March 17, 2022 a thought for today, Truth does not happen, it just is. Native American Hopi Proverb

The annual report is done and out of my hands now. While I was at the church doing the printing of the bulletin and the annual report we were getting a large load of food for the food pantry. There were quite a few volunteers helping with it today. It’s nice to be able to see so many people in the church. 

The first photo a day challenge for March 16 was “a local café”. I really would have liked to get this photo without the car in front but maybe it adds to the “ambiance”. It is a colorful corner. 

We resumed choir practice last night after a brief hiatus. It was good to be back together singing and bonding. 

While I was at church and when I was on my way home I was on the alert for photos that will fit my photos of the day assignment. I will have to wait until I get in Photoshop to see which one’s I will use. I make several images of each subject on the assignment so that I have a choice when I can see them in the dark room (Photoshop). 

The second photo of the day for yesterday was “silhouette”. I did one similar to his one a few days ago for my other photo club. This one was shot at the same time.

We are having a beautiful spring like day. It is supposed to get up to seventy degrees today. I am eager for spring but summer may be another thing. I will probably spend most days in the air conditioning. It’s nice to be able to sit on the porch swing for the fresh air and to listen to the “sounds of summer” then go back inside for the cool air. Spring, Summer and Autumn are still my favorite seasons with a peak into winter now and then. 

We have a repair person here for Spectrum. He has the internet (along with the TV and the phone) off line. That interrupted my work on information I needed from the internet for photo work and for the church newsletter that I had planned on working on this afternoon. It ended up with all of our services being interrupted for over five hours. And, in my opinion the problem wasn’t serious enough to warrant that and was unnecessary. My stress level was over the top. After they left, we discovered that one of the wires and been deliberately (accidentally?) cut so service to that TV is out. At one point Sweet Pea got out of the yard by a gate that had not been re-locked, that caused more anxious moments. Now there will be another visit tomorrow.   

The first photo for today is “something you think is boring”.  Being stuck in traffic is boring especially when there are trucks and busses surrounding a tiny family car and blocking any interesting views.         

The word today is rise.  Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. Washington Irving. He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. William Blake. Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Saint Augustine. My sun sets to rise again. Robert Browning. Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. Miguel de Cervantes.  Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise. Charles Spurgeon. To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. Victor Hugo. What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Marcus Tullius Cicero. Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster. Washington Irving.  In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree. Saint Teresa of Avila.  

The second photo for today is titled “colour explosion”. The stained glass windows in my church are full of color. So the windows were my first thought and was at the church this morning. To give the colors an “explosion” effect I used a motion blur filter on the image in Photoshop. 

 Having more than just bit of Irish blood in my veins this article interested me especially on this, St. Patrick’s Day. The article tells how the Irish immigrants have an influence in Columbus. After the American Revolution most of what is now Ohio was divided into land grants. Lucas Sullivant, inherited some of the land of Irish immigrants. He founded Franklinton in 1797. In his unsuccessful effort to make it the new capital city he sought the help of other to locate the capital across the Scioto River. One of the persons who helped in this effort was an Irish immigrant who later became the second mayor of Columbus. Over the years other Irish immigrants came to Columbus. One helped build Ohio’s canal system. He lived in a Greek Revival mansion on East Broad Street. He became a prominent banker in the city. Many of the immigrants were Scots-Irish Protestants from Northern Ireland. In the 1840s Irish Catholic families came to America and Ohio and worked in building roads, bridges and, as mentioned, the Ohio canal system. According to the article, by 1860 “large proportion of the population of Columbus was of Irish extraction”. An Irish neighborhood grew up north of town. Naghten Street, later to become Nationwide Boulevard, got its name (Naghten) from an Irish politician. The St. Patrick Church was at the end of the street from 1852. It became the “Irish Broadway” with saloons, stores and other establishments. Many became involved in local affairs. Among them was Jerry O’Shaughnessy for whom the O’Shaughnessy Dam was named. Eventually that “village” of Irish people was overcome with the expansion of the railroad yards. Many of the residents left for newly created suburbs. As the neighborhood changed the Irish community persisted. In the article “A chapter of the Ancient Order of the Hibernian was founded in Columbus in 1876....and lasted into the 1930's”. It was reestablished in the 1970s. In 1936 the Shamrock Club was formed. 

I am making chili mac for dinner. 

Joy 

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