May 14, 2022 a thought for today, More hideous than a say without a do. Arabic Proverb

Sixty-two years ago today at 2:00pm I was being married at Hoge Memorial Presbyterian Church. And four years ago tomorrow one of our great grandson’s was born. 

The photo a day for yesterday was “green”. This one needs no description. 

Surprise, surprise.....I got a call yesterday from the insurance company. One of my five letters worked. They are rechecking the facts of the accident. Just for the heck of it, I would like to know which of the five letters was read and accepted. 

I think I am about to lose one of the three cars I have seen on the internet and in my area that I have had my heart set on. The second one I lost was due to not having a way to see it in person before the lucky buyer. 

My photo for my group in Canada “outside the window”. I like the curved window along with the blue sky and the corner of a neighbor’s home.

Bob took me to the store today for our now weekly curbside pick up. I managed to get it all put away. I sometimes leave some on the back counter to be put away at a more convenient time but today I wanted the counters clear for company. 

I have two more plants to be put outside for the season. Bob will do that for me when he is done mowing. The two plants in question are hanging plants and will call for the use of a ladder.....that ship has passed for me...using a ladder I mean. 

The photo of the day for today is “sunshine”. I think a good way to show the sun is along with the shadows that are cast with bright sunlight. 

And....tada.... I have started a new book. I’m going back to mystery and intrigue from historical fiction for now. I just came off of The Judges List by Jon Grisham and uploaded John’s The Associate. 

The word today is understand.  True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. Socrates.  Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. Abraham Lincoln.  Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond. Hypatia. You cannot put the same shoe on every foot, Publilius Syrus.  No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding, Plato. The heart has reasons which the reason cannot understand, Blaise Pascal. You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. Leonardo da Vinci. Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent. Saint Ignatius. When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. Voltaire. 

One for the Canadian group for today. ...more “sun and shade”

I saw this article about some of the buildings in Columbus that are “endangered”. ....thought I would share it. The article began: “Farmhouse dating to 1825 among sites on endangered list” The Columbus Landmarks Foundation list sites that are endangered on a regular basis. They say that this year the oldest building ever featured is on the list. It was built in 1825 and is located on the Far East Side. Another of the house listed this year is the south dormitory at the Columbus Public Health building in the Driving Park neighborhood. It is called the “I-House”. It is called that because it is a type of architecture found in “I”states...Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. Typically they are one-room deep and two stories tall....usually part of farms. The Sprague House was given by President James Madison to Joshua Sprague who was from Canada. It was given as part of a “refugee Tract for compensation to Canadians who lost property in the Revolutionary War. The south dormitory at the Columbus Public Health was scheduled to be demolished but there is a comprehensive evaluation of the site. Another of the houses on the endangered list is East 17th Avenue garden apartments. This “represents an opportunity to help deal with the housing crisis”. The next listed is in our neighborhood, it is a Greek Revival-style house on the Hilltop, West Broad Street. It was built in 1900. It has arched and leaded windows. It is a two-story portico with Corinthian columns. It was once used as a funeral home, a photo studio and the home of the Hilltop Historical Society. Another one is the St. Stephen’s Community House which is in Hungarian Village. It was originally a theater. Next, the Ohio Avenue Church built in 1911. It was “patterned after the church that George Washington attended in Alexandria”. A couple more on the list is one on Cleveland Avenue that was built in 1915. Then there is the Main Theater that opened in 1937. 

We are having family together this evening for a pizza dinner here at my house...the old homestead for about the past fifty years .....Natalie’s warm and caring idea and she’s bringing the pizza and her own personal (and natural) sunshine. 

Joy