August 19, 2023 a thought for today, Rust wastes more than use. French Proverb

I wonder why Saturdays seem so special to me....still... after all these years. Is it a carry over from when we were in school and Saturday meant a day to be “free,” to do whatever popped into the mind....sleep late then drift along through the day? 

My first upload for yesterday was “on the ground.” That’s a wide-open subject. I just decided to take a shot of the shadows on the porch steps for this assignment. 

Saturdays, also a day now of the “tradition” for curbside pick-up groceries at our house. Most times now Bob doesn’t accompany me for that chore but Sweet Pea still does. She shows signs of knowing exactly what I am doing as I get ready to go. Isn’t it amazing how animals “know?” Her ears go up as she sits on her haunches while she watches me brush my teeth, comb my hair and gather up my purse. When I say “are you ready” she runs for her Angry Bird toy and rushes to the back door. 

My second upload for August 18 was “my choice”.  This was taken some time ago but caught my attention as I was looking through my archives for something that caught my mood. 

Once all the groceries were put up it was back to some things I enjoy doing. I finished the transplanting and started bringing the house plants back inside and “placed” in their indoor “garden” setting. I’m a little early bringing them in this year but our life, for now, is “catch as catch can” time wise with appointments and such going on almost daily....at least weekly. After I finish the photo a day project for today things will slow down and head for dinner time. 

Well, as an update we have had another date set for chemo to begin for Bob. The dosage, it seems, will be “set for him.” Hopefully all tests taken just before the infusions this week will be positive for a go ahead. 

My first upload for today is “a belonging.” This is Sweet Pea in the place suiting her....shot gun when on a ride to the store. 

A word for today is confidence. Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu.  Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. Martin Luther.  If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. Abraham Lincoln.   Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart. William Pitt.  Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Lao Tzu. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string, Ralph Waldo Emmerson. Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion, Henry David Thoreau. 

 The second upload for today is “leading lines.” There are several in this shot...the highway, the orange barrels, and the telephone poles and the cables. 

To my way of thinking this may be a little on the “not so common” side for our part of the world, but I picture this is as a century's old custom for the rest of the world.....plants growing on the outside walls of buildings. My minds eye on this subject tends towards old castles and “chateau”-type homes. Today’s article is about a new “plant wall” in Columbus. In June on a wall in Franklinton an 18-foot-tall plant arrangement of 231 plants making it a “living wall.” The plants in this arrangement are perennial plants so they will be showy in every season. As I kind of expected it was “inspired by European vertical gardens such as French botanist Patrick Blanc’s, the plant wall is self-sufficient with a drip irrigation system.” Some of my thinking is concerning the “health” of the structure underneath, wood, brick, and such. I am sure these artists take that into consideration. They use a moisture retention mat made of form so the plants are nurished and watered without “much soil.” The local artists of this piece are a husband and wife who also own a business called Planthropy. It began with a hobby creating plant arrangements after work hours. Then arrangements sod at a farmers' market. The other partner brought to the business experience from a time spent in Switzerland after high school followed by deciding on a journey into landscape design. As the business and experience grew, they create walls of moss, living plants and bark. They also create “faux or preserved plant arrangements that hang from the ceiling.”  Added to their resumes they have created installations in twenty-five states. Their most popular items are moss walls that are “like a mosaic.” They like to try out new things. They draw ideas from nature itself taking hikes, taking pictures and look for “formations that stands out to them.” 

Taco Salad is on the dinner menu for tonight. 

Joy

  as I was getting gas this morning, I saw someone’s art on a couple of trash cans