July 23, 2022 a thought for today, Prayer only from the mouth is no prayer. Jamaican Proverb

I have some time before I need to get ready to leave for church. Bob and I have already picked up the curb side grocery order and I have everything put away. I have my photos of the day chosen but they may (or may not) need a bit of darkroom (Photoshop) touch yet so I will wait until I get home from the funeral luncheon at church.  

One of the uploads for yesterday was “current interest”. I have so many things going on in my life right now it was hard for me to chose something suitable for “current interest”. My crochet projects are an ongoing “current interest” so that made it an easy choice. 

Bob had to buy a new lawn mower last week end and didn’t get a chance to use it due to all the rain we were having. So he is “checking it out” today. He wanted to get the store out of the way before we got some predicted rain today.

The second up load for yesterday is from my archives. It was a vase of assorted cut flowers from my edging gardens. Some were on their “way out” but still had something to offer in their beauty. I used a vintage overlay to give it a bit of a  “history” look. 

.....I’m back from the luncheon. There was plenty of food, so much that we were asking people to take some home with them. 

When I left for church the sky was noticeably turning darker. While the service was going on there were loud bursts of lightening and the sound of rain falling could be heard through the open windows. When I came out of church the clouds were gone and the sun was breaking through. 

The photos I chose earlier for today didn’t need any touch ups after all except for a filer on one of them. All they needed was the upload size and save and catalog. 

One of today’s photo uploads, again from my archives, is “still life”. It is one of my potted house plants with assorted background pieces for patterns, colors and textures. 

The word today is charity.  With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. Abraham Lincoln . Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door. Charles Dickens.. Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance, Francis of Assisi. Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles, Henry Ward Beecher.  The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others. Homer.  Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home. Emily Bronte..  The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green, Thomas Carlyle.   When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep, Henry Ward Beecher. All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action, James Russell Lowell.  Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens, Bernard of Clairvaux.  There can be no Christianity where there is no charity, Charles Caleb Colton.   Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world, Thomas Browne.  In charity there is no excess, Francis Bacon.  The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new, Cato the Younger.  Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith dies, Anthony of Padua.  

The next upload today, also from the archives, is an upload to my Canadian Photo Club, is of architectural features showing it’s age. It is an old building on West Broad Street. There is a lot of texture, pattern, color shapes. I think it give a bit of an “old world” feel.

This article sounded kind of unique. It appears to be about redesigning the path ways of getting around in the downtown area (High Density Neighborhoods) in the form of pedestrian bridges and bike lanes.  One plan in the process is a redesign of Broad Street. There would be a centr-running bus-only land and a two-way protected cycle track. There was talk at a strategy meeting calling for “multiple corridors with dedicated transit lanes”. This meeting was filled with the “critical component for our future”. Another view in the presentation is images for redesigns on Third and Fourth Streets with the same bus and bike lane plans but also how to “bridge 670 with a pedestrian and bike bridge”. Discussions went to connecting Summit Street with downtown creating “regional, north-south, low-stress bike system.” The talks went on to forming “multiple new pedestrian bridges over the Scioto River”. More thoughts in the plan were to demolish the Main Street Dam making way for a 33 acre of urban parkland along the Scioto River. Thoughts of 40,000 people living in the Downtown area by 2040 were in the talks about how to plan for that event. Parking lots would need developed and transit and transpiration options have to be considered. There is a goal to “complete the full draft plan by September” to be presented to City Council.

Dinner will be each of us on our own since I am working at the church this afternoon. 

Joy

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