May 19, 2023 a thought for today, One man uses his tongue, another his teeth. Latin Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was “I love this time of day....”. Early morning as the sun’s rays show the highlight and shadows as its gift.

I like Fridays when all the work of the week is in the rearview mirror. As I mentioned in the last letter, I am through with the newsletter except for one piece that will come at the last minute.

The second upload for yesterday was “my choice”. This from the archives. It was taken when I worked downtown at the Federal Courthouse with a replica of the Santa Maria was docked right outside our back door. She’s no longer there, wasting away somewhere.  

Bob is in Dayton and Sue is having her hair done so it is quiet here and there is little on the agenda. I have been working on my photo archives trying to re-file some and finding some I want to use again and some that were never displayed on social media. 

I needed to back away from the computer for a bit so Sweet Pea and I went for a short drive with a stop at the park. After I finish another photo file I will do some quick work in the kitchen then enjoy the afternoon. 

The first upload for today is “I like to drink...”.  My favorite liquid mainstay at this time appears to be iced tea. 

The word for today is need.  As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task, Diogenes. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Marcus Tullius Cicero. Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want, Voltaire. He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. Aristotle.  They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity. Emily Dickinson.  The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. Lao Tzu.  Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. Heraclitus.  Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed. Saint Francis de Sales.  Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love. Saint Teresa of Avila.  Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Francis Bacon. Be the one who, when you walk in, blessing shifts to the one who needs it most. Even if you've not been fed, be bread, Rumi. Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. Saint Augustine.  Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. Henri Frederic Amiel. We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need. Epicurus.  

The next photo upload for today is “my choice”. It also was taken when I worked downtown. It was taken on one of my lunch time walks.

I always presumed that loud sounds and vibrations would disturb bees so I was surprised to learn that bees hives and their “homes” were being constructed on air port property. One of these projects are going on at the Akron-Canton Airport. They have 60 bee colonies (approximately 400,000 to 1.4 million bees). The plan is to “bring some sustainability” using air port property. The employees of the air port are being trained in the essentials of bee keeping. Apparently there are more and more airports discovering this possibility. Airports in Pittsburgh to Chicago are in partnerships with local bee farms. Airports that have taken part in this have claimed the honey is clear and there are less metals and toxins than in some store bought honey. In one article I read on the subject, I found that “In addition to increasing the number of bee colonies decimated by a worldwide condition known as Colony Collapse Disorder, apiaries at various airports around the globe provide valuable data about air quality, gleaned from chemical analyses of honeycomb pollen”. Bees pollinate more that $15 billion worth of US crops each year. So the plan to protect honey bees is more that worthwhile. The largest “airport apiary” in the world is at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. The honey produced there is either sold or used in the airport restaurants. As a note of interest the “Victoria, British Columbia, Harbour Air recently put four hives on the one-acre grass roof of its floating terminal for seaplanes.....passengers watch the bees busy at work.”

I will be fixing dinner for one tonight...me......Lowell took Bob to Dayton for the Ham Radio Convention. Sue prefers to fix something for herself most of the time. 

Joy

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