July 13, 2022 a thought for today, Proverbs are like butterflies, some are caught and some fly away. German Proverb

I had set aside today to take Sue out for some of her errands. We had a list. We started out about 9:00. We had our “sister’s bonding time”, that is an understanding only sister’s can have especially sisters’ that live together....for twenty year and more. 

The first upload for yesterday was “exterior”. That’s a wide-open subject with many interpretations. I chose this one showing the exterior of a suburb and parts of the things that may make up that exterior. 

Then I had another brief time with a loved one. One that I get so few of but find so precious there are not words in the English language to express the almost physical hug brings. Lowell stopped by....maybe only fifteen minutes but that will do for today. I may have gently learned something about myself that causes me to wonder.....more growth....keeps coming....even after more than eighty years. 

The second up load for yesterday came from my archives. Once I uploaded this, I had several responses. Many people have seen this ad on barns
throughout the country side. It brings back many memories and takes us to those placed for a few moments in time. 

I had another learning experience today too. On the way home I stopped to put gas in my car for the first time.....the door to the gas tank wouldn’t open, it was stuck...some prying and more tugs on the release lever finally worked. That along with the ice maker on the freezer will have to be tended to....it too stopped working. ....such is life. 

The first upload for today is “life”. As I was waiting in the car today I was watching “life” going on around me, in and out of the store and in and out of the parking lot so grabbed some images. I don’t like to show the faces of people I capture since I can’t get their permission to show so I try to get ones from their backside. I caught his lady shopping for plants for her yard.

The word today is believe.  Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. Thomas Aquinas. Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal.  The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. Herodotus.  Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense, Gautama Buddha. He who believes needs no explanation, Euripides. Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous, Abraham Lincoln. Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe, Saint Augustine.  We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing, Louisa May Alcott.  Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it, Blaise Pascal. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones, Confucius. What people believe prevails over the truth, Sophocles. 

This is my second upload for today. I couldn’t resist snapping a photo of Sweet Pea as she was rolling on her back and showing her furry paws.

This story is about a new place for people who like to shop for possible treasures will find interesting.  There is a new establishment called Overflow Market that will be selling “seconds, misprints, and overstocked goods”. There will be ceramics, greeting cards, art prints, candles, scratch-n-dent, floor models and so much more. Some of the participants are “And Here We Are, Stump Plants, Koko the Shop, Nichelle Monique, Kiln Room, Four Eyes Ceramics and more. There will be live painting and food via Pablo’s Havana Café.

I am making baked Tilapia and potato salad for dinner. 

Joy