August 22, 2022 a thought for today, He who does not repair his gutter has a whole house to repair. Spanish Proverb
This has been a busy and productive day so far. I got the information for the bulletin ahead of time this week so I was able to get it done all in one sitting today. Once that was done, I took Sue for a couple of errands she wanted to get completed. Later today she has a doctor’s appointment. I thought we should get the errand out of the way before the appointment instead of afterward since it is late in the day, too near dinner time.
One of the uploads for August 21 was “I don’t like to....”. I hate cleaning the oven so that made a perfect choice for this photo. I couldn’t think of a way to make it more artistic.After I got the bulletin done, I took Sue for some errands she needed to get done. We when to Kroger for a couple of things we for got to order on the curbside pick up this week. It’s good sometimes to get into the store and find things we think we may need later. Maybe that is not such a good idea after all. We spend more money that way.
My second upload for yesterday was of Sweet Pea day dreaming as she watched the neighborhood from the bed right by the window.I have an appointment at the vet for Sweet Pea tomorrow and then food pantry as soon as I get back from the vet.
When I had a few minutes of down time in the last week or so I spent time on the newsletter so the “deadline” time isn’t quite as big a pressure as it would otherwise be for this week. I still have parts of three pages to do but it is a matter of waiting on some to come in via email.
One of the uploads for today was “on Monday’s I....”. This pretty easy, I work on the church bulletin every Monday.The word today is follow. Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. Dante Alighieri. To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare. The wisest men follow their own direction, Euripides. Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit, Plato. Let us follow the truth whither so ever it leads, Socrates. Good thoughts are no better than good dreams if you don't follow through, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Character - in things great and small - is indicated when a man (or person) pursues with sustained follow-through what he feels himself capable of doing, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Wherever you go, go with all your heart, Confucius. Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public, Epictetus. They know enough who know how to learn, Francis Bacon. Swim out of your little pond, Rumi. I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead, Louisa May Alcott. Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them, François-René de Chateaubriand. It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow, Voltaire.
My second upload today is of a mushroom growing between the crack of bark on an old tree in the back yard. The lines and textures bring out the natural feel.I know a lot of people are a little frightened of new technology but this is just one of the many useful and maybe life changing things that computers and other new finds can do for our lives. This article is talking about underwater drones. I am amazed with the sights we can see using drones to view our world from close to earth over our heads. I never considered underwater drones until I read this article. In thinking for the need of water recoveries the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office decided to purchase an underwater drone. The interest in this type of equipment “stemmed from the case of Anthony ‘Tony” J. Luzio of Powell, who was 25 years old when he was last seen July 4, 2005". His body was found in October of 2014 in a retention pond near Orange and South Old State roads using an underwater drone. The article went on the mention that “although it is a rare event.......nationwide cases have been reported of small children murdered by being thrown into water, with one case earlier this year near the Mississippi River”. Further in the article “small children, particularly those with cognitive disabilities, don’t always recognize water as dangerous........when a missing child is reported, “We immediately start becoming fearful if there’s water in the area.” The article pointed out it takes time for qualified divers to arrive at the scene and that drones can “work continuously far longer than a human diver”. The drone mentioned in the article has high intensity LED lights to “penetrate” murky waters. It is battery powered and operates at the end of a 700-foot line connected to a control device. It is even equipped with an arm that “could retrieve small objects”. A generator can be attached with a control line to give even more operating time. There can be eighteen people from eleven departments who can be trained how to use the drone in this article.
It’s probably going to be creamed beef on toast for dinner.
Joy
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