September 23, 2022 a thought for today, A half-truth is a whole lie. Jewish  Proverb

We open today with my first upload for yesterday “tree trunk”. This one has seen some bad days....some good to .... it’s still showing us life with it's green canopy in the spring and summer. 

It has been another eventful Friday. I met Dorothy at church early so that we could get the newsletter done. We work well together so we had it done in less than an hour.

Sue had a couple of errands on her list of to-dos so I picked her up on my way home from church. And we took Sweet Pea for a walk in the park. When we got home, it was back to getting some house work chores done and, of course, the computer. 

My second upload for yesterday was a selection from the archives (stored memories in photos). This one was taken at Christmas time when the twins came to visit. 

I have been slowly making things ready for bringing the house plants back inside. I wanted to wait another week. The temperature went into the 40s last night so I was concerned about them and thought I should get as many in today as I could. The weather announcers are saying the temps won’t go that low tonight so I may try to wait another few days. However I did get all of the drainage trays washed and ready and the plant lights set up. Or, since I may need Bob’s help with two of the larger ones and since he doesn’t work on Saturday we may do it tomorrow. 

One of the uploads for today is “crunchy”. I collected a few “crunchies” in the kitchen right now for my model for this photo. 

Due to the weather, I did have to break down and turn the furnace on last night. The change of seasons in Ohio adds such spice to life. 

The word today is joy. Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter, Benjamin Franklin . Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow, Rumi. The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things, Henry Ward Beecher. When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy, Rumi. An eye can threaten like a loaded and leveled gun; or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy, Ralph Waldo Emerson. He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden, Plato.  Bless us all With playful years With noisy games and joyful tears, Charles Dickens. The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh. Rumi.

I’ll have to admit was a little lazy selecting a photo for this upload today. It is a photo I took a while ago because of the shadow and the contrast in color of the pole and that cast by the shadow. 

I have a cousin and also a photo friend who are raising chickens in their city backyards. I think it is an interesting plan, bees....I’m not so sure. This article gives a hint on what these two adventures may present.  On September 12 the Hilliard City Council amended a city code to allow hens and bees to be kept on home owners properties of “at least one-half acre in size”. The owner can keep up to six hens. Owners of up to one acre and three acres can keep hens, roosters and ducks. Owners can have Honeybee hives “limited to three on parcels of at least one-half acres”. To check on the amount of animals allowed check with the Hilliard City Council. These new considerations will be reviewed in twelve months. Commercial use is prohibited, these plans are for private use. Certain considerations have to be put to use such as property lines, sheltering, sanitation, etc. While it prohibits commercial use of the by-products, giving and selling eggs and honey to family and friends would be understandable. According to the article “Neighboring communities have allowed this” with no major issues”.

Pizza!

         Aged.... it happens.....sad? or is it just time