April 28, 2022 a thought for today, Intelligence is endowed, but wisdom is learned. Chinese Proverb

Christian picked me up so that I could get the printing done at church. When he brought me home, we stopped and I treated him and myself to White Castles. 

The first photo a day for April 27 was “I eat here!”. I think most of you know I am a fast food-aholic. So a good place to show where “I eat..” is in my car after a fast food stop.  

Once at home I started the laundry. I also started some research. I am trying all I can think of to get a car through insurance means but if that doesn’t pan out, one of my options would be to cut my activities down or out, which I don’t want to do just yet. So I have been trying to think of what other options might be possible. The research I mentioned earlier was the possible use of a golf cart and how that would or could be a potential in this city. I am looking at and studying all the requirements and restrictions, as well as the pros and cons of that method of travel. Of course weather would be a factor too. We’ll see where this leads. After all seniors use these in senior villages why not try. Stay tuned. 

The second photo a day yesterday was “time”. This one is a composite of two of the clocks around my house. 

My last book “Partners” by John Grisham, was interesting and a fast read. I have downloaded a different genre for a break. I like mystery and police/law novels but a second choice is historical fiction. So I have downloaded one called “Sold on a Monday” by Kristina McMorris. As I searched titles this one caught my attention for what I thought would be the subject matter. I was surprised to see that it contained something I hadn’t realized until I started reading. One of the main characters is a photographer/journalist. So that fits with my hobby. 

The first photo for today is ‘this is delicious’. I have several images of some good foods I have had. I thought this one would get the idea of something that was delicious to the last drop. 

The word today is substance.  Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop.  The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. William Shakespeare. Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance. John Henry Newman. Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. Francis Bacon.  All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. Edmund Burke.  One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so; for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed, William Hazlitt. Heat may be generated and destroyed by certain processes, and this shows that heat is not a substance, James Clerk Maxwell.  Show is not substance; realities govern wise men, William Penn. No one can step twice into the same river, nor touch mortal substance twice in the same condition. By the speed of its change, it scatters and gathers again, Heraclitus.  Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface, Victor Hugo. 

The second photo for today is “moving water”. The closest moving water in my area is the fountain at
the local metro park.

This article seems to be about the environment along with nature and its forces and beauty. It’s about the city’s commitment to help with shade tree coverage in Columbus. There is a lady at the beginning of the story who just planted a tree and realized that it will be many years before it gives off shade. She said she is drawn to trees because of there structure, strength and flexibility. She had the help of the forestry section of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department via a how-to video. The article went on to say “following the guidelines of the Columbus Urban Forestry Master Plan........Columbus is aiming for a 40 percent tree canopy by 2050". In a recent assessment of “canopy cover” in Columbus there have been 18,000 street trees killed by the emerald ash borer and an invasive species of beetle. “City officials are looking at the issue of “tree equity”. It appears the wealthier communities have more shade while most others, especially communities of color, less. Aside from the subject of shade there is the “balm for many ills, including air and water pollution and flooded streets”. Property values are another factor to be considered. A canopy of trees can lower the overall temperatures by 20 to 45 degrees. The article shared a quote that “the city should consider an ordinance that protects trees on private.......... a regulation already in place in Austin, Charlotte, Jacksonville and Indianapolis”.

I think we will have hamburgers again tonight.

Joy

skyward

 April 26, 2022 a thought for the day, Force may lead to agreement, but truth will lead to conviction. Chinese Proverb

The first photo a day challenge for April 25 was “on my fork”. I had this one in my archives from the last time I made French toast. 

I couldn’t remember how much information the pastor for this week normally sends me for the bulletin and how much I found from research. I finished the bulletin yesterday morning except for the scriptures and the sermon title. Well, this morning I got the information she preferred in an email message. So I worked for over an hour redoing the inside of the bulletin (the outside was done). 

The second photo a day for yesterday was “favorite cup”. This is one of things I have left that belonged to my mother. Now days I use a plain white, ceramic and  “sturdier” cup.

After the bulletin I was getting ready for food pantry......now I’m back....we had a pretty good day....about average number of guests today. We had a couple who had proxies and was picking up for more than one person. That is kind of confusing for me. It takes me a little more time than some to keep the numbers straight. I have dyslexia. But it worked out it just slowed me down a few seconds. 

The first photo for today is “dreamy”. I am not a fisherman but I know a few. They all seem to find going fishing on the dreamy side of life. 

This is normal Ohio weather. The last couple of days it has been in the seventies. Today it’s in the fifties. It’s not bad but a number about right in the middle of the two would be perfect. 

