May 20, 2022 a thought for today, We judge others by their acts, but ourselves by our intentions. Albanian Proverb

The photo of the day for yesterday was “creative”. This is one of the many digital images I have generated from various original photos. This photo was of a pysanky egg that I had designed and painted. I used a Photoshop add-on filter called Flexify and manipulated through it’s algorithms until I got this particular image. It’s my contention that this design was “hidden” in the original, it just had to be coaxed out.

Fridays still hold the ahhh moments for me....the end of a week, Saturday and Sunday for home and home activities. I guess it’s a hold over from school days lasting through work years and now retirement. Fridays are magic. 

The second image I uploaded yesterday was to my Canadian photo group. I called it “help me”. This puppy was waiting in a car parked next to mine in the grocery store parking lot. 

We had a pretty powerful storm last night. Sweet Pea was nervous most of the night. She hears thunder before and when we don’t always hear it.  She still seems to be resting from the stress of the night.

There are no “deadlines” on my list for today so it is going to be an easy going day. 

My photo of the day for today is called “I read this”.  I’m not totally happy with the image. It is too pixilated for my taste. This is a very old cook book that I have used time and time again...well worn. I tried to “cover up” some of the stains with a Photoshop filter but it over compensated ..... I probably could have and should have adjust to percentages on the algorithms before clicking on the finish button....my bad. (You'll see parts of pages sticking out....recipes from a cooking class my husband and I took at the French Market). 

I finally broke down and turned the AC on last night. It took a little while to adjust it to my liking. It seemed to be getting things a little too cool so we (Bob and I) moved the lever a bit at a time to get it to the right spot. From what I am hearing from the weather reports I will be glad it is on by this afternoon. 

My Canadian group is on a hiatus of photos of the day. But we are having pop up challenges at irregular intervals through September. This one is a three day series of flower images using a selective color presentation. I missed yesterdays (it was a red flower) today’s is a yellow flower and tomorrow’s will be a green flower. I like dandelions and I favored these partially hidden in the clover. 

The word today is virtue. The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts:
therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature, Marcus Aurelius.  The whole of virtue consists in its practice, Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Virtue has a veil, vice a mask, Victor Hugo.  The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons, Aristotle. Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life, Joseph Joubert. What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice, Thomas Paine.  The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue, Confucius.  Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self. George Eliot. Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal, Horace Mann. Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux. Virtue consisteth of three parts,--temperance, fortitude, and justice, Epicurus.  

Today is one of the four days of the month that I have an extra photo of the day. This one is “feather”. I took this photo at Franklin Park last summer. I think I have used it in my uploads before in these blogs for the weed growing in the crack. I am using it today for the feather that found itself in the crack to neighbor with the weed. 

Here’s a story about the life, study and history of plants. There is a place in Columbus called Groovy Plants Ranch. It all started when the owner worked for Foertmeyer and Sons in Delaware, Ohio. He said at the time he wasn’t much of a ‘plant person’. As he worked he learned and began to be more interested. As he worked he noticed “little pieces of plants (that) would fall off the nursery shelves.” He began to notice that if the droppings hadn’t been removed little plants grew where the plant pieces had fallen. His new interest in what was happening grew so that he changed the career direction he had been pursuing in natural resources. He bought a “retail rack of succulents” that his boss wasn’t able to sell. Then he chopped them up into “thousands of pieces”. The thousands of pieces regrew. So this is how Groovy Plants Ranch came about. Now there are two owners, co-owners, of the Groovy Plants business. Their plants are grown from cuttings thus maintaining a continuous supply. Th co-owners always look for interesting species even when they are on vacation to add to their collection of ‘groovy plants’. In the article they related that one of their best selling plants has been propagated more that 40,000 times. The ranch is about two acres of “walkable, plant-lined greenhouses and outdoor spaces” as well as more acres for plant production. They say they are not a “curated plant store” or just a garden center. The “Ranch” has a “unique flavor and flair”. They continue to grow. They offer greenhouse tours. Through their constant interest in new species they have hundreds of rare plants. They say they are “plant nerds”. Groovy Plant Ranch, 4140 County Rd 15, Marengo, OH.

It’s pizza night again. 

Joy

nature’s deposit