October 19, 2022 a thought for today, When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black. German Proverb

Yesterday’s food pantry was busy...the kind we like. We had an extra person at the intake desk to so that helped. The number of people we have visit us varies every day so we never know how busy it will be. On a side note it is interesting for me....we meet so many people and learn so many stories. It enriches my life. It’s good to be helpful to people who need us and on the other side of the coin it is good to learn about their lives. Sometimes in speaking with them we find that there other ways that we are able to help them. It’s good for both.  

The first upload for October 18 was titled “pattern”. This is a close image to one I uploaded a couple of days ago but the two colors (the title the other day) and patterns were much alike. 

I don’t have much left on today’s agenda beside food pantry again today. I finished the bulletin and the envelopes and birthday card earlier this morning. 

Sue is looking at a car she may want to buy so I will be taking her for another look when I get back this afternoon. 

The second upload yesterday was another from my well used archives. This is a park bench among the trees at the park down the street from my home. 

With the change in the weather, day before yesterday pushed the temperature drop some more. I ended up putting an electric blanket on the bed and set it at the lowest setting. It felt cozy last night.

One pleasant part of yesterday after I was home from pantry was a surprise visit from Lowell. It always adds light to my day when he stops by. 

The up load today is called “black and white”. This is a photo I took a while back of a local shopping mall. It was in color but I worked with Photoshop to turn it to black and white. Some black and white photos present themselves better than the color counter part. 

The word to day is never. Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome. It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot.  Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. Buddha. Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci. Lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin.  Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. Saint Francis de Sales.  Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. William Wordsworth.  I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. Galileo Galilei.  A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Saint Basil. Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson. Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius. 

Seems like today is an archive day. This one was taken a few years ago near where I worked for the US Courts. The replica of the Santa Maria was parked on the river right outside our back door.  

Well it looks like part of a place in my “history” and fond memory will become something different. I spent some of my adult/youth in Mt. Carmel Hospital, opened in 1886, as a nursing student. The building has been torn down. It appears now that the space it took up will become an urban park. It is located in the Franklinton area and seems to becoming part of the changes happening in that part of our city. Part of the property was donated to the city Recreation and Parks Department. Since the hospital was closed at this location and moved to Grove City the space has gradually turned to residential, commercial and office spaces. Now a 1.7 acre parcel will be dedicated as a public parkland adding “green space” in the Franklinton community.   

We will be trying frozen fish cutlets in the air fryer tonight. We have been using it for at least one thing in the dinner menu every night since we got it. So far so good. 

Joy

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