September 1, 2022 a thought for today, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee. Spanish Proverb

This first upload for yesterday, the last day of August 2022, was “I believe....”. This is self explanatory. The church and the USA. 

Another typical Thursday.....printing of bulletin with a couple of added twists. Sunday’s sermon wasn’t streamed so I checked the memory card in the camera to be sure it had taped and brought it home to upload. I was also able to encourage Chris to take care of a serious health problem he is having. I related it to not taking care of it as something akin to needing an oil change in a car but ignoring it...then what happens to the car. 

The second upload for yesterday was taken as I was waiting for a traffic light to change. A bus rest stop with a waiting passenger and the business behind. 

Sue needed to pick up some meds so when I got home from church we went on that errand. We took Sweet Pea along. She likes to go too mostly, I think, so that she doesn’t have to be home alone. Not all of the meds were ready so we had to go back a couple of times to get it all picked up.

After I uploaded Sunday’s sermon to the church facebook page I sent a message to the congregation that it was available for them to see.

The photo for this first day of September was taken at the tennis court at Westgate park. I like the strength of the lights and the softness of the bare branches. This is from my archives and taken in the early winter. 

Today’s word is future.  The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time, Abraham Lincoln.  The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life, Plato. Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present, Ralph Waldo Emerson. The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it, Aeschylus.  The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully, Epicurus. Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength, Charles Spurgeon.  Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones, Seneca the Younger.  We can see well into the past; we can guess shrewdly into the future, but that which is rolled up and muffled in impenetrable folds is today, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future worlds, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you will ruin it. If you try to own it you will lose it, Laozi. If we are to better the future we must disturb the present, Catherine Booth. The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present, Publilius Syrus. The never-ending flight Of future days, John Milton. 

This is another photo from my archives of the Ohio country side. Taken on my way to Mt. Sterling, Ohio .

This is a bit of interesting history....and what might be found when digging deep. There is a place called Groveport’s Brook Alley near us where some improvements were being made. This article is about some of the incidents and historic discoverers that were made in this event. They found old wooden railroad ties and spikes buried under the alley pavement. They realized they were part of a railroad track spur that extended from the railroad line at the end of town. The tracks connected the Claycraft brick plant on the south edge of Groveport and along the Ohio and Erie Canal. Apparently some of the spur is “slightly visible in the grass north of Grove Street”. The tracks that were discovered came into existence in the late 19th century. It is thought that they were probably removed when the brick plant “ceased operation in the 1920s”. The soil in that part of Groveport was high quality clay and good for making bricks. The brick and tile yard cam I to existence “in the 19th century along the Ohio and Erie Canal” later operated by the Claycraft company. The article related the “many homes and businesses in Groveport, Madison Township and Columbus are made from the Groveport brick....provided a lot of jobs for Groveport residents”. Many loads of bricks from business were shipped via canal boats then the railroad, using the spur tracks, when the plant closed. When the railroad line opened in Groveport in 1868 that connected Columbus and southeast Ohio and beyond. The residents of Groveport realized that if the railroad bypassed their town it would be devastating that why a major gentleman in Groveport led the way for it to come though Groveport. He donated some of his land for the right of way .

I liked last night dinner so I am having left overs tonight. We had chicken stir fry in pear juice and teriyaki sauce. The recipe called for pineapple juice but I only had pear juice and soy sauce but I was out and had teriyaki instead, interesting. 

Joy

                            my composites of two of the three photo clubs I belong for August 2022