February 6, 2023 a thought for today, An evil act runs a thousand miles. Japanese Proverb

One of the uploads for February 5 was “on my plate”. This was my plate (mine and others) on Sunday. A plate of bread on a silver plate. 

I changed things around a bit. On Monday’s I generally start on the bulletin as soon as I go through the virtual visits. I had a different thing on my mind to do first today. We are looking for a new sexton at the church so I sent several emails out to places that I think, hopefully, will reach people who may be looking for a job. I am sending and have sent them to established people and businesses. Now we wait and see. 

After that I did get some work done on the bulletin. It is about finished. I still need to do the back page and to do some final formatting in the other sections. 

A second upload for yesterday was “new”. There not mush more that can be new beside a flower in bloom. 

When we got home from the store Saturday, I realized again that the chest freezer needed a go over.  So I put that on my agenda for today too. Now that one is out of the way too. 

I have time to work on some photos now before it is time to get dinner ready. 

This is one of the four days of a month that I have a third upload. This one was called “a song title”. I chose “me and my shadow”. It’s my shadow but the sun wasn’t quite as bright as I would have liked. 

The word for today is brave.  A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer, Ralph Waldo Emerson. The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it, Thucydides.  Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts, Aristotle. Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks, Herodotus. The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances, Aristotle.  All happiness depends on courage and work, Honoré de Balzac.  Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake, Victor Hugo.  The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine.  A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil. James A. Garfield.  No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected. Julius Caesar. I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine the Great.  Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. Abraham Lincoln.  Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. James Russell Lowell. 

My first upload for today was “a rectangle”. This one requires that we look around and take note on shapes. I like the design of the window and it’s surrounding frame of brick shapes, some also rectangular. Also, the interesting was the texture of the brick and shades of beige. 

This article may be considered human interest and informational. It’s about how Dalmatians began their occupation with the fire department.  “The tradition of Dalmatians in firehouses dates back more than a century”. Back then they had a “job” now they are mascots. According to the article, back when fire apparatus was drawn by horses Dalmatians would run alongside the  horses, and amazingly keep up the pace as long as the horses did. I learned that apparently the dogs would “defend” the horses from other dogs or animals who spooked or attacked them. Another thing of interest I leaned was they would often run in pairs, one on either side of the horses. Here’s another bit of information from the article “English aristocrats during the early 1700s were among the first known to use Dalmatians to accompany their carriages according to Trevor J. Orsinger's book, "The Firefighter's Best Friend: Lives and Legends of Chicago Firehouse Dogs."  When the fire alarms went off and the wagons were on the street the Dalmatians would get in place beside the horses. It is reported that the Dalmatian would distract and “comfort” the horses, horses are afraid of fire, as they came close to the fire. Then they would “stand guard” near the wagon. With the invention of automobiles they were no longer needed in that fashion. Now days, however, some firehouses will keep the dogs as companions and reminders of the tradition. They still “guard possessions”. They also chase rats away from the firehouses. There is one such dog mentioned in the article, a ten-year-old Dalmatian named Twenty, for the Ladder company he is with in New York City. 

The second upload of the today was “frosty”. There is not snow or frost today so I chose my chest freezer....I know....it needs defrosting. 

I’m not sure about dinner yet....I was planning on Parmesan crusted chicken breast. 

Joy 

ready for whatever comes down the pike...a snow shovel, a pooper scooper and towels