January 7, 2023 a thought for today, The greatest consideration is due to the innocence of youth. Latin Proverb

One upload for January 6 was “out and about”. There are all kinds of images that I have shot that could fit this subject matter. I chose this one for its artistic features of shapes, a patterns, and color and so on. I have used it before but I like it. 

This head cold is wearing me out. I have been taking one of those mucus relief meds that seems to be helping. But I am impatient and want it to be gone! 

We have had a few hours with the twins this morning. It seems we have been able to get them here for a visit more often lately than we were able to for a while. It’s nice to watch them grow and watch their interests changing and developing. 

A second upload for yesterday was “bad weather”. This image is of unpleasant weather not so much “bad” compared to what many have experienced especially this year.

Bob and I did the Saturday morning grocery curbside pick up today. Now that we are doing the curbside pick up the hardest part of the grocery shopping is putting everything away. 

I still haven’t gotten my new cast iron stove top grill “seasoned” as I had planned to a few days ago.  It seems one thing or another pops up and time sweeps by. 

My first upload for today was “AM”. This one was shot when I got up early one morning and caught this beautiful and peaceful gift of nature the first thing in the morning. 

The word for the day is alive.  Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think. Horace. Books are not men and yet they stay alive, Henry Ward Beecher.  Man is a piece of the universe made alive. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. George Washington. To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive, Robert Louis Stevenson.  There's place and means for every man alive, William Shakespeare. Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Music to me is a voice, my voice, it's my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive, St. Jerome. 

A second upload for today is “macro”. I would consider something even more up close a macro but I don’t have a special macro lens for this camera so I am using this close up as a macro entry.

I thought it might be interesting to get a view of the history of the Columbus Fire Department. I believe  this article was written by a fire fighter as he collected data from wherever he could find it. I had some difficulty verifying some of the dates but there is a general history of the growth of the department. According to the information I am reading, there were three separate fire companies in 1876 who merged in 1877 to become the Columbus Fire Department. Again, according to the article that I am summarizing, the first fire station was in city hall form 1893 to 1946. There was a bell tower on top of city hall. The bell alerted the firemen of a working fire. The original bell is mounted in front of one of the current fire stations. As far as I can tell the “new” station in 1946 was No. 10 engine house on West Broad Street. In 1973 it was replaced with a new building. There is a Fire Museum in Columbus that shows some of the old equipment and some other memorabilia as they were replaced and replenished. One of those items is a story of the horse drawn steamer that was purchased in 1886 then more information up to the first “motorized” vehicle in 1925 and more up to apparatus joining the works in 1960s can be seen at the museum.  In 1916 there was a large fire in a brewery that was fought with a horse drawn steamer that pumped the water. Another major fire mentioned in this article occurred in 1953 at the Columbus Water and Light Plant. There was an explosion followed by the fire. This caused a blackout in the entire city and loss of electricity lasted for a couple of days. Through the years emergency squads were added, water rescue equipment, heavy rescues and paramedic and the heart mobile units all joined in the fire department services. The medical side of service began in 1934 when a hose wagon outfitted with supplies donated by the Red Cross, was converted to a “medic,” making Columbus one of the first EMS departments in the country. 

I have some tuna casserole in the freezer that I will take heat up for dinner. 

Joy

                            for pickup....perhaps storage....or???