October 13, 2022 a thought for today, What is nearest the heart is nearest the mouth. Irish Proverb

When I saw the “assignment” title for yesterday’s photo a day, “brown” I couldn’t get one of several photos I captured of some of the horses my niece use to ride. So I went to my trusty archives and found this portrait. He was a sweet heart and didn’t mind having his photo made.

Thursday, nick named “the busy day”, for me. The printing was done quietly and no problems. I was hoping to have a customary chat with Chris but he wasn’t there. Haven’t had a chance to talk with him for three or four weeks. 

As has become my custom, after I left the church I went on a short trip looking for my photos. I found a few....you’ll most likely see them later. Once at home I got a couple of things started on the computer then cleaned the frig and unloaded/loaded the dishwasher. I am holding off starting it until the second load of laundry that I just put in, on the wash cycle, is done. I think there will still be enough hot water. 

The second photo a day entry of yesterday, also from the archives is an image of a neighbor’s wall taken as I was going through an alley. An old stone wall with a vine and flowers. 

We are having another beautiful autumn day. I want to enjoy these as much as I can because winter is coming and I have learned that those winter days don’t get any easier as age creeps in. They become harder to move, both physically and gracefully, through especially with when the ice and snow appear. 

With the printing, photo search and key wording and filing done, frig done, dish washer done, laundry mostly done, I have the rest of the day to regenerate. I need to find my next paper quilling pattern/project to make and send to my great grand kids. 

Today’s photo a day was “pop of color”. I shot several images for this upload and chose this one. As was driving down my street on my way to church this tree of gorgeous orange leaves couldn’t be passed without stopping for a captured moment in time. 

The word today is music. Where words fail, music speaks. Hans Christian Andersen. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Plato. Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. Victor Hugo. Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. Martin Luther. When words leave off, music begins. Heinrich Heine. Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. Ludwig van Beethoven. Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle. Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Ludwig van Beethoven. If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music. Thomas Carlyle. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life, Berthold Auerbach. Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself, Henry Ward Beecher. Music is the universal language of mankind, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras.  

This second upload image was one of the several I shot for the “pop of color” shot. As I was starting the car, I noticed the leave caught among the rain drops and couldn’t resist shooting.

Here is a story about another renovation or preservation of established architecture. There is such a church-type space being used here in Columbus where an effort to preserve the Summit Methodist Church along with the architecture of Edward A. Sövik has been accomplished. A lady who spent her career in the Columbus Public Schools worked toward this goal. She and her peers met at the Ohio State Wesley Foundation on 16th Avenue. This building in 1954 later became a presence for the Summit United Methodist Church community. The church was created in 1977 by a “merger between University United Methodist Church, Indianola United Methodist Church, and the Wesley Foundation at the Ohio State University”. Six years were spent re-designing and remodeling to create a worship space with a kitchen as well as other necessary renovations. The first service in the newly remodels space was held on May 1, 1983. In 1988 a Reiger Organ from Austria was added. The article related that “the church interior is the intervention of award-winning mid-century architect, Edward Sövik”. In this unique building he flexible seating that could be used as assembly space as well addition os podiums that could be moved into sections of the space. He designed “custom art glass graphic” as an alternative to traditional glass work. He calls the sanctuary the “Centrum”. He states it is space for both “lay and cleric, civic and sacred functions for a modern community whose activities are not limited to Sunday morning”. Other of the pieces this artist designed is a granite baptismal font, “undulating” wood ceilings incorporating qualities of light and space “characteristic of his Scandinavian design legacy”. He encouraged future designers to be artists. The article ends with “the Summit Methodist Centrum offers design basics....flexible function ...... integrity of materials....a modern artifact that Columbus would do well to preserve and use.”

I haven’t decided about dinner yet....something from the freezer since this is one of those busy days....haven’t mastered the air fryer yet....however it does make things faster, cleaner and tastier. 

Joy

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