October 27, 2022 a thought for today, The past remembered is a good guide to the future. Chinese Proverb

An upload for yesterday, October 26, was “pastel”. I caught sight of this tiny leaf stuck in the storm door as I was leaving to go to do the church for food pantry. I felt that the gray of the storm door and the shade of the green on the leaf I had my “pastel” shot for the day.

Here’s another normal Thursday. Well not so “normal”. Christian wasn’t at the church so no short chat. But I did have two others stop by while I was there working on the bulletin and newsletter. Dennis stopped by to do a little work on something on the roof and we had a short chat. Then Diana stopped by to finish a couple of chores. One other little change in the “normal” was I downloaded the full memory card from our streaming of services. It was completely full so it took a full two hours to download. I had finished both the bulletin and the newsletter and placing them where they belonged and still had about a half hour to wait for the download to finish. 

Once I got home I Google searched for a couple of back ground images I need for one of the paper quilling project I am working on. After that I started the wash. 

Another upload for yesterday was one I caught on the same trip to the church. It was on the corner of one of the street I was using on my drive. 

Time is racing by today so I am going to have to make dinner a quick and easy one.

We are having another of the gorgeous autumn days to enjoy. Some cooler days are creeping in more often now so winter is approaching hoping it would pass inspection as “bright”. 

An upload for today is called “bright”. I found myself searching and snapping all kinds of the sun’s reflections but as I was examining them in Photoshop none struck my fancy so as my upload I used this bright yellow refuse truck. 

The word for today is perception.   Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth, Marcus Aurelius. It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see, Henry David Thoreau.  All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions, Leonardo da Vinci.  It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view, George Eliot.  We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses, Abraham Lincoln.  How sweet is the perception of a new natural fact! Henry David Thoreau.  There is nothing so confining as the prisons our own perceptions, William Shakespeare. The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this. William Wordsworth.

My second upload today was snapped as I was waiting in line at McDonald’s (I go there often, don’t I?). I believe the man was changing some signage on a well know restaurant and entertainment establishment.

Here’s an interesting and perhaps educational thing do to this season. This article is about using a train at the Ohio Railway Museum during this holiday (Halloween) season for a “spooky” and historic trip. Apparently there is a “Ghost Trolley” at the museum. There is noting that is “overly frightening” for guests and children. The train is decorated and presents a mile and a half round trip ride. The ride begins at 990 Proprietors Road in Worthington. The ride is advertised as a “tour through our decorated cars, hear some ghost stories and hop on a train ride for a venture into the woods”. At the end of the trip you get a “goodie bag”. One on the trains at the museum is called the Norfolk and Western Railway locomotive 578...built in 1910 so is now 112 years old. The Norfolk and Western Railway was originally founded in 1870. In 1876 when is reached Columbus there were five connecting railroads. They were freight-hauling and passenger service as well as used in “coal mining trades”. One of the stories they tell is about a  “post-office rail car 6510". It was built in 1920 and stayed in service until 1970. Of course being a “post-office car” other things happened on this train. One day a box that measured 6 feet long and 2 feet wide was loaded on the train. It was a “big old casket”. The conductor on the ride tells about the train’s history. There were “challenges down the line....hobos”. It is said that when you see one of the hobos it is a sign of a ghost. A little of the history of the museum is that it is one of the oldest railroad museum in America. This is a part of history in our city. At this point in time it is designed to educate “through displays and demonstrations, the role and effect of the railroads in the life of the people and businesses of Ohio and the United States”. The “Ghost Trolley” isn’t the only event the museum hosts. It will be hosting Letter to Santa in December. Then the cars will be decorated for Christmas and Mrs. Claus will be there. There will be a goodie bag and a train ride. 

I am going to gather things from the freezer to use in the air fryer for dinner. 

Joy

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