March 20, 2024 a thought for today,  Lose an hour in the morning, chase it all day. Jewish Proverb

My first photo upload for yesterday was “motion”. I was stopped at a traffic light and had my camera ready as the cars were making a turn. I like the “design” of this action as the cars were in motion. 

The second upload was “sweet”. We have a refreshment corner for our
visitors to the food pantry and this was one of the offerings for today. It was a delicious cake with small pieces of fruit and covered in a vanilla frosting. 

The third upload for yesterday was “stone building”. Our church is built of stone so was a perfect subject for this image. It was also right at hand since I was volunteering there at the time this assignment came up. 

Life today. It has been on the better days side of the calendar. It’s been easy going and productive at the same time. The bulletin and the newsletter are both ready to print. 

This is the second day for food pantry this week. So I had most of the agenda done before I left. I have the photos to finish as well as this letter. 

The first upload for today is “laugh”. These are my sister’s twin great grand daughters. We were at a fast food stop. They decided to go nose to nose for a giggling session. 

We had much fewer families today than we had yesterday. We had thirty-five families yesterday and fifteen today. We had one little slow point. (Mini prologue)-I took Latin in high school. Today both Gail and I had Mexican speaking clients who needed to be entered into the system. Gail knows a little Spanish from high school....I know none, nada. So it took about fifteen minutes for my client and me to get the needed questions answered. He was patient and I managed, with help from Gail now and then, to get the necessary form filled and entered. I have the Google translation apt but did think to use it, it takes sometime but maybe less than not using it.

The second upload was “inspirational”. I was at food pantry again today. The building was my perfect image for this assignment as was the one yesterday.

Today is the first full day of spring but the air doesn’t seem to be ready to cooperate. It seems to be staying in the low forties. There is also a fairly high wind hanging around. Maybe tomorrow will perk up. 

The word today is bound. Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound. Voltaire.  I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln.  There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. William Shakespeare/ Julius Caesar.  Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. Chief Seattle. Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. Phaedrus.  I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men. Martin Luther.  I am not bound to please thee with my answer. William Shakespeare.  The goal of prayer is the ear of God. Charles Spurgeon.  

My next image upload today is “whazzit?” This is a perfect description for this capture. I don’t what the object is or what it is used for. However, there are some interesting shape, lines, textures and patterns here, all worth a photo to share.

 The article. It seems always good to know what is going on with the clean air situation....how things have progressed or not. This is one of those articles. This article says that on of the largest solar farms in the US is planned for Madison County. The plan is to use 4,400 acres of a 6,050 acre project area which is now farmland, part of the land would still be used for farming. “The company behind the project, Savion, has committed to farm at least 2,000 acres of the project area, using a variety of techniques”. One of these techniques would be planting between rows of solar panels. One project close to the same area is up and running. This project is suppling 180 megawatts of power on about 1,200 acres”. OSU is working with the people running this project to grow crops on that land, wheat and soybean crops have been harvested there in 2023. There are “agrivoltaics”, a word for the production in agriculture of crops, livestock, or pollinator habitats produced underneath or next to solar panels, who are excited watching to see it the planned project will “provide a large-scale demonstration of the practice”. Some of the land considered for this solar farm is owned by Bill Gates. He has not commented on the proposal. One stumbling block for the process to proceed is that there are “significant opposition from neighbors and local elected officials”. On the plus side that is being stressed by the planners is the economic benefits. There would be a generating of and estimated $250 million in taxes as well as creating hundreds of jobs in the construction and operation phases. It’s possible that the project would generate “enough electricity to power about 170,000 homes”. It would also produce a “300-megawatt battery energy storage system”.

This is another of the days in the month that I have a forth photo a day to upload. This one is “reflection in water”. This one was taken earlier this year a the park a couple of blocks from my home. 

I think I am having creamed chicken on biscuits and fruit for dinner. 

Joy

                            I seem to get stuck in traffic behind vehicles I can’t see around