The word for today is strong. Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyle. A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. Tecumseh. Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Henry Ward Beecher. Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. Marcus Aurelius.  The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. Thucydides.  Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing.  Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. Charles Dickens. Follow your honest convictions and be strong. William Makepeace Thackeray.  To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson. Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.  

The second photo for today is called “yuk!”. I don’t say yuk to many things. Normally when I use that word I am referring to some sort of messed up food. But I don’t like photographing garbage. But this one is a yuk in that it needs some attention

I’ve often wondered about the history of the Boat House which is built where two rivers come together. I have been there on two different occasions. It’s intriguing partly because it is right on the river. I had the feeling there was a history to go with the location so this article caught my eye. It is located in an area called Confluence Park and it is the home of a “culinary destination”.   The article mentions it as “a daring building on a unique site, up on steel stilts above a flood plain”. The article went on to mention that was prominent in the redeveloping of the central river front. According to the article the restaurant had a few difficulties along it’s growth. First people had problems reaching it do to the flow of traffic in the area. They went through closings and re-openings. Over time it went by other names, Confluence Park Restaurant, The River Club and now the Boat House. The outside of the structure is of “weathered wood” as a boat house would be. The inside and the open deck areas are warm and friendly with interesting views of the river and Columbus skyline. It is now opened only to special events. It is located at the joining of the Scioto and the Olentangy Rivers at Spring Street and 315. 

I think it will be salmon patties and left overs for dinner tonight. 

Joy

access

 April 24, 2022 a thought for today, Fish cannot survive in absolutely clear water. Chinese Proverb

It’s Sunday....nothing much on the agenda besides reflecting and refreshing the soul.

The first photo a day for yesterday was “sweet”. I have a lot of that around. But these chocolate chip cookies are an old stand by. 

My “head cold” is tiresome. I took a COVID test before I left for church to be sure I didn’t have COVID. It was negative.... just a common cold (and aggravating cold). I wore a mask to protect others. 

It’s a gorgeous day....almost like an early summer day rather than early spring. Finally I dressed for church in a short sleeve blouse instead of a dressy/feminine sweatshirt. Then I wore a light jacket and it was too much. 

The second photo of the day for yesterday was “something on a stick”. I was originally looking for a bird on a thin branch of a tree. Then I found this one in my archives. 

My sons helped me look at cars yesterday. We test drove two. The second was perfect, exactly what I wanted. We sat down with the salesman to make out the paper work. The price increased with taxes, title and so on until in crept out of my maximum limit. So I am sad but still hopeful. I’m sure it will work out in time. 

Today church service was good, I’m still hoping for more to come back but it’s in His hands. 

I have started reading another book. I just finished Fair Warning by Michael Connley. Now starting Partners by John Grisham. It continues to amaze me what we can learn from a book that is considered fiction. All that I have read have “Easter eggs” that are actually fact, kind of like or is like, reading between the lines and paying attention for a recognizable everyday fact. Some of the reading may inspire further exploration through Google for new and extended knowledge. The story may be fiction but, in my opinion, come from someone’s collection of life experiences, realities and fact. 

The first challenge for today is “in my cup”. This is a cup of chocolate milk with a bit of whipped cream. My creative thinking needs a boost right now. 

The word for today is steps.   No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. Heraclitus. Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps. Hans Christian Andersen.  Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods. Confucius. The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub. Virgil. Every step is on the path, Laozi. Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better, Vincent Van Gogh.  Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace, Laozi.  We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps, Francis Bacon.  When we cannot use the compass of mathematics or the torch of experience...it is certain we cannot take a single step forward, Voltaire. One step at a time is all it takes to get you there, Emily Dickinson.  An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox, Lao Tzu.  Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together, Vincent Van Gogh.  It is better to make many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward, Old Chinese Proverb.  What you think is the summit is only a step up, Seneca the Younge. When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  

The second photo theme for today is “dog or cat”. This is one of Sweet Pea’s favorite poses and pass times. And the easiest time to get her still enough to take a photo. 

