January 29, 2023 a thought for today, You can't move faster than your shadow. Russian Proverb
My first upload yesterday “I am....”. So this can be done several ways. I could have made a selfie of something I was working on or just a selfie. Here is what I came up with.We had our new choir member, David, sing a solo today. It was strong and powerful and touching. His voice and feelings filled the entire church. Then we had another member of the choir give the message today. It was simple and easy to relate God’s teachings to today’s world. All in all my choices for refreshing my sole for the coming week.
The second upload for yesterday was “horizon”. This one is from the archives. After some time searching it was the one I felt best one I could find to show something that looks like the sky meets the land.As is usual for my particular view of Sundays I will be continuing the aura of today’s church service ..... to refresh and restore myself by honoring the Sabbath. I am going to bend it just a tiny bit by making and baking Sweet Pea’s treat.
Next week will be lighter than the past two weeks and there are no deadlines. Monday will be the bulletin day and ordering Sweet Peas meds. The rest will take care of itself by me seeing the need to tend to chores as they present themselves.
An upload for today was “lunch”. This is a frequent kind of lunch for me when I am out of the house around lunch time....a hamburger, french fries and iced tea.The word today is blame. Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others, Titus Livius. Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame, Thomas a Kempis. To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult, Plutarch. I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly, Catherine II. They have a right to censure that have a heart to help, William Penn. The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. Plato. The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame. Thomas Hobbes. In short, Luck's always to blame. Jean de La Fontaine. Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart. Lucius Annaeus Seneca. It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame. Thomas Fuller. Blame is safer than praise, Ralph Waldo Emerson. The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes, Washington Irving. Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame, Confucius. You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds, Henry David Thoreau. What cannot be changed cannot be blamed, St. Jerome. Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods, Seneca the Younger.
The next upload for today is “your choice”. I took this one some time ago. It is my version of a fairy garden.This article is about a plant you may want to add to your yard and a bit of history about it. It is called a Pawpaw (maybe brings back memories of “way down yonder in the paw paw patch).The article started out mentioning how this kind of weather may be the time to start thinking of your yard and landscape in planning for spring time. The author of the article has a large yard and likes to plant a new tree nearly each year. He plans to “plant one of Ohio’s most interesting native tree species—the pawpaw, which is the state native fruit of Ohio”. Then the article goes on with a bit of history about the Pawpaw tree. The fruit of this tree was eaten by “both Native American and early European settlers”. There were also two US presidents who enjoyed this fruit, George Washington ate them as dessert. Thomas Jefferson grew them in Monticello. Native Americans used the fruit in making small cakes, dried, stored and then used to make sauces and relishes served on cornbread. They used the inner bark to make string/rope. Pawpaws ripen August through October. It is said the taste is similar to mango and papaya. The plants can spread through their root system. When grown on their own they can reach 25 feet tall and 15 feet wide. In a landscape area it grows to a medium sized tree and can be useful as shade. According to the article it can be used for shade where “larger shade trees such as oaks and maples” are not suitable. It is recommended not to plant them along curbs. It went on to say that they are not usually prone to insects or disease. Two trees would be necessary for cross pollination.
It’s going to be Mexican pizza from Taco Bell for me for dinner tonight.
Joy
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