October 14, 2023 a thought for today, Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone. Japanese Proverb

An upload for yesterday was called “neutral tones.” I shot several images of neutral colors and chose this one to represent yesterday’s entry. 

Yesterday I finally got the homemade noodles done. There, as usual, was a lot of flour on my sweat shirt, the counter, the noodle maker and even on Sweet Pea. There are now portions of noodles for three meals in the freezer. 

The fall sale is going on at church. I am afraid the weather will put a damper on it today. It is raining and sometime the rain is coming down pretty hard. 

The second image for yesterday was “my choice.” This is one that “grabbed” my attention as I looked through my archives. It is a building a block from my house at a point with weeds needed attention. 

Sue was gone all day yesterday to be with the kids so it was quiet. I was doing my computer thing when I kept hearing a faint sound that was familiar but not as often as this was and not continuous. It sounded similar to a cell phone buzz. It continued for several minutes. I couldn’t tell if it was my computer, the TV or something more ominous and perhaps something that needed attention. So I began my search. I started by shutting down the TV, then turned off the computer. Still the buzz. Maybe I should check the basement. Down I went. Nothing. Perhaps outside. Nothing. Sue’s room is right above where I work on the computer. Upstairs I went. It was louder. Still hidden, kept moving, louder....it was under the bed.... a cell phone. I thought perhaps it was one of the twins’ phone and maybe they were ringing it to see if it was close by. So I kept calling Sue to let her know. When she got home late in the evening we found it was her phone...ergo she received no calls. What an adventure....what a life I lead. 

Time to make my curbside grocery pickup. And then my daughter is coming to visit me.

Todays entry is titled “fave colour.” My favorite color varies with the weather, the day and the mood. Today it is red.   

The word today is another. But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes. William Shakespeare.  To have another language is to possess a second soul. Charlemagne.  All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. John Locke.  Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. Rumi. Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. Marcus Aurelius. Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another, Charles Caleb Colton. In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out, William Tecumseh Sherman.  A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow, Paracelsus. Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another, Sophocles.  If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand. We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity, Charles Lamb.  Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another, Homer. 

My second entry today is “nature.” This covers several points of nature, the sky, the clouds, the trees and midday light.

This article is about some interesting things to know and see in Columbus. It starts with a “Scenic Stroll Just Might Be The Most Beautiful Place in Columbus.” It is talking about several of the sights you will see walking on the “the Scioto Mile loop.” You will see the Scioto Mile Promenade, Genoa Park, the Bicentennial Park, and several bridges, including the beautiful Main Street bridge. The article mentions that there are parking places along Washington Avenue. From a parking spot there the Main Street bridge is one of the first to be seen. It was built in 2010. A note of history about it is it is th first in North American to use “an inclined single-rib-tied arch superstructure.”  There is a driving area and a walking area. From the bridge you can watch the sun set or the Ohio State crew rowing on the river. As you stroll along you will come to th Rich Street bridge and see the blue lights on its side. As you walk across this bridge you will see an unusual sight, a human size sculpture of a deer. (Note: Scioto is an American Indian word in part meaning deer). Eventually you will come to Genoa Park and the COSI building. On the grassy area of the park are some fountains and wide set of steps. In this area there are festivals and music performances that at to the entertainments in Columbus. As you enjoy the park you will see another deer sculpture as it sits on the top step. There are two deer sculptures in the park. Your next stop may be the Broad Street bridge. Here you will see “offers a couple oval shaped lookout spots from which you can enjoy the view.” At night the lights from the bridge and the blue lights on the Rich Street bridge are reflected in the river at night. Moving along in your walk you will see the “historic Leveque Tower.” Finally you will come to the Scioto Mile Promenade. Here you will walk along Civic Center Drive where there is “a long colonnade of benches and swings.” From there you can see the steps mentioned earlier and see that the steps spell out the Columbus logo “with the emphasis on "us."  As you walk past the Bicentennial Park there are a couple of restaurants. One is called the Milestone229.

We are having either taco salad or beef and noodles (beef broth/gravy is easy peasy in the pressure cooker) and all I have to do is add the already made homemade noodles. 

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