You know, titles are supposed to grab our attention.....this one worked on me. My question was why are houses near hospitals getting higher prices. There is a new house going up near Children’s Hospital. It is a two-story house with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. What has many people “startled”...$524,900. This new house also has a finished basement with an entertainment center. There is another owner n the area who has bought up several homes, with one at about $63,800. There have been house built and renovated for what was called affordable to buyers but instead have been selling for premiums. According to the article, “Proximity to hospital (is) a selling point”. Some who have bought in the area are a doctor, two medical processional and a mortgage broker. An additional draw is that the “geographical location” is attractive. A lot of vacant homes in the area are being bought and renovated. Some people who live in the lower valued homes in that area worry that the houses selling for the higher prices will cause rent to go up on the older homes. I think I must have missed something in my reading ....I can’t see the relationship of cost of housing being higher close to hospitals except possibly the “geographical location”. It is mentioned that there haven’t been enough homes for a long time. Now there is “a huge supply and demand imbalance that’s going to keep supercharging housing costs”. That statement seems to be for housing prices in general not just near a hospital. 

It’s either Taco Bell, Subway or KFC for dinner tonight. 

Joy

 April 22, 2022 a thought for today, Faults and virtues are but two sides of the same coin. Chinese Proverb

This is a quiet day and I need it. I had planned to finish the newsletter today. Sue was going to help me since I told Dorothy that we wouldn’t do it the normal way with both of meeting at church. I had been there every day this week and needed a break. Actually Sue and I finished them together yesterday. When I got home from printing both the bulletin and the newsletter, I started the laundry. Sue hadn’t heard me come in so when she realized I was here we got to work on folding, sealing, labeling and stamping. Now I have to get a ride to a mail box to drop them off. That will have to be when I can catch hold of Bob when he is not working. I have to pick up my BP meds too. Maybe tomorrow when Bob is off. 

The first photo for April 21 was “a red food”. I didn’t have any red peppers or any of a good number of red foods but I did have tomato soup. 

The insurance from the accident is not going to come through not without hiring an attorney. So I will just mail a note of complaint to the insurance’s corporate headquarters. Maybe that will help someone else down the road. Actually that was a suggestion from one of the people we (Lowell and I) spoke to on the phone. 

The second photo for yesterday was “black and white image”. I
happened to be in church and thought this was a good image. I set the camera with black and white filter. This time I didn’t use the Photoshop black and white feature. 

I  have developed an awful head cold, very uncomfortable. Yesterday I took a COVID test just to be sure....it was negative but maybe I should take another in case it was a false negative. 

The fist photo of the day for today was “savoury”. This looked like a good choice, ham and potato salad, for the title. 

Now I have a sink full of dirty dishes to tend to.

The word today is special. Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. Saint Augustine. The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. Blaise Pascal. Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency. Aesop. This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power, Marcus Tullius Cicero.   (Special Friends): Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams. Henry David Thoreau.  Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life, Jean de La Fontaine. True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance, Henry David Thoreau.  My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake, Aristotle. The language of friendship is not words but meanings, Henry David Thoreau. A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably, William Penn.  

The second assignment for today is “delicate”. The very soft and thin petal of this flower fit the title perfectly. 

I like to see sections of the city connected with each other. This looks like an interesting project. The article is about a plan to connect the Scioto and Olentangy trails. It would extend the Heritage Rail Trail from Hilliard, more than eight miles, to link with the Scioto and Olentangy trails. This would connect Hilliard on the Heritage Trail to Downtown Columbus. Parts of it would run close to the Quarry Trails Metro Park. That would connect with the Scioto Trail at West 5th Avenue. The plan would be Columbus, Grandview Heights, Marble Cliff and Hilliard officials to work together. It is said that connecting the Heritage Rail Trail with the Scioto and Olentangy trails would be good for recreational riders as well as people getting to and from work. Bike trails are an “important backbone of the transportation mobility network”. Solar power generation is also in the plan. Some are worried that panels and fences mar spoil the views. There is also plans for a solar farm that would be of interest one way or the other along that same route at one point.  

Pizza (it’s that time again)

Joy

Wind break

 April 20, 2022 a thought for today, The truth is lost when there is too much debating. Dutch Proverb

The first photo a day challenge for yesterday was “healthy”. I was at food pantry and there was some healthy produce available for our guests today so I took some photos of those that were available. 

I got bad news yesterday from the insurance about my car accident. The other guy’s insurance is denying my claim. I don’t know how that could be. When I learned to drive and took my drivers licence test the law said that if you had or caused an accident when backing from a lesser (driveway for instance) thoroughfare to a greater (city street) thoroughfare you were at fault. When I spoke to that company, it was recorded and I told them I saw the man moving out of the driveway but as I got closer and he appeared to restart from what I thought was a stop I stopped. The adjuster from the other company told my adjuster that I should have stopped. I did stop. And the other guy hit me I didn’t hit him. Anyway we, my son and I, were advised to seek an appeal. I hoped we could get it settled without a lot of fan fare. I called the other adjuster this morning and suggested that he re-listen to the recording he made when I spoke with him several days ago. But he is still denying my claim. 

