October 12, 2023 a thought for today, The consequence is the reward of the cause. Japanese Proverb

My first upload for yesterday was “brown.” This is the top of one of the two wind chimes in my houseplant garden. I don’t hear their music due to soft breezes as it usual for most wind chimes. I only hear them when someone bumps one of them. They have meaning and reminders.

I have another Thursday in memory mode, almost....a couple of more hours to go. The printing is done. As I was finishing, folks were coming in to set up for the Fall Sale. It will be going on for the next two days. 

I was going to download the camera that we use for streaming but after reading the manual I realized we don’t need to download. We just need to delete directly from the camera. I mentioned it to Diana while I was at church. We decided we will get together a week from Sunday to work on it together. 

The second upload for yesterday was “my choice.” He has been my model before. He is in a watchful resting pose today with the main attention on the camera and the person operating the ominous object. 

The twins were here for a while today. It’s always good to see them. I am not completely use to all the energy they have. It would be nice if they could bottle it and share some.  They were out of school for the rest of the week. There is a fair going on in the town where they live. 

We are having another gorgeous late autumn day. Brian was here mowing the lawn. I think this will be one of the last week we will need that until early next spring. 

One of the uploads for today is “orange.” Perfect for the season. I shot this one while I was in the grocery story picking up my meds. 

The word today is action. Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso. The deed is everything, the glory naught, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.  Every noble work is at first impossible, Thomas Carlyle.  Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind, Leonardo da Vinci.  Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the haven, Thomas Fuller.  This is a world of action, and nor for moping and droning in, Charles Dickens. It is well to think well; it is divine to act well, Horace. A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry, Lord Chesterfield.   A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end, Aristotle.  Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Thus every matter if it is to be done well calls for the attention of the whole person, Martin Luther. Let deeds match words, Plautus. We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world knew the motives behind them, François de La Rochefoucauld. There is no avoidance in delay, Aeschylus.  If you do what you should not, you must bear what you would not, Benjamin Franklin.  He that has done nothing has known nothing, Thomas Carlyle.  Do your work then step back. The only path to serenity, Lao Tzu. 

The second upload for today, another “my choice” and another from the archives. Daffodils are one of the few blooming flowers I have still left in my spring garden. I like the repeal, the colors and the black background to the yellow flowers. 

Columbus and its neighbors have a varied history. Here is a bit more about us.  The article today touches on that subject and starts out “experience Ohio’s rich history” then mentions that “you may“accidentally stumble on the unexpected.” One of the things you may want to experience is  the Arnold Homestead which is now a part of Carriage Hill Metro Park. In the first paragraph they talk about the Dunkard. I learned that they are of a faith that practices “a strict Anabaptist form of Christianity.”I also learned that its belief includes an offshoot of the Amish and Mennonites. Its people came from Germany and came to the US seeking religious freedom. Many settled in Pennsylvania, some to West Virginia and some to Ohio. The Arnolds, of the Arnold Homestead, are one of them and settled in the Miami Valley area in 1830. They came here from their original stop in Virginia after they learned that Ohio had “fertile farm land”. At about the same time the congregation of their choice was looking for elders and deacons in the area. They traveled here with five children in a ox drawn wagon on the newly built National Road. Daniel (Arnold) bought 158 acres for $2,000. At the time there was a log cabin on the property so Daniel began a plan for a larger home. It would be a two story structure on a limestone foundation and would have an asphalt roof. It would be a sturdy federal style with little flourish and “fancy detail.” It turned out to be a “masterpiece of quality craftsmanship that has stood the test of time.: It took five years to complete. As the family grew the land was portioned off to the sons. The boys continued on the farm as Daniel had. In 1878 a new barn was built and portions were added to the main house including a “winter kitchen.” It was the Arnold’s home for eighty-six years. One of the daughter’s owned the house and farm until 1916 when she sold it to another family. After that the “farm would change hands several times over the years before being bought by the Dayton Metro Parks system in 1968. Carriage Hill Metro Park.”Along with the farm Dayton Parks bought more land to the point of 900 acres total. Dayton Parks added a lake for fishing along with riding stables and much more, and is a “historically accurate working farm giving visitors a glimpse into what the Arnold’s life would have been like.”

I am having fish and lumpias for dinner tonight. This is another one to try to see if it gets added to my list of possibles for my new menu. 

Joy

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