September 15, 2022 a thought for today, Truth does not need many words. Russian Proverb

The first photo a day upload yesterday was “odd one out”. What an adventure looking for an image to match this title. As I was cruising the neighborhood this one grabbed my thinking on a design for an odd one out.  The two (or three) upright poles in line with a more 3D rectangular box. 

I had an appointment today for a follow up on a completed solution to a digestive problem. The appointment was located at a good distance from my house so Lowell was taking me. But before it was time to leave for the appointment. Sue called to me that she was having some chest pains and we felt we should call 911. So we had the emergency squad here for a bit. As turned out everything is ok. They felt the problem is a reaction to a new medication she is on. That was a relief. 

The second up load for September 14 was a free choice. I chose this abstract I generated using Photoshop filters. The original image was hollyhock flower.

I got to my appointment on time (no thanks to a couple of traffic jams). All was well there too. After the appointment Lowell took me to breakfast. 

My photo a day entry for today is “a food shop”. I forgot to get photos at Bob Evans where Lowell took me for breakfast today so I used this one that I shot last Saturday at curb side pick up.

Once back home it was back to the computer and a start on the laundry. That will be it for the rest of the day except for fixing dinner and that clean up. 

The day started out cool. But according to the weather reports we are supposed to have some more heat in a few days and for a few days. I got two of the vacationing house plants transplanted and ready to be brought back in the house. I think that will not have to happen for a couple of more weeks. 

This photo a day upload for my second one this day is from my archives, a capture of the Columbus city sky line from a park/greenscace in the foreground. 

The word today is home.  He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. Confucius. To light the poorest home; hearts warmer grow, Louisa May Alcott. The home is the chief school of human virtues. William Ellery Channing. A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration, Charles Dickens. The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul, Michel de Montaigne.   There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again. Rumi. Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, Harriet Beecher Stowe.  All language is a longing for home, Rumi.  The home is the chief school of human virtues, William Ellery Channing. 

This is another one of those days for an upload from my third online photo club. The assignment title for this one is “hole or holes”. A handy one for me to shoot and upload quickly was one of the perfectly round hole in the arm of my front porch swing. This is the hole that allows the chair through the arm to the seat of the swing. 

I think using bicycles for transportation for a couple of reasons. One of them would be for a person’s physical anatomical health and a second for the quality of the air we as society breath. At an earlier time in my life I did use a bicycle to get around. Now it is not in the area of feasible. I found this article when I was searching for a bit of news for you. Columbus is looking at “upgrading existing bike and pedestrian lanes” for better safety. Excising lanes would be upgraded to “protected lanes”. According to the article only one bike lane is “physically protected from car traffic”, Summit Street in the University District. The ideas being ironed out are  “to determine where we may have available space and minimal conflicts”. Also in the works is trying to come up with different materials and methods for separation from traffic and the pedestrians/bicycles. In those situation to consider are “approaches for snow and debris removal”. I understand there is a lot of bike riding and walking in Europe....I’ve never considered how pedestrian and bike traffic are handled there. So I did a quick search: While Americans can take pride in their growing bike culture, cycling has been ubiquitous in European communities for decades. In Denmark, 16 percent of all trips—and 25 percent of trips less than 3 miles—are made by bike. I’m sure their methods for safety have been studied and implemented over an aeon of time. Of course, automobile traffic is mostly likely a little different here and there also. The ongoing plan here in Columbus is for a “Downtown Multimodal Transportation Study, which will examine the feasibility of potential bike, transit and pedestrian upgrades”. To proceed with caution pilot programs in urban area will be tested by using temporary barriers before installing permanent ones. Speed limits and traffic signal timing are in the mix. I am going to keep my eye on this project. Bicycling for moving from one point to another is an old and rewarding type. It will be interesting to live in an area of the gentler form of transportation combined with the modern era of technology occurring together with other areas of our lives. 

I am looking to fixing creamed beef on toast for dinner. 

Joy

                    Hanging in there....'til the work is done