June 1, 2022 a thought for today, Wisdom outweighs strength. African Proverb

I got the bulletin done early this morning and sent it out. There was only one place for a small correction. 

The photo of the day yesterday, the last one for this month, was “this is also me”. It is from the archives as so many of my photos are for this period in my life....no way to get out and shoot. 

I worked a lot with archived photos today. I needed several for some projects. I also sent some to Jessie for one of her projects. 

This seems to be one of those days that I can’t get focused. I have several things that need attended to but can’t get any of them done because I need a car to do them. I have to spend time making arrangements for finding a ride to each of them and then spend more time getting to each one. All of these takes my own time plus time I am borrowing from someone else. The number of people I am disrupting keeps growing. These kinds of things are piling up now. 

The photo for yesterday for my friends in the Canadian photo club is of a peony on my back fence. This is one of the many signs of Spring, one that give us a sign of rebirth and renewal.

One of the arrangements I need to make is with an eye doctor. I called this morning to get an appoint on a Saturday morning so Bob would be available to take me. They only make Saturday appointments every other week and only in the morning. So they are filled up until the middle of July. Oh, and my eye doctor of about fifteen years or more has retired. So I have to look for a new doctor and arrange time (now between three people, me, the ride and the doctor). 

This month of photos of the day is called “a month of gratitude”. Each day is supposed to show something that we are grateful for. There are so many things to be grateful for, it will be hard to choose. I could upload almost anything that is possible to shoot with a camera lens that would fill that description. Today’s choice is of my great grand nieces (twins) walking my best friend, Sweet Pea, in the nearby local park. I’m grateful for them, the twins, for Sweet Pea in my life, and for natures gifts in the park. 

The word for today is worth. When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all, Publilius Syrus. Adventure is worthwhile, Aristotle. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it, Ovid.  A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. Charles Darwin. One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. James Russell Lowell.  Nothing is worth more than this day. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. Michelangelo.  A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. Charles Spurgeon. Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. Aesop.  Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. Henry Ward Beecher.  Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. Benjamin Franklin. A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values, Marcus Aurelius. Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee, Marcus Aurelius.  

The upload for my other group for today is the bird feeder in the shade and shadow of the trees. 

I am amazed at how many places there are in Columbus that I had never heard of and this is a story about one of them. This story is about a statue at the Statehouse that I had no idea was there. I may have to make a trip downtown to see it one day. It is called the “Jewels”. Apparently it is included in a group of sculptures called “These Are My Jewels”. I will have to remember when I am downtown that it is at the northwest corner of the Statehouse. In the group there is a female figure with seven men in this particular statuary group. It is designed on the order of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Cleveland’s Public Square. Ohio wanted to honor Ulysses Grant, William Sherman, James Garfield, and Philip Sheridan and others. All were Ohio natives. The idea for the title of the statues was gathered from an ancient roman tale about a group of women who were discussing their jewelry. One of them, named Cornelia, had two warrior sons, she said “there are my jewels”. That’s where the female figure on our statutes arises from. The local Landmarks Foundation keeps endangered buildings, histories, architecture and properties in our area on their list. And this is one of them. 

Potato soup and grilled cheese for dinner tonight. 

Joy

wow.....past time for fresh paint