November 10, 2022 a thought for today, A river that forgets its source will soon dry out. African Proverb

One of the photo uploads for November 9th was “an unmade bed”. I forgot that I would need this photo before I made my bed yesterday so I checked around the house for another unmade bed. I found one but decided to come back to my bed an “unmake” a little part of it. Sometimes Sweet Pea will do that for me if she is looking for a “nesting kind of spot”.

My “busy day” has rolled around again. I was up a little early to tick a couple of things off my list before I got on a roll. 

A second capture for yesterday was called “curves”. This one I shot at a regular stop on my outings. It is a part of a McDonalds parking/drive through lot. 

While I was finishing up the printing and getting ready to distribute the bulletin throughout the church there was a knock on the door. The Mid Ohio Food delivery was here early.... no volunteers at the church yet because the reported schedule was supposed to be at 10:30. I chatted with him for a few minutes and we decided he would come back after he made a few other deliveries.

One of my photos for today is “power lines”. I remembered that there is some sort of power station on Wilson Road so, when I left the church, I headed that way to get one of my three photos for today. 

This first photo upload for today was as I mentioned in the previous paragraph. It is the power station on Wilson Road. 

When I got home, I started the laundry for the week. That will take up the rest of the day as I finish some more multi tasking. 

The second upload for today was called “wood”. I used this one of an old wooden privacy fence. When I shot this one, I had taken several captures of wood. I liked one of an old and knurled tree trunk that I wish now I had used for the upload instead of this one. 

A word for today is promise.  We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot, Abraham Lincoln. Promise is most given when the least is said, George Chapman. We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. Francois de La Rochefoucauld. Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. Martin Luther. Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man. Ovid. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost. Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned. Ovid. An acre of performance is worth the whole Land of promise, James Howell. Commitment Is what turns A Promise Into Reality, Abraham Lincoln. Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven, Saint Patrick.   

This was another of those days for a third photo upload. This one is titled “buttons and zippers” ( I kept going around with the mantra “buttons and bows” while I was looking for the shot). Anyway, after checking some coats/jackets for buttons and zippers on the same piece of cloth, I was finding mostly zippers and snaps until I found this pair of trousers that I have in my stack of hemming to do. 

Franklinton continues to “spruce up” one of the oldest historic areas of this city. This article tells about one of the newest structures to be introduced in its growth and revitalization. There is a new eight story hotel being planned with six food, drink and entertainment spaces. The name is Junto Hotel at 77 Belle Street. There will be 198 hotel rooms. There will be a main restaurant described as a “wood-hearth neighborhood tavern” which is a family environment. There will be a rooftop patio and bar. Another eatery/coffee shop named Maudine’s is planned. Its name “references” the 1926 homecoming cow from OSU. In this shop there will be pastries, baked goods and “an assortment of grab-and-go items in addition to coffee”. Next on the list of six additional spaces is “a street food style walk-up window that will be serving the famous Québécois dish”. The lobby will double as a check in and a gathering place “for workers by day and cocktails by night with its own separate bar”. The last space described in the article is a back patio attached to the lobby. Here there will be fire pits and an indoor/outdoor integration with the lobby. 

This being my “busy day” of the week I think dinner will be quick and simple....air fry chicken fries and fish stick and french fries. (I think I am beginning to get use to cutting down on time in the kitchen...it’s about time to go along with what strength and energy that years of life have determined for me has begun its inevitable ebb). 

Joy

                             Just another orange cone that got knocked over