August 11, 2023 a thought for today, Jealousy is a pain seeking its cause. German Proverb

One of the uploads for yesterday was “my choice”. This is a companion image to one I uploaded a few days ago. It was taken on a lunch break when I worked downtown. It is a statue of several pieces representing children parts of education. 

Today is nice and quiet around here.....nothing much to rush to get done.....feels good.

Yesterday turned out to be a happy day here. After I got home from the printing at church, I got back to some writing and some work on the daily photo of the day projects. After a bit of that I got the laundry together. 

I was expecting some visits later today to celebrate a family birthday. As I was gathering the laundry I noticed two sweet little faces at my front door....my two beautiful boys who live far from me right now....are here to visit. I had planned to spend the afternoon running the shop vac where needed, clean a cast iron stove top grill that needed some scrubbing and wash a couple of dishes and start the laundry. In the night last night after all lights were out, I pulled my ipad into the bed to write (I have a tablet with a pen now and can actually write myself notes on the ipad) these things to get done in the afternoon before the party. I misunderstood the timing of things. I was expecting evening goodies but it turned out to be lunchtime goodies. 

A second upload for today is “on the inside”. This happens to be a drawer full of all sorts of supplies needed in a busy office. 

The party was a success and best of all I got hugs that will come from my memory vault to the forefront often until I get to see them the next time for more hugs and memories. 

Sue had gone out on errands and got home while the festivities were going on. As she was shopping she had come across a bamboo wind chime and brought it home. I love the sounds of wind chimes, I have at least five outside and two inside right now. And my neighbors on either side of my house each have them too. 

I had a third upload today. This assignment was titled “hands”. I shot this when we were having an involved and busy meeting. 

The word today is change. Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, -- but it returneth, Percy Bysshe Shelley.   Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world, John Milton.  To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother, Victor Hugo. Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them, Marcus Aurelius.  They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom, Confucius. Change alone is unchanging, Heraclitus.  Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change, Alfred Lord Tennyson.  Everything changes, nothing perishes, Ovid. Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities, Thomas Jefferson.  Things do not change we change, Henry David Thoreau. True change takes place in the imagination, Thomas Moore.  It is not strange... to mistake change for progress, Millard Fillmore.  In pain is a new time born, Adelbert Von Chamisso. Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite, Quintilian.  It is change; all yields its place and goes, Euripides.  Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change, Confucius.  Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast! Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.  

My first upload for today is “closeup of a texture”. I went to the back yard looking for textured objects and found several. I moved on to the alley and took this one, among some others, of gravel and debris . 

There will be another park in our area....one with some adventure to it. It will be called Edge Adventure Park and will be located in Westerville. There are “adventures” planned for this park that are not normally found in other parks and hopefully to be open in 2025. It is intended for all ages and hopes to show the natural wonders in Westerville. Some of the plans are for a “self-checkout kayak, a canopy skywalk that takes you far up into the trees, surrounded by platforms and treehouses”. One of the differences for the “Edge” park from other is that it is focused on “fitness and recreational activities”.  The plan is to have it located “near their economic hub” to offer a break in after work or on quick rest breaks. For even easier access than expected there will be a bridge crossing over Almum Creek. Another hopeful expectation is the park with offer residents will have a “higher quality of life”.

My second upload for today is “my choice”. I snapped this one when I took a leisurely driving along the river looking for good photos. 

Pizza night has rolled around again....

Joy

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