December 28, 2022 a thought for today, A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. Latin Proverb

One of the uploads for yesterday was “colourful” . I think of something more “colorful” than something red and no more perfect colors for the seasons as red and green. 

The sub zero temps seem to be subsiding, thank goodness. I am back in my bed at last. My room was not warm these past few days (nights) so I was sleeping in a lounge chair. 

I got a late start, a couple of days late as a matter of fact, on the church bulletin this week. The holidays seemed to have slowed me down a little. Anyway, I finished, started and finished it, this morning and sent it for proofreading. It was nearly time to get ready to go to food pantry by the time I got it done. 

Another upload for yesterday was called “food”. I love a nice garden salad and Spanish rice. This is an archived photo and made my mouth water as I was searching for an appropriate “food” image to upload

The last two days of food pantry have been on the slow side. It may be due to the weather or maybe the holiday events. Today was a little busier than yesterday. Interestingly, we had one client come in today who told us that a sheriff had recommended us for both the food pantry and for our weekly HM3 free meal.

An upload for today is “a book”. I chose more than one book. I was lazy and didn’t want to move anything so I shot them “as is”. 

The word today is windows. Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows. Lao Tzu. The Eyes are the window to your soul. William Shakespeare. Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it. Marcus Aurelius.  Wherever you have seen God pass, mark that spot, and go and sit in that window again. Henry Ward Beecher. This world is full of remedies. But you have no remedy until God opens a window for you. You may not be aware of that remedy just now. In the hour of need it will be made clear to you. The Prophet said God made a remedy for every pain. Rumi.  Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened. Charles Spurgeon. Open wide the window of our spirits and fill us full of light; open wide the door of our hearts, that we may receive and entertain Thee with all our powers of adoration and love, Christina Rossetti.  If the house of the world is dark, Love will find a way to create windows. Rumi.  If I were a physician I would try my patients thus. I would wheel them to a window and let Nature feel their pulse. It will soon appear if their sensuous existence is sound. The sounds are but the throbbing of some pulse in me, Henry Thoreau.  An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through, William Makepeace Thackeray.  There is a window from one heart to another heart. Rumi.  Maturity is when all of your mirrors turn into windows, Henry David Thoreau. It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face by which the heart signifies to father, husband, or friend that it is at home and waiting, Henry Ward Beecher. 

So, for another up load today I came back to the poinsettia. The plant is sitting beside my monitor and I couldn’t help but notice as I glanced at it how the sun was so bright it was causing the plant to cast a wonderful shadow and a bright little starburst at the top of the planter. 

It is a little interesting to me about how many people go for walks in the metro parks during the winter months. I’m not sure many did during these last few sub-zero temps that we have been experiencing. But, I am sure there are a lot of winter loving people who will enjoy the adventure. I came across this article about “50 years of winter hikes” and thought I would take a look and share it.  According to the article the Metro Parks in our area started a Winter Hike Series in 1974 as a way to get people to visit the parks in winter time. The author said that in the early 2000s they were getting 100 people come out for visits in the park during the winter. It went on to relate that for some reason the number of visitors has grown too over a thousand people “showing up for winter hikes”.  Then the parks started a combination of guided and unguided hikes on certain days in January and February. On these hikes people are encouraged to look for “custom wooden ornaments at certain parks”. Some of the parks also offer refreshments at certain times. The mentioned custom wooden ornaments can be found at Walnut Woods the week of January 7, Slate Run January 14, Rocky Fork January 21 and Scioto Grove January 28. In February hot drinks and treats are available. Then in February the ornaments are available at Pickerington Ponds February 4, Heritage Trail February 11, Quarry Trails February 18. There will be a “Winter Hike celebration” on February 26 at Blacklick Golf Course. There will be ornaments and hot chocolate around a warm fire. 

It will be a quick air fry dinner again tonight, beer battered fish and fries. 

Joy

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