July 16, 2023 a thought for today, A useless pitcher does not get broken. Latin Proverb

One of the uploads for yesterday was “photographer’s choice”. These cone flowers are sitting here keeping me company so I thought I would use them for the choice today. 

There were only two of us for bible study today. This study is of an interesting book of the bible....a little on the thought provoking side....Revelations. This was our second chapter. Members in the congregation for Worship were a little “sparse”. But we did have a couple of “new” people drop by. Hopefully they will return. 

The next upload for yesterday was “r is for....” In this case “r” is for rust. This is a very old wrench that has been left in a damp and dreary location so rust took over. 

Lowell brought me a new (to me) computer yesterday and spent an hour or so getting it connected. We were both tired so I didn’t “play” with it after he was finished. This morning I got up thinking I would give it a real workout before I got ready for church. But things didn’t go quite as planned. Since it had belonged to him he is the “administrator” so it wouldn’t let me do anything without connecting to the internet which wouldn’t work either. I think it may have something to do with the new software “...365". I tried over and over. I think he will have to reset some parts on it for me. Anyway, after church I set up my old computer temporarily. We hadn’t put it in storage yet. I wanted to keep up on the daily letters/blog and the photos a day. The memory on this machine is getting very low so I don’t know how long this temporary set up will last.....long enough I hope. 

A third upload for the 15th was “crafty theme”. The most “crafty” thing going on in the house at the time is one of my crocheting projects. 

I plan on taking it easy the rest of the day to keep the Sabbath a day of rest and renewal. Setting up this system was enough of a job. 

The word today is adversity.  Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all, William Shakespeare  He who does not tire, tires adversity, Martin Farquhar Tupper. Never to suffer would never to have been blessed, Edgar Allan Poe. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them, Washington Irving. Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this, Homer. God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage, Proverbs. A stumble may prevent a fall, English Proverbs. Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it, Horace. Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us, Henry Ward Beecher.  A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity, King Solomon.  A wounded deer leaps the highest, Emily Dickinson. Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune, Marcus Aurelius.  However mean your life is meet it and live it, Henry David Thoreau.

One of the uploads for today is “z is for....”. I searched around for as many things that begin with “z” as I could find. I decided on this one....an empty zip lock bag. 

Here’s a little history about another of our old and “majestic” buildings and its life and demise. “Lost Columbus: Why Franklin County Razed its Grand Old Courthouse in 1974". I didn’t visit downtown much in my earlier years so I don’t remember the building so this description from the article interested me: “the massive structure, sporting a mansard roof and clock tower, once dominated the southeast corner of Mound and South High streets in Downtown Columbus”. As a side note to this story, I re-learned from the article that Franklin County was named for Benjamin Franklin. Anyway, back to the old courthouse, in 1803 Ohio became a state.  The county built a wing at the rear of the courthouse on Capitol Square. In 1840 it was decided that the Franklin County Courthouse needed its “own home”. A building was constructed with a row of columns, a gable roof and domed tower and sported two stories and stood in majesty for more than four decades. In 1879 there was a fire and a new building had to be built. Between 1885 and 1887 the new building replaced the courthouse. As newer buildings went up around it in the mid 20th century the courthouse began to look out of place. In the 1950s a roof and the clock tower were replaced. What replaced the clock tower was apparently “a grotesque, boxy third floor of which the entire county should have been embarrassed”. In 1974 what had been the beautiful old building was demolished and replaced with a park. The park is fenced off today and is proposed to be the site for the fifth Franklin County Courthouse. 

Another upload for today is “centered”. This is a view behind my back as I work on the computer. The lines, reflections, and patterns are interesting as well as the top of the oil lantern being in the center. 

 I haven’t made up my mind about dinner yet but I think it is going to be something quick and air fried. 

Joy

 everywhere