The second photo a day for yesterday was “single flower”. This one is from the archives since I don’t
have any nice early spring flowers in the garden yet. This year. 

Today is another food pantry day. I am waiting for my ride. 

And now I am back from food pantry.....we weren’t as busy today as we were yesterday. It was a good day though. And we had time during the slow times for bonding with co-volunteers and friends. 

The first challenge for today is “indulgent”. Again at food pantry these were some refreshment offerings for our guests at food pantry. 

I had the bulletin done and most of the newsletter before I left. The one piece of the newsletter that I needed came in while I was out so now I will take the time to finish it before putting things out for dinner.

The word for today is speak.  He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. Lao Tzu. When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. Thomas Jefferson. Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.  However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? Buddha. When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. Plato.  It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. Henry David Thoreau.  Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. John Adams.  Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. William Penn.   We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly. Voltaire.  It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. Sophocles.  I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary. Charles Spurgeon.  We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. Hesiod.  We say little, when vanity does not make us speak. Francois de La Rochefoucauld. A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps, Saint Augustine.

The second photo theme for today is “pencils”. I was able to find these pencils in a plastic bag, all sharpened and ready to go. 

I think this idea is kind of interesting. I’m not sure what purpose it may serve in anyone’s daily life but it is educational. How streets get their names.  This is quite a long article and I have only done a part of the streets they have checked out. I will do more at another time. The first street/road mentioned in the article is Schrock. In 1840 there was a man named Washington Schrock who owned a 137-acre farm with a sugar grove of 1,100 sugar maple trees. This also included a sugar house where he made candy and syrup. The road that all of this is located on is now called Schrock Road. The next road is Northridge Road in Clintonville. The land was once owned by the Fuller family. There was a farm on the land and it became Whetstone Park. At first land on the east side of High Street was developed. But this land was not selling successfully. However they continued to develop the land and named the streets Fuller Avenue and Ellingotn. These names were changed later to Northridge and Chatham. Next is Marconi Boulevard. Note: I spent over fifteen years working at the Federal Court Building on this street. In 1937 Italian citizens in Columbus asked to have a street named Waters Street to Marconi Boulevard. The name comes from Guglielmo Marconi who was an inventor. Two men were prominent in seeking this name change, one a lawyer and an Italian consular agent. The other was a tailor and a dry cleaner here in Columbus. There is a street in Columbus named Mooberry. It is named after a Revolutionary War soldier “who came to Ohio after he was expelled from a Quaker church in York County, Pa.” According to the article he fought along side George Washington at the Battle of Valley Forge.  He came to Ohio in 1806 and bought a land to run a farm along Alum Creek. Fishinger Road. This was built in 1904 and a family named Fishinger “petitioned” for the road. The original owner had been a fire marshal in Franklin County and a county recorder. He was also worked in the family milling business. The article says the “mill was demolished when the Griggs Dam was constructed on the Scioto River and any remains are now underwater.”

I had a third photo a day for today also  this one is titled “nature in black and white”. I took this one from my archives as a color photo and changed it to black and white. 

It is going to be left overs again tonight for dinner. 

Joy

                  

                completely empty

 April 18, 2022 a thought for today, The strength of a tree lies in its roots -- not in its branches. Dutch Proverb

It’s rainy today making it dull and moody for the day. The spring temperatures have left for the time being. I’ve heard that some places in Ohio are getting snow today.

The first photo a day challenge for April 17 was “a drink”. I had a fresh pot of iced (sun) tea and used it for the model. 

After church yesterday Bob and I made a stop for some supplies each of us need for household chores. Then we stopped at Kim and Mick’s for an Easter lunch. Sue didn’t make it with us because she was waiting for the twins to come for a visit. They didn’t get her until well after we got home. They are here for a sleep over and then will go home because they have to go back to school on Tuesday.

This is going to be a busy week. I got a start on the bulletin and a bit more done on the newsletter. I can’t do any more on the bulletin until I get more information sent to me. I will try to get back to the newsletter later today.

The second photo of the day for yesterday was “ladder-ladders”. These two are waiting to be picked up and stored. 

There hasn’t been any movement toward my car situation from the insurance companies. I didn’t         get the name and phone number of the other insurance company rep last week so I tried twice this morning to contact the agent from my company. I have left a message twice with no response. I think I will ask Lowell to make a call to them tomorrow if I don’t hear anything today. 

