January 22, 2022 a thought for today, The coral waxes, the palm grows, but man departs. Tahitian Proverb

It’s cold!!! I don’t know why I seem to be feeling the cold inside my house more today than I have so far this winter. It is bothering me so much that I don’t want to step foot outside the door where there is even more cold. I am thinking I most likely wont go to help at the free meal (HM3) at church tonight. I might feel warmer if I would move around more like sweeping and dusting, that doesn’t hit a sweet spot in my thinking either. The furnace comes on as it should, it just, doesn’t have the warm wrap around feel that I want. 

The photo of the day for yesterday was “happens everyday”. This is one of the family of geese that spends part of his day at the metro park near my house. I am able to capture (with the camera) them in all kinds of poses if I hang around long enough. 

I took a short spill late on Thursday afternoon. What happened was I missed one last step going down to the basement. I was able to grab for the banister which helped slow down the drop. I still went down but the only damage seems to be to my hands from grabbing tightly onto the bottom of the banister. I have two cuts on one finger that probably could have used at least a butterfly if not a stitch so I am hesitant to put my hands in dishwater for a day or two, I’m just rinsing dishes and putting in dishwasher. I wrapped the finger in gauze and used Neosporin. I didn’t have any butterfly bandages handy so I made one this morning. The cut has begun to heal some, it may be too late for the butterfly to do its job. 

The word for today is over. Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. Nathaniel Hawthorne. You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. Arthur Schopenhauer.  There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. Saint Teresa of Avila. I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Thomas Jefferson. God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart. Saint Bernard. Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. Lord Byron. That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! Robert Browning. The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Lao Tzu. Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. Plutarch.  Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe. John Milton. Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Francis Bacon. Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. Plautus.  

Today’s photo challenge is “I love this colour”. This is what my dad would all sky blue pink. I was curious about this term so I “Googled” it. Here is one definition: The colour that the sky sometimes takes at sunrise and sunset, blue in places and pink in places (sometimes with the sky being blue and clouds pink, sometimes with the whole sky being a spectrum from blue to pink). 

And here’s another. Sky-blue pink appeared in authors’ children’s books. By the 1930s it had crossed the big pond to Britain. Since millions of copies of the Uncle Wiggily stories have been sold, and many of his books are still in print, the expression continues to be introduced to new generations.

There is some gorgeous architecture in Grandview with some structures that have an interesting history. Here is one of them. What interests me in local history articles is that it tells how Columbus fits into and measured up to the growing in the myriad of types and styles of history of this country as it grew/is growing. There is a place in Marble Cliff that use to be a carriage house and has been converted to a 3,500 square foot “luxury living” home. It was originally  architecturally designed to look 100 years old.  There were two structures on the property. One was the mansion built in 1908 the other was the carriage house. The carriage house has been remodeled into a three-bedroom home. During the remodel the masonry and charm were left intact along with an original brick wall. It is a three story structure with arched doorways. There is also a five -story tower to be seen through the trees. A description of the interior includes a narrow, spiral staircase along with in the tower a small loft. According to the article a stairwell creates a split down the middle of the structure....“stand at the top and peer down to a large, unfinished basement”. With a 1979 purchase of the converted carriage house a wall was removed for the addition of a bar between the living and dining room. Even with the models “plenty of history remain”.  Some of the history is a partial wooden pulley, most likely used to lift hay and grain for the horses, located from a wall outside the master suite and a wooden gate that is embedded in a brick column. The owner’s wife mentioned a visit from a few nuns who wanted to take a walk down memory lane. The memory lane was formed from a time when the mansions had been used as a convent and the novices lived in the carriage house. As a part of its history, in the 1960s the architect who designed the Ohio Historical Center lived there and used the kitchen as his draft room. There is a century’s worth of memories in this place located in our community. 

I am taking some spaghetti sauce from the freezer for dinner tonight. 

Joy

overlooked?.....forgotten?