August 28, 2022 a thought to study for today, Two cannot fall out if one does not choose. Spanish Proverb

The photo a day upload for August 27 was “on weekends I....”. I pick up the groceries I ordered for curbside pick up . 

What I am going to say here is my own opinion, as most things I say here are (and else where, I guess). But I think there are some folks who were present who would probably not agree with this one. The current bible study sessions we are having are, for me, more like a read/history class than a bible study. Today’s message was my kind of bible study as well as an outstanding message. But with that there is a bit of sad news, for me, looks like we are losing yet another outstanding reverend, he is leaving us. On another note, at a different point in the morning, I felt another “promotion of one’s self” moment. 

The second upload for yesterday was the “pop up challenge...shot at night” for the Sudbury Photo Club.

As is custom I don’t have a to-do list to get done today. Just some work/relaxation I like to do.....photos, and the most necessary household things. And to add to the feeling, ‘tis close to the last days of summer. 

The upload for today is “I watched this...”. When someone says “watched this” my first thoughts are a television program or a movie or a theater act. I watch cooking shows on the weekend. This is a shot of one of them.

The word to have a look at today is forgive. Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass, Confucius. Good to forgive, best to forget, Robert Browning. One forgives to the degree that one loves, Francois de la Rochefoucauld.  Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again, Saint Augustine. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake. How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Publilius Syrus. There is no injustice in the grace of God. God is as just when He forgives a believer as when He casts a sinner into hell. Charles Spurgeon.  We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.  The more a man knows, the more he forgives. Catherine the Great. Pray you now, forget and forgive, William Shakespeare. We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature, Voltaire. His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong, Ralph Waldo Emerson. If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well, Francis Bacon. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us, Martin Luther. Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all, Thomas a Kempis.

The upload for the “pop up challenge....shot in the dark” for today is this one was taken as I glanced out the front door and saw the bright moon over the neighbors house. 

I thought this would be just a note on some decorating and to settle a possible curiosity about symbols. I keep seeing star symbols on houses and often wondered what their significance was aside from ornamentation (I don’t mean the stars as in stars and stripes...I mean a single star ornament). This article is about shapes like a diamond or maple leaf for the purpose of this article found on window shutters. The title to the article attracted me: “Shutter Cutours: A Window to One’s Soul?” The article mentioned that in Cape Cod you may see starfish and scallop shells as cut outs on shutters, in Maine maybe pine tree cutouts. In Atlanta, card suits. The author of this article seemed to be in search of a cutout design he would like for his shutters. His thoughts went through a squirrel, hearts, a crescent moon, a starfish, maybe fleur-de-lis (but, he says, I am not from New Orleans. How ‘bout four-leaf clover, he says “I’m only 1/16th Irish”. In an article from the Curious Cbus at WOSU, these symbols can be defined by an architectural style. A lady in Clintonville has asked Curious Cbus about these symbols because she mentioned that several homes in Clintonville have these decorative shutters, crescent moons, candlesticks, and clovers. After some research it was discovered that Sears, Montgomery Ward were selling kit-built homes offering as one of the features, cut-outs for front shutters. Popular cutouts in the 1920s were the crescent moon, the urn, and the shamrock. Today there are all kinds of cut-outs to choose from. It is noted in another article on these cut outs that “nothing provides warmth like a personal touch”.

These cutouts add “eye-catching dimension and uncommon style”. Some of the more common ones to choose from now are: Palm, Moon, Pineapple, Anchor, Star, Heart, Tree, Diamond and Sailboat.

It will be order in again for this Sunday evening dinner. 

Joy