November 20, 2022, a thought for today, Knowledge is better than wealth, you have to look after wealth, but knowledge looks after you. African Proverb

November 19th upload.... “rock(s)”. I gathered several images of rocks. This one had the most detail in the shot. 

I left for church even earlier than usual today. I wanted to take the photos that I had hoped to get on Friday. The parking lot was empty but as I was opening the door and to turn off the alarm, Tom pulled in. I was glad he was there so he could turn the sanctuary lights on for me. I was able to walk around undisturbed for as many photos as I wanted to take. 

We had a bible study and a choir rehearsal before the church service.  I think there were a few more people there today than there was last week. I didn’t quite get the uplift I always hope for but there was some food for thought. 

The next shot for yesterday was “statue”. This first time I saw this image I thought it was a live deer in the front yard of a neighbor here in the city. I was driving so I had to look in the rear view mirror before I stepped on the brake to get a closer look. 

I needed to stop at Kroger for a couple of things I didn’t order for pick up. Then I circled around a bit in search of some photos. 

As is my custom and respect for the Sabbath the to-do list is short bordering on nonexistent.

The first upload for today is “afternoon light”. I think shadows would show a bright light best. But I like this overall light in this shot. 

The word today is slow.  Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul. Epicurus.  Slow but steady wins the race, Aesop.  Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. William Shakespeare.  Imperturbable, resolute, tree-like, slow to speak — such a one is near to Goodness, Confucius. Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. Voltaire. Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent. Saint Ignatius. Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart. William Pitt. What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer. Thomas a Kempis  I am slow of speech and slow of tongue. Moses,  Hasten slowly. Augustus.  Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. George Eliot. 

The second shot for today is titled “signs”. I drove around the shopping center looking for signs in the store windows. This one had the most interesting layout. 

I would like to have traveled on a horse powered and sreetcars just once. The title to this article is: “Columbus Horse Powered Streetcar System - 1863-1892". The fist horsecar line ran from Columbus Union Depot on North High Street, past the State House at Broad and High, then to Mound and South Streets....about one and a half miles. This route lasted until about 1888 when “electrification” took over. It took until 1892 for the “conversion” to be completed and electrified streetcars to take over. The “horsecar” era lasted 29 years. During that time the population of Columbus grew from eighteen thousand to ninety thousand. “Streetcar suburbs” began to form. There were two streetcar companies, the Columbus Consolidated Street Railway Co. and the Glenwood and Green Lawn Railway Company. There was a basic layout for the electric railway. Over the years the names of the lines were changed. In 1933 a modernization took place with the introduction of a “trolley coach” and motor bus service. So by 1948 the transition from street cars was complete, The End of The Streetcar Era. The last streetcar line was converted to route for trolley coaches. 

I had a third entry for today, November 20. The assessment title for this one is “black and white”. It was taken at the same time as the shot above . I used my Sony with a Zeiss lens for the first shot and my Samsung S20 cell phone camera for this one so I could switch the shooting mode on the camera to black and white instead of changing a color shot to black and white in Photoshop. 

Maybe, taco bell for dinner tonight. 

Joy 

slot of this style yellow ribbon around the city