March 5, 2022 a thought for today, Truth never rots. Rwandan Proverb
It’s been an interesting Saturday. I had planed to sleep in since there was nothing much on the agenda but I was awake at seven so I got up then to get the day started.
This is the first photo of the day for March 4th. The title was “makes you feel nostalgic”. I have photos of my kids and grandchildren and great grandchildren that make me feel nostalgic but I was thinking back further....to my own child hood. Of course back then, all those years ago, the swings weren’t flexible, curved, and soft as in this photo. They were straight wooden planks of wood (easier to stand up in, smile).
After a beginning on the annual report I sent out a couple of emails to church folks about the events of the weekend that they may be interested in.
The second photo for yesterday was “centered”. I tried to get this park bench shot as it appears...centered between the two trees.For the start on the annual report I have received seven out of the ten reports I need to insert in the report. That doesn’t include some of the updated staff and outside users information that I will have to check out with committee leaders. I have entered four of the reports. After the reports and updates are done I have to do some formatting and want to add some photos and page borders. The deadline for the information I need from others is tomorrow. Then I will have a couple of weeks to complete it.
Next on this Saturday’s agenda was to find the three photos I need for today’s “assignments”. More on that when I insert the photos in the blog (motionandmemories.blogspot.com).
The first assignment for today is “books”. As mentioned in the next paragraph, I had to look around and gather some old books that I have kept for this image. Some are as far back as my father’s time (the top book). The one just below is about the same era, it is a hymnal for youth from 1941. Then the become a little newer.Here is a written picture of the photo search for today that I mentioned above. One assignment is for something fishy....we have some old fishing gear in the garage but a lot of minutiae have been stacked in front of it so Bob helped me get a bit cleared for my shoot. Back up a bit the first photo theme was of a stack of books. Since I do most of my reading on line and have few books, I searched through my dictionaries, cook books and encyclopedia types to get a presentation. Then there was the challenge “one of these are different” images. That one took some thought and led to even more thought....finally I decided on the two different types of fences I have in my backyard. One of the fences is mine and has been there since we moved here fifty plus years ago. The other belongs to my neighbor, it was put up last year. These yards enclosed on three sides with privacy fences (I thought that was what houses with walls were for...privacy), and other obstructive barriers remind me of personal adult outdoor play pens, reducing friendships and neighbor bonding and, to some extent, a feeling of freedom for both the owner and the neighbor it shuts off. That’s only a small piece of what’s happening to society and the effects on the memories children are making. Is that where the saying, “if you’re not part of the solution you are the problem” comes from? So, maybe it has to “take a village” for a fuller picture of neighborhood living.
The second photo theme for today is “something fishy”. Rather than drive to the local park and pond with fish in it I checked around the house and landed on the fishing gear in the garage. As I mentioned above Bob helped me move some of the tools so I could get the shot. You can see a touch of a spading fork that didn’t get all the way moved in the left lower corner.I feel good about what I have accomplished mostly because my eyes have been bothering me most of the day. I have worn glasses most of my life, that has always added a bit of a stumble but as I age there are added events adding wear and stress. I have had a detached retina, treated a few years ago but with left over scars. I have had cataract surgery even more years ago with a later laser treatment to clear up some “fog” on the lens. It all adds up.
This was one of those days I had a third photo of the day. There is a more detailed description of it in the paragraph above. This image gives almost a realistic feeling that the taller more view-blocking privacy fence adds compared to the smaller open style of chain link. If necessary to block intruders is the purpose of a fence it could be taller chain link.This is turning out to be the warmest day of the year so far. It feels a bit like spring but I don’t want to get to use to it since I am sure there will be more snow and cold before flowers bloom and the leaves come back.
The word today is respect. To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. Voltaire. When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. Lao Tzu. There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Henri Frederic Amiel. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. Tecumseh. If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. Abraham Lincoln. Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Men are respectable only as they respect, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself, Thomas Paine. Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not. Nathaniel Hawthorne. When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. Louis Pasteur.
German Village is a quaint and historic part of Columbus. This short article is about the “smallest house” in that village. I found some interesting stories about Columbus at a place called Curious Cbus that I may share here now and then. The house in question is 504 square feet in size and was built in 1911. As the article mentioned German Village has some “stately mansions” but it is better known for small, cozy brick cottages. One of the past residents says her grandparents home was modest. When it was sold the new owners added an addition to increase the size, but she has fond memories of the way it use to be. I learned from the article that when people were first coming to the area that is now German Village in the 19th century found land was cheap and was parceled in small lots. The German immigrants, brick masons, brewery workers and others, couldn’t afford large houses. The lots were perfect for small homes of brick and built right up against the sidewalks so that there was room in the back for gardens and outhouses. Later the area “went in decline”. The German Village Society made a huge effort to preserve the homes and it was revitalized, then was designated a historic district. Ways to add space while “preserving the unique character of the neighborhood” became a way of thinking for the residents. The home that the article’s story was first about, the “smallest house” in German Village is still there and is a wooden cottage on Whittier Street. In it’s first few years it was a doctor’s office and became a residence and rental property in 1915.
Hot dogs and mashed potato soup for dinner tonight.
Joy
why not!....it’s open and seemingly unused....perfect for trash....
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