are having taco salad for dinner tonight.
Joy
some basic principles of art: line, shape, patterns, colors, textures...and angles and shadows
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