I have finished The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly and down loaded a new one by the same author, Fair Warning for my typical night time reading. 

The first photo a day theme for today is “a white food”. We had vanilla cupcakes that Sue just made so I topped them with whipped cream and got my assignment filled.

I may take a break, I am hungry for a chocolate nutella cake so I may take some time to bake it.....maybe not....looks like Sue and the girls are baking cup cakes. 

The word today is soul.  The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Marcus Aurelius.  The destiny of man is in his own soul. Herodotus.  A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. Diogenes.  It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. Heraclitus.  Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. Isaac of Nineveh.  Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen. Theophile Gautier.  Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Plato.  All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted. Saint Teresa of Avila.  Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. Francis Bacon. What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. Robert Green Ingersoll.  The human voice is the organ of the soul. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Marcus Aurelius. Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. William Hazlitt.  Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul. Walt Whitman. 

The second photo for today is “a parade”. I don’t see to many parades and don’t have any in my
archives but I do have this parade of geese looking for food at the park 

This story touches on how a popular club in our city got its name. The article started by mentioning that in the 1800s gentlemen’s clubs were popular. There was one here in Franklin County called the Wyandot Club. At that time there were seventeen “wealthy men”who were interested history and social gatherings”. There meeting place was in a building on the Scioto River until there was a fire in 1974. The club was formed in 1881. They purchased the land for their building in1891. The area was called Wyandot Grove. According to the article “it had been the home to Chief Tarhe “the Crane, a well known Wyandot chief”. So the club got its name from the name of the land and it’s history. At the back of the club’s building was a dock fo member to come and go by way of the Scioto River. There was no bylaws or constitution for the club at that time. They hosted a large annual celebration where various “prominent member of society” attended. At the celebrations the memory of Chief Tarhe was shared. The only way to get into this club was when one of the members left or died. Therefore, never more than seventeen members. The club devolved in 1924. Again according to the article the related that there was a “lasting marker of the club’s existence”, a memorial for another Wyandot chief...Chief Leatherlips. He was a friend to “early white settlers in the area. He as at odds with the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh. I learned that after the club was disbanded the river was directed in a different path. The dock was “superfluous” and later the clubhouse burned down. The article ended with “The ties between the Wyandot Club and the Wyandot tribe were in name, land and honorary memorials only”. 

I am making spaghetti for dinner tonight. 

Joy

on the rocks

 April 16, 2022 a thought for today, It's vain to learn wisdom yet live foolishly. Dutch Proverb

It’s a rainy and dreary Saturday. The last few days it has been sunny and I have heard the sound of lawn mowers beginning the new spring season....not so much today. 

The first photo a day for April 15 was “kitchen”.  I have a nice new kitchen. There are lots of spots I could hone in on for a good image of the space. I shot several and chose this one. 

I made an order at Kroger for a pick up of groceries for today. Since Bob isn’t working today he took me over for the pick up. There are good points to doing the shopping this way. I also miss going through the store too, that way I pick things I forgot to put on my list.  Maybe I will change that habit some after I get transportation back. I may do the “drive by”  pick up mostly with a visit once a month.....we’ll see. 

One of the things I’ll be changing at least until I get a car is my volunteer activity at the church event on Saturday evening, HM3 (free meal night). My presence isn’t one of the more vital ones anyway so I won’t be missed all that much. I may drop my literary club activity too, due to the transportation factor. It’s as though a kind of triage has to take place. It will be affecting my photos of the day too, I won’t be able to get out and about as easily so the photos will be in my yard or in my house or from the archives for a while. I’ll have to be  “creative”.

The second photo of the day for yesterday was “pots and pans”. My photo groups are from two different sections of the globe. It’s coincidental that they end up with similar subjects for the themes especially on the same day. I use to have my pots and pans hanging on a frame from the ceiling. But since we had the kitchen done they are stored in the drawer under the oven. 

I am finding with this event in my life, the auto accident, it’s one of those times that habits take a curve. Things I do on a regular basis and I seem to have “written in stone” are taking a different direction, it may be temporary.... maybe not. These kinds of things happen along life’s way naturally brining experience, knowledge, growth and “spice”. The picking up of groceries instead on personal shopping, the asking for rides here and there, the omitting of some the smaller activities in my life due to no transportation because of no car or no ride. I hate to ask people to pick me up due to time difference in mine and their time-to-spare. What they say is true.....you keep learning no matter your age. One thing is constant in life.....change. One of the problems is as age creeps in these kinds of changes become a little more difficult to face and deal with. 

