March 26, 2024 a thought for today, Plan your life at New Year's eve, your day at dawn. Japanese Proverb

One of the uploads for the 25th was “macro”. One morning just after I had gotten up as I was going through the dining room I notice the lighting on this daffodil that I had in a vase on the table. I took my cell phone and snapped this photo. 

The next image upload for yesterday was “abandoned”. This photo is in my archives. As I was on my way to Mt. Sterling and along the country side I spotted this barn that had seen its best days. 

The third photo a day upload was “comfy and cozy”. So here is an image of my Sweet Pea when she was waking from a nap in my unmade bed. 

Life today. The day started, after the usual virtual visits of news headings, emails, facebook and instagram, it was time of Sweet Pea to got get her second shot. This the one medication that I am counting on to help her. She has to go twice a week for four weeks, then once monthly. My worry has been getting her in and out of the car without hurting her further. It was awkward but we made. I had consulted with Natalie and the doctor’s office about getting her off of the meds that were making her disoriented. Both agreed taking her off of the same one. She seems better. Another thing that worried me is her appetite. She hasn’t eaten a “regular” meal since Friday. Last night I gave her some canned chicken. It did my heart good to see her eat it. We are both learning how to accommodate some small changes in our habits. I don’t like chance but she needs it right now. 

The first upload for today is “inspiration”. One of my favorite books of the bible is Psalms. In The Message bible there is an introduction page for each bible story. This photo is of that introduction for Psalms. 

We had food pantry again today. We had a pretty good crowd. Both we at the intake desk and the folks in the back were working well together today. 

We had a rainy night and the wind is about as strong as I have seen it in a long time. It is causing the porch swing to hit the house. The wind chimes are sounding fierce. It has been going on all day with very little let up. Some of the weather this season has had some slightly different aspects than in all the years I can remember. 

The next upload today is “O is for....”. I chose oranges. This is one of the shipments for our food pantry. I was there today so it was a perfect time and subjects for the shot. 

The word today is catch. Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! St. Jerome.  Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. Confucius.  The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin.  Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. Jonathan Swift.  A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. Ovid.  To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. William Samuel Johnson.  If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks. Francois Rabelais.  Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.  Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. Henry Ward Beecher. No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. Charles Caleb Colton.  

The third upload today is “cloud formations”. I think they are like snowflakes....no two ever alike, like natures daily journal.

This article is from the site that I like for information about things in life. This one is about ground, dirt or earth. It was written by a professor of biology. A child once asked him “What is dirt?” so he wrote this article.  I had biology class in high school, oh so many years ago. So this subject for me is a refresher as well as informative as to the presentation of new and old facts. I hope it is useful to others as well. The professor says that when he first started studying soil he was amazed with how much of it is alive and not just with earthworms. As he began the article he said a hand full of soil is actually weathered rock, rock that has weathered for millions of years. Sandy soil is larger rock grains. It is “loose and can easily wash away”. Soil that is mostly clay is “finer and more compact”.  In between the two is silt which is “a mix of rock dust and minerals often found in fertile flood plains”. So the best soil is a “good balance of sand, clay and silt”. Also in the composition of soil there are the “remnants of plants and animals that have died”.  As the article when on it mentioned that rock is a world of living things. In a comparison he mentioned that is a zoo in Nebraska there a 1,000 animal species. To compare that in a scoop of soil there may be “10,000 species and around a billion living microscopic cells. Most of those species are still largely a mystery”. All of the types of soil on the earth are a “role’ in the soil ecosystem. When a leaf falls it leaves nutrients and the energy produced by carbon. As the leaf dissolves, also called decomposition, insects, mites and “collembolans” go to work causing smaller “chunks” which then decay into even smaller particles. These particles can be taken in through water for plants to grow. The action of nematodes and amoebae combined with bacteria and fungi in the decompositions. Mixing into this “compost” are “predatory nematodes that feed on other nematodes”. In this action there is a balance so one doesn’t overpower the other. According to scientists there are 20,000 different types of “unique soils”.

I think we may have salmon patties for dinner. 

Joy

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