March 18, 2024 a thought for today, Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle. Irish Proverb

An upload for the 17th was "anything green”. This is one of my hypophonic grown house plants. It is a Peace Lily. I glanced at this morning as the sun was coming through the dining room window. I liked the affect to I shot the photo. 

A second upload for yesterday was “vintage”. This is an aged set of file drawer in
our office and seemed to fit the title very well. 

The third upload for the 17th was “heart”. My young friend in the Sunday School glass drew and cut these hearts for me. I put them together for this image. 

Life today. This was one of those mornings that didn’t start off on the best foot. The electric spiked and shut down the TV, some lights and my wifi. All of these as I was just beginning my Monday morning chores. It took some time for me to figure that I needed to reenter my wifi password to both my computer and my tablet. Everything else came back on within seconds. All’s well now but I lost some time. I didn’t get a start on the bulletin as I usually do. Tomorrow morning will have to do for that project.

After I got a few messages sent out and an upload to Instagram, I left to go to Kroger to pick up some of my medicines and a couple of other things. 

My first image for today is “simplicity”. I chose this tree sitting all alone in the parking area of a local mini mall. 

As I was putting things away in the refrigerator there was a reminder that I need to make Sweet Peas “special” meat ball treats this afternoon. It seems one delay after another today. I am going to get a couple of projects to a stopping point before I get to the meat balls. Then come back to get back to the “stopping point” and get things tidied up. By then it should be time to get started on dinner.  

The weather is back to one of the colder days with spring beginning tomorrow. I even saw a couple of snow flakes. 

The next upload is “a beautiful sky”. It was also taken in the mini mall area. This one taken where there were more trees but the sky is what attracted me.

The word for today is born.  A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Plato.  All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. Lord Byron.  It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch.  We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest. Voltaire.  To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg. Hans Christian Andersen.  I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born. Henry David Thoreau.  Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born. King Solomon.  I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Confucius.  We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. Benjamin Disraeli.  We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them. Marcus Aurelius. I was not born to share the hate, but love. Sophocles.  

The last upload for today is “fuzzy”. I not sure this angry bird is considered fuzzy or plush, nevertheless he was handy and decided to use him (and his partner or twin).

Article. Some important and happy times have happened at the Columbus Zoo so I thought I would share something new that will be happening there. “ 'Unextinct' immersive experience comes to life at Columbus Zoo”. It is going to be a new adventure there “discovering a portal to an alternate universe where the spirits of extinct animals still roam”. It is going to be a new “immersive” experience”. There will he illusions and and dramatic effects along with narrative to offer the experience of learning about extinct and those endangered species.  These “excursions” will run from 7:30 to 10:30pm on Thursdays through Saturdays through April 6 then change to Fridays and Saturdays through the 27th. There is also going to be an adults only event on April 12 at the Lakeside Lounge. Art, education, entertainment and “environmental awareness” about wildlife conservation will be part of the event. In the “unextinct” event there will be fifteen areas with 70 extinct and endangered species exhibits to experience. The article says there will be entertainment at the “entry plaza”. There will s’mores and shopping. Zoo animals will not be part of this program however, Adventure Cove, Asia Quest and Discovery Reef Aquarium will be accessible throughout the event, but animal viewing in any area is not guaranteed”. For this special event, Unextinct”, tickets must be purchased separate of regular zoo admission.  The "Unextinct" is intended to be followed in a specific order; volunteers will on hand to guide guests in the right direction”. A preview and more information of what to expect can be seen from an Apple or Google Play store download.

I think it will be either creamed chicken on biscuits or Welsh Rarebit for dinner.

Joy 

                    I caught this shot in a reflection of Sweet Pea observing activity in the mall