The first photo for today is “two things”. In one of my recent excursions to the park I found these two guys strolling toward the pond. 

I was sitting at the computer working away yesterday and noticed as I glanced out the window beside me that the trash can by the curb after pick up had blown over. I didn’t think too much about it....figuring that Bob would pick it up when he got home from work. About half hour later I heard a bump and glanced out the window noticing that the trash can was beginning a journey down the street. My neighbor who was mowing her lawn noticed it to. We both started toward it, she quicker than me. As the wind blew around both of us, we managed to get it to my backyard. The wind wasn’t constant and the sun was shining and the temps were perfect. What an assortment of weather experiences at one time. 

I’m going to color some eggs right now...all the children in my life are grown or not near by but I still need to recognize the wonder of Easter with the sight of colored eggs and a tiny little basket....looking at that reminds me of the true reason for the season, after a life ending, a new beginning. The coloring and sight of the eggs in the “basket” on the table along with church tomorrow morning will be my Easter.

The second shot for today is “geese or ducks”. This image is from my archives. It was taken when I was on a drive along the Olentangy River. 

The word for today smile.  The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine. A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. William Hazlitt. They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity. Emily Dickinson. A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. Herman Melville.  Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. George Eliot. The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. Thomas Gray. Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. Henry Ward Beecher. Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. Victor Hugo. One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul, Therese Of Lisieux.  A smile is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy— these three. It is the light in the window of the face, by which the heart signifies to father, husband, or friend, that it is at home and waiting, Henry Ward Beecher. Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. Emily Dickinson. What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot. The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  

This is a story about the history about another part of the Columbus community. I have driven through the area but haven’t had the pleasure of staying very long to catch some of the uniqueness. It is a bit of history of Whitehall.  In the 18th century land in America was granted to Canadian refugees who fought with colonists in the Revolutionary War. Truro Township was formed. In 1947 one hundred and fifty-six acres of that land became a village, then a city in 1965.  Whitehall was “one of the country’s fastest growing cities in the 1950s”. It is “one of Columbus’ last remaining post0war suburbs”. Interesting facts are: a free black man operated a stop on the Underground Railroad in 1842. He had a route delivering supplies and helped ferry freedom seekers along the way.  Later in 1881 he started a moving company, it remained in the family through 2001. That company was the oldest black owned company in the country. An airfield use to be where the Whitehall branch of the library is located. It was named Norton Airfield, after a former OSU football player who died in the war. It was closed in the 1950s. The Defense Supply Center of Columbus was built in 1918 and has served to provide services to the US miliary since the First World War. The Town & Country Shopping Center was planed in 1947 and became one of the first in the nation’s history. With the variety of stores in the shopping center it was the first time Ohioans could buy all in one place. The “National Road”, Route 40 brought people from all around. Motels were built along the highway. People came to stay in the motels and eat in restaurants, go shopping and find some growing spots of entertainment. Kahiki was one of the many and most popular restaurants. In 1982 there was a Playboy Club in the area that lasted for three years. 

It will most likely be hamburgers and chicken noodle soup for dinner tonight. 

Joy

needs a little restorative attention

 April 14, 2022 a thought for today, Everything has an end except God. Dutch Proverb

My first photo of the day for yesterday was “church”. There are so many corners and sometimes overlooked areas of church that I an trying to capture images as something grabs my attention.

Today was my first “outing” since the accident ..... accept for church on Sunday morning. I had the bulletin, the anthem word insert, and the memory of family members list all done and ready to print with no way to get to the church copier. Our sexton agreed to pick me up and bring me home. I got all the printing done. At the same time we had a food deliver for the food pantry. Chris, the sexton, was helping with the unload. I finished while the unloading was still going on so I waited until he was free to bring me home. I asked if he would like a couple of White Castles so I treated him to that,  and myself, of course. 

The second photo for yesterday was “fave recipe”. This is a well used recipe that is a family favorite. I think it is a little different that most tuna casserole with the addition of sharp cheese. 

When I got home I started the laundry and clearing some things out of the back freezer and some from the frig since tomorrow is trash collection date. I think maybe all of the activity may have put a bit on further stress on my back. I think I should take it as easy as I can for the rest of the day.....except there is the laundry to finish. 

Now I need to find or set up my photos of the day. 

The first photo for today is “ingredients”. I made a collection of several of the “ingredients” that I use most often in my cooking. 

