October 15, 2022 a thought for today, When the drop is inside, the sense is outside. Irish Proverb

We’ll start the letter with my first photo a day upload for yesterday.... “stripes”. I missed the stripes on the back of the fire truck as it pasted me on my way home so I settled for an image of the shadow stripes of my porch swing upon itself. 

It has become typical, as you may have noticed from other letters, I do curb side pick up for groceries every Saturday now. Today was a bit different. We went for the usual pick up and this is a large order (I have ordered things to try in the air fryer hopefully ones that will cut my time in the kitchen in half). As we were “checking out”, which is slightly different at curb side, a problem developed with the “tablets” they use for check out. It ended up that we had to go inside to do the financial portion of the check out. My favorite clerk (Annie), the one who brings my order out most of the time, was discouraged with the technical problems.  

When I got home and before I put the groceries away, Sue needed a ride. She is renting a car to go see her great granddaughters. 

My second upload for yesterday was from the archives. It was shot on one of my walks in the alley behind my house. This was a “field”of poppies in a neighbor’s back yard.

Sue has finally got compensation for a very serious auto accident she had a few years ago and wants to buy a car. I’m worried that her reaction time is not what it use to be so I am concerned for her safety. As you may have discerned, I am a natural and probably an award winning worry wart. 

We are having another nice autumn day. As far as I am concerned we can’t have enough of this kind. On the other hand......short changes in seasons have their good side. 

One of the photo uploads for today is “floral”. My blooming plants seem to be taking a rest from producing blooms right now. However, my Christmas cactus is starting her production early....she has given me this first bloom to whet my appetite. 

The word for today is nature.  Nature always wears the colors of the spirit, Ralph Waldo Emerson. In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous, Aristotle. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Delicious autumn! Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen. For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. Martin Luther. The bluebird carries the sky on his back. Henry David Thoreau. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare. There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. Thomas Jefferson.  The Amen of nature is always a flower. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.  Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. Alfred Lord Tennyson. We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. William Hazlitt. The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. Diogenes. The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. Saint Teresa of Avila. Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. Henry David Thoreau.

This second upload for today is also from my archives. I like the lines and colors and feelings of space and travel this image gives. 

This article is about school age children and a sewing. Here’s something I never thought about but is most likely a good learning experience. As is common with all educational experiences many things are learned besides the main reason for the class/lesson.  The article started out talking about how young teens like watching streamed TV or computer games but we see that are into sewing. There is a school in Jeromesville, Ohio where fifth through eight grade students are learning the art of quilting. At this school there is no home economics class so the quilting class fills that spot. The class started the year with eight students and just a few tools. At the start of the second year there were fifteen students. The teacher of the class is “letting creativity run free”. As the article went on the teacher planned that since quilting skills are not normally taught regularly in school she “fills the gap by teaching mini lessons at the beginning of their lunchtime meetings....like how the machine works and how to sew a straight seam”. She lays the fabric out and turns them loose. Then the students practice. Some of the students will start full quilts, some begin by making “their own projects, potholders and pet beds to pillowcases. When their porjects are finished they keep or donate their work. Some give to family or friends. This class has become a club and has gotten outside help from donations and even grant money. They have been able to purchase more machines. Donations of fabric and materials come in from the community. 

 We will be having something from the air fryer for dinner. I have ordered some things to try that we picked up at the store today. 

Joy

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