December 14, 2022 a thought for today, When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding. Chinese Proverb

One upload yesterday.... “something green”. It’s winter in Ohio. There is not much green outside right now except forever green trees which at this time of year are a little over used in photos. This is my great grand daughter’s Christmas sweater. I have to pull it from the archives, last year’s Christmas photos. 

I have been slowly working on the Christmas activities both for family and church. It is moving along, slowly but moving. It’s like a battle with the clock. 

I finished the newsletter this morning except for two articles that usually come in at the last minute. A little while ago I received one of those articles by email. Also at the same time as the check in finding that message there was another containing the information I need for next week’s Christmas bulletin. Those give me things to work with that should reduce a good bit of the stresses that comes with last minute details. 

The second photo for yesterday was “sweater”. I’m sure you noted that it is the same sweater as the above photo....you’re right. When it fits it fits, in this case the title for the photo assignment.

I got a good supply of photos from the huge donation of food the church got from Harmon Elementary school yesterday. It’s amazing the amount of food that that particular food drive is able to collect for our food pantry each year. 

Now I am going to work on binding some more of the “Christmas” calendars that I make each year. 

My first upload for today is “decoration”. There all kinds of decorations around to fit the season....hard choice to pick anyone particular one for display. 

The word for today is trouble.  Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer, Soren Kierkegaard.  Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things, Henry Ward Beecher.  It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties, Abigail Adams. Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. Voltaire.  Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil, Epictetus.  Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. George Washington. I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage. Arthur Schopenhauer. This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. Ludwig van Beethoven. It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers. Aeschylus. Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. Benjamin Franklin.  The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen. Aeschylus.  

My second upload for today is “animal”. I caught this guy looking for food .... maybe trying to figure how to get the lid opened?!

This is a Columbus landmark of sorts at least in the German Village area. So just a note of good fun in the season. The title to the article is “The Red Coat Suspects: Who’s Responsible for the Umbrella Girl’s Holiday Wardrobe Change? Columbus Monthly investigates the mysterious tradition in German Village’s Schiller Park”. Apparently this is a tradition, putting a red coat on the statue. According to the article the neighbors enjoy the “playful, charming and quintessential German Village moment”. Part of the purpose of this article is to find out who it is that puts the coat on the statue....it seems to be a secret. So news  “investigators” went through a list of possibles. Could it be one of the Friends of Schiller Park and the German Village Society? Then there is the landscaping folks. One who spends hours in the park flower beds and landscapes. There is a good chance that it could be the sculptor of the statue. Also mentioned was a nearby school teacher who considers her (the statue) one of her honorary students. There is one of our former  “beloved” TV anchor’s who finds German Village a remarkable place. Even a ghost who was a prankster is considered as the wardrobe assistant for the statue at this time of year. Here is a little note or reminder about the “Umbrella Girl or The Umbrella Girl Fountain”. In 1996 this fountain and sculpture was constructed. The copper fountain and sandstone pool replaced an earlier one where the statue depicting Hebe was located , she (Hebe) is the goddess of youth that was a drinking fountain in that place in 1872. It had been moved to a pond in the 1920s with an umbrella added. In 1996 the now new fountain was installed. So now the statue is “mysteriously draped in a red cloak each holiday season.”

More air fry for dinner. I am getting use to how it works and what works best. It is chicken nuggets and home fried potatoes. 

Joy 

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