May 22, 2022 a thought for today, You can get far with a lie, but not come back. Albanian Proverb

Sunday.....a day to regather focus, to recharge productive energy, to reflect, to reconnect with the higher parts of existence. 

The photo of the day for yesterday was “waves”. That caused some thought at first. The only photos I have of ocean waves are of my sister and me when we were on a family vacation. I also have some when we visited San Diego but those would take a while to find in the archives. So I used this one of our flag as if “waves” in the breeze. 

Church was still small in attendance for folks celebrating together. We have a homeless person who is very familiar in all our missions at church. He recently lost his housing due to changes in management and higher rent. I think he has also recently found the Sunday morning church service a place to truly find relieve if only temporary....collecting a few minutes to cling to for the week. At least it’s warm and dry and safe.  Much of the time he falls asleep... a symptom of complete rest both physically and spiritually. I’m sure there are people who may frown on this but WWJD. I know....there has to be rules and consideration for others. 

The other photo for yesterday was the last of the three-day challenge with my Canadian group. It is green flowers, there really were green mums in a mixed floral arrangement. It was assigned to be in the selective color mode. 

I am becoming more and more frustrated over my car problem. The insurance “investigator” is coming out to see the car and give his opinion tomorrow. Maybe that will spark some real progress.  It’s been a month and a half that I have been getting rides from friends and family. 

I turned the AC on a couple of days ago......put on a sweat shirt this morning. 

My photo of the day for today is “flying”. I rediscovered this on in my one of my several archives. For a better balanced photo I would rather have had the tree on the other side of the geese. But this was the original capture.  

The word today is wisdom.  Wisdom comes alone through suffering. Aeschylus.  The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Ralph Waldo Emerson. To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living, Henri Frederic Amiel. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience, Cervantes.  Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar, William Wordsworth.   Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all, Heraclitus. The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear. John Quincy Adams.  To live the greatest number of good hours is wisdom, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  A loving heart is  the truest wisdom, Francis Bacon.  We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future, Henry David Thoreau. Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Horace. Turn your wounds into wisdom, St. Augustine.  Look for the answer inside your question, Rumi. Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped, Henry Ward Beecher. No man is wise enough by himself. Plautus. The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. Victor Hugo.

The photo I chose to enter into my Canadian group for today is this one of some structures that create an interesting set of lines and textures.

Franklin Park has been a major point of interest in Columbus for many years. They have the butterfly exhibits, they have the new children’s park, they have hosted the America Flora, they have had the Asian Festivals, they have had Chihuly glass exhibits and on and on. Now they are adding a unique topiary creations to their exhibits. These topiaries will come in the form of flamingos, tigers, peacocks and more. The exhibit runs from June 4 through September 11. There will be twenty-five topiaries. Twenty will be animals representing cultural, historical, scientific and offer other significance. The plants will be formed into animal shapes “mimicking colors and textures such as feathers, scales and skin”. Surrounding plants will complement the animals depicted. The planned line up is: Three flamingos, six tropical fish, five seahorses, and three jelly fish, a bison, a royal Bengal tiger, a peacock, a marine iguana, two camels, a cardinal...all of these be surrounded by the look of their natural habitat. 

This is the evening we have take out (or bring in)....taco bell, KFC or subway. 

Joy

clean up time