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

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