January 28, 2024 a thought for today, No friendship can survive the gift of gold. Albanian Proverb

One of the uploads for yesterday is “exploring my city”. This is the most obvious image of out city I think, at least the tower is.

The second upload was “apple (pie)”. I had the apple not a pie. So I opened a package of Pillsbury sheet dough and made a “pie” for this shot. 

The third and last upload was “crisp”. The only thing I could think of that I had close by was bacon bits. I had some French fries but they weren’t really very crispy.

Life today. We were having a guest give his witness as our message today. As he was preparing to get in place he fell down a couple of steps. His wife tried to catch him and fell along with him. They were each injured. It didn’t seem serious but to be on the safe side an emergency team was called. They decided to take the pair to the hospital for further examination. Our pastor took over and the service went on. The order of worship was in place and the visiting gentleman had had his message printed as an insert in the bulletin so his message was presented to the congregation. Our thoughts and prayers for the couple go with them.  

As is my custom there is nothing major on today’s agenda. I have some light straightening to do and a few computer chores that will be all for today. 

The first photo a day for today is “stairs”. I was at church when I took a few photos of some of the stairs there. There are really some interesting ones. This is the one I found with the most “artistic features. 

As soon as I got home I prepared an upload for both the facebook and instagram pages for the church. (www.facebook.com/hogemempresbchurch/ and www.instagram.com/hogechruch)

I will get my photo uploads prepared and shared today. I shot one at church and the others were set up here at home.

The next upload for today is “a tea cup”. I have had this one around for years and have used it more than once as a prop. 

The word today is well. Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin.  Doing well is the result of doing good. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. Henry David Thoreau. Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh.  It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes  That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Abraham Lincoln.  In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. Confucius.  Life, if well lived, is long enough. Lucius Annaeus Seneca  Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus.  Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle  When I am angry I can pray well and preach well. Martin Luther.   Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. William Shakespeare. The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind. Thomas Hobbes.  In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree. Saint Teresa of Avila.  Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. Pythagoras. Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. Aesop 

The third and last upload today is “lunch”. Of course for me it is a fast food sort of image. This one is from Wendy’s. You can tell by the yummy mayo on the lettuce leaf. Their “sauce is delicious. 

This article is a story about something small but has or had some value to some folk’s ways of living.  The title is “From pineapples to tumblers, a jab at status symbols”. It starts out telling about the year 1670 when King Charles II had been gifted with a pineapple. It was presented to him by a royal gardener. The presentation of the gift was “immortalized” in an oil painting. As the article went on it explained that in the 17 and 18th century Britain the pineapple was a “huge deal”. The fruit, considered exotic, had to be imported.  People who had a pineapple were rich and would probably display the pineapple where guests would notice. The article related that you wouldn’t eat the pineapple. Of course, as time went by pineapples were/are readily available. “Status symbols never last”. At this point information from the article shifted to talk about the Stanley cups. Apparently out there on the market there are “40-ounce, vacuum-insulated Stanley Quencher tumblers” that seem to be quite popular with parts of society. They cost somewhere around $50 for the “special editions”. When the writer of this article instructed her daughter to drink water after sports practice. The daughter asked if she could have a Stanley cup for that purpose. Mom to this point hadn’t experienced the subject as far as knowing how much they cost. When she researched the product and leaned the actual cost she was shocked. She told the daughter that she would have to buy it herself. Later she, the mother, found one at a flea market for $10 and bought it for her daughter.  She ended the article with a comment about pineapple, and drinkware and any other seemingly idolized objects as “they’re great until they’re not” so “accessorize with kindness instead”.

It will be creamed chicken on biscuits for dinner. 

Joy

                            hopefully if needed the bush will yield