The word for today is sky.  For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul. Victor Hugo. The brain is wider than the sky. Emily Dickinson.  Only from the heart can you touch the sky, Rumi. The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Green calm below, blue quietness above, John Greenleaf Whittier.  The bluebird carries the sky on his back. Henry David Thoreau. Above the clouds the sky is always blue, Therese of Lisieux. I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God, Abraham Lincoln.  Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place, Seneca the Younger. The soul of man was made to walk the skies, Edward Young.  The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together, Plotinus. Rush out in the rain to be soaked with the sky, Rumi. Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies, Ovid.

The second photo for today is “night time”. I needed to go back to my archives for this one. I have several of the moon that I was looking for. I couldn’t find them but I found this one that in had captured one rainy night looking out my front door. 

This is a story about some possible changes in the works for part of the sky line of Columbus. There are plans for converting three buildings in our downtown to residential use. The PNC Building on east Broad Street is a 24-story office “tower” is one of them. A two-story glass atrium in front of the building would be replaced with a “landscaped plaza”. However that plan was revised to an outdoor seating area on Lazelle Street with a new glass enclosure for a restaurant. An area called the Continental Centre, 150 E. Gay Street, has a 27-story office structure that will be converted to residential. The plans is to use historic preservation tax credit for this project. A rooftop design with a swimming pool has been approved but the exterior of the building will stay the same. There will be 344 units in this building. The third building to be mentioned in the story is the Salsesian Building at 80 S. Sixth St. It was once the Salesian Boys and Girls Club. In the project the YMCA has been working with the owners. It is expected that “about half thee apartments would be used for permanent supportive housing.” Again historic preservation tax credit would be applied. This six-story building was built in 1927. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the article in 2018 it was listed on the Most Endangered list by Columbus Landmarks. According to the article this project is still in a planning phase. 

I pulled some Chili Mac from the freezer for dinner tonight. 

Joy

spring is here

April 12, 2022 a thought for today, Cut your coat to suit your cloth. Dutch  Proverb

The situation with my back from the “fender bender” that attacked me last Saturday has had its own progress. The area where the discomfort first appeared has evolved from what felt like a tightness to a radiation sensation a little higher and a little broader. I don’t consider it a pain at this point just discomfort. On the one hand it is sort of like waiting for the other shoe to drop. 

My first photo of the day for April 11 was “a green food”. The closest thing I had on hand was an image of the lettuce salad at a church function. 

The dialog between the two insurance companies has begun. There hasn’t been anyone to inspect the car yet. In the mean time I am out of transportation. I did find out that I can’t get a rental car with insurance money, it has to be selected in your insurance contract and I didn’t select that feature because the age of the car. I didn’t give much thought as to how constrictive it is to not be able to come and go at will. It’s not just being able to take a notion to go out it’s the planning time and availability of others that now enters the picture. 

I don’t know if I mentioned that a small section of siding on the house was blown lose in the last high winds we had a few days ago. We had called someone to come to reattach it. He couldn’t get to it until this morning so now, at least, that problem is solved. 

The second photo of the day was “barn”. This is from my archives, an image of my niece leading her horse back to its stable.

I have a secret....I have been wearing long johns for the past month....these old bones don’t take the winter temps as well as it use to. After I went out to the yard to find some photo possibilities, I decided it’s time to take them off. Although, we may still have some snow and lower temps. Not to worry.... the long johns are not far out of reach. 

I have the insert for the bulletin ready to print....it is the words to the anthem we will be singing this week. Acclamation for Easter. I have a major portion of the bulletin done, waiting for the rest to come in. I have two names for the in honor/memory expressions for Easter Lilies....I am hopeful I will get the rest by tomorrow so that I can get it finished too so I only need to get a ride for one day to print them all.

The first photo challenge for today is “snack”. This was my mid morning snack for today, pretzels and V8 juice. 

The word today is simple.  In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. Lao Tzu. Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify, Henry David Thoreau.  Simplicity is the glory of expression, Walt Whitman. There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens.  Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another. Charles Caleb Colton.  Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation, Francis Bacon. The words of truth are simple. Aeschylus. That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest, Henry David Thoreau.  As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness, Henry David Thoreau.  The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest, Thomas Moore.  

The second photo for today is “fit to be tied”. We put up twin swings for my twin nieces some years ago. The wood is badly showing its age but the knots were “fit to be tied” and are still holding after a couple of years in the elements. 

It’s been years since Cooper Stadium was filled with the sounds of baseball. I have wondered what they would eventually do with the property. I think there have been several different suggestions and plans. Here is the newest plan. This one is for two “mixed-use buildings....several apartment buildings, two rental buildings and “what looks like a large warehouse....”. It is planned to “preserve” the two brick buildings that remain on the property along with what remains of the stadium itself. The area left where the rest of the stadium was once will be turned into green space, the rest of the space would be “paved event space”. This was an interesting item in the article, “stacked shipping containers would line the south and east edges of the site”. There would be 550 units in the apartments. The mixed use buildings will not be more that six stores tall. I didn’t see what the shipping containers that were mentioned would be used for, that could be interesting. 

I think we are having chicken and dumplings for dinner tonight. 

Joy

weighted 

 April 10, 2022 a thought for today is... Mouth is in gear, brain is in neutral. English Proverb

The first photo for April 9 was titled “in my pantry”. My pantry is not as neat as it should be but it is well stocked. 

It was an unhappy happening. My car and I were hit by a truck backing out of a driveway. My car is old and this damage most likely put it over the hill....but it was still serviceable to this point. I have some low back discomfort from the incident but know from experience things can be worse a few days later. I hated to cancel the meeting, I was so looking forward to be with my grandchildren/great grandchildren from out of town. I sent a message to cancel last night not know if the back problem would progress to an emergency room visit in the morning. As it turns out I went to church and by the time I got home I realized it was best that that was the only outing I planned for the day. My back is more tired right now and I am a little light headed from lack of a full night’s sleep. I didn’t want the kids to see me this way....and I am a bit “testy” right now to.

The second photo for yesterday was “selective color”. This uses a bit of Photoshop to get the affect needed. I selected only the head of the Daffodil, reversed the selection and turned the rest of the image to black and white leaving the flower head it’s original color.   

Now comes the problems with settling with insurance and with 
finding transportation to my various activities. 

The first photo for today is “dessert”. I chose a shot of a strawberry on a layer of whipped cream for my dessert for lunch and the image for this assignment. 

It is one of those days that the sun is showing us what spring is supposed to look like. It is gorgeous outside and there are neighbors working in their yards. 

The second photo challenge for today is “horse”. This one is from my archives. My niece took horse back riding lessons and this is one of the moments I captured at one of my visits. 

The word today is silence. Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom, Francis Bacon.  Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Silence is the mother of truth. Benjamin Disraeli. True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. William Penn.  Silence is better than unmeaning words. Pythagoras. When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. Thomas Carlyle.  Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. Henri Frederic Amiel.  As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. Benjamin Franklin. The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson.  Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. Thomas Carlyle. Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. Thomas Carlyle. 

I had three shots for todays photo a day challenges. This one is “sidewalk”. The image is self explanatory. It is a neighborhood corner and sidewalk that I pass nearly every day. 

This article mentions some of the ways people in the earliest days in Columbus spent time. In the beginning Columbus was a wilderness. Time was needed to “unwind” as it is today. Some of the ways people unwound in those days are mentioned here. In 1815 there were 700 residents. There were doctors, lawyers and “sellers of goods and services”. The “primary businesses there were inns and taverns.  “The use of distilled liquors was very common, and every tavern had its licensed bar”. A “dram” was offered to guests in the evening and one in the morning. Here’s something I picked up from this article: ‘Tanzy Bitters’ were freely imbibed as a supposed preventive of prevailing fevers”. At a tavern called the “Russell Tavern” people would sit on “sidewalk benches”....the first person to rise would treat the rest. Coffeehouses were also popular. The style of those establishments in that time offered a place for “gossip, refreshment and gaming”. In 1825 there was an establishment called John Young. In 1826 it was called “a bake house and grocery”, eventually called, became known  “far and wide as the Eagle Coffeehouse”. Some times things could “get out of hand”. It had a public bathhouse attached. Here’s another interesting “fact” in the article...”the water for which was pumped by a big, black bear, chained to a treadmill in the backyard”. Someone decided that it would be “....fun...to see what would happen if the bear should break loose....a few minutes later....a ‘scatterment’ followed ”. In April of 1827 “Tippo Sultan, the Great Hunting elephant” gave a performance that was “interesting to the spectator and dangerous to the keeper”. Accompanying this show was a lion, tiger, cat, lynx, Shetland pony, Dandy Jack”and more. This was one of the first times entertainments like this made it at the capital of Ohio. One night the elephant, that was kept in the backyard of the tavern, broke loose and had a good time with the pump on the well, then discovered two barrels of flour. The water and flour mixture made a pasty mess. As time passed musical groups and theatrical companies came to town. 

I think we will have left overs from last night.....potato salad, spam salad sandwiches, and cole slaw. 

Joy

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