April 27, 2024 thought for today, There is measure in all things. Spanish Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was “sunset”. I was in my lounge chair at sunset yesterday as I made a trip to my photo archives for this one. 

The second upload for the 26th was “potato”. I have gotten in the habit of using frozen or canned potatoes after my cooking diminished with Bob gone. It’s mostly just me I am cooking for so this is much easier and the flavors are better than I had thought they would be.

The next upload yesterday was “vibrant”. The colors on this playground equipment seem to fit the bill for this photo assignment. 

Life today. This has turned out to be an eventful day, at least more than I anticipated. It started as always with the virtual visits and a start on my daily writings. It soon became time for Sweet Pea and me to head out to Kroger for the grocery pick up. When I got back the blind that had been on the front door (that needed repair) was on the back porch. That let me know Lowell had been here but was gone again. 

I got started first by looking for a new shade for the front door window. I searched and searched. Everything that would fit and would be suitable was not available in any stores. They had to be ordered on line. I put the search aside to get back to my writings and checking photos that I had found while I was out and about. That was what I attended to while I was taking a break on standing before I attempted to put the groceries away. 

One of today uploads is “drops”. I tried taking some shot of my iced tea glass as it was “sweating” but the drops were not as clear as I would have liked. So I used the image I had captured at the park on my way home. 

As I was attending to the above list, Lowell came back. He had purchased a blind for the door and parts to replace a pane of glass that had been out for a while. When he took the blind out of the box we found that it wouldn’t bit around the door knob when it was lowered to the last position. So it had to go back. When he left, I got back on line searching for a new blind that would fit. As determined earlier, it would have to be ordered. Lowell put the old frame up temporarily. 

I am going to take another break to make the potato soup for dinner. 

The second upload today is “kids”. When I was at the park for the photo of the fountain, I drove a little further around the park for this image. 

The word today is current.  In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson.  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  Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. Jefferson Davis.  Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on. Victor Hugo.  We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. William Shakespeare.  Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. Euripides.  I am already sensible of decay in the power of walking, and find my memory not so faithful as it used to be. This may be partly owing to the incessant current of new matter flowing constantly through it; but I ascribe to years their share in it also. Thomas Jefferson.  Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today. Sophocles.  In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line. Henry David Thoreau. 

This third and last photo a day upload for today is “clashing”. This if two of my summer blouses each with a different design and a different color. They seemed to clash and would not be good worn together. 

This article fits the season and may offer some pause for thought in future seasons and years. It is based on the ever necessary event of warm weather and presentable lawns....mowing. Apparently there is a movement called “No Mow May”. The thought behind this idea is to allow weeds to grow and provided food for bees and other “beneficial insects at a time of the year when there are few other food sources for these insects”. Apparently this “movement” began in Great Britain a few years ago and slowly spread to some thinking in the US. To my surprise some “communities in Ohio adopted the practice for their municipal green spaces” and it has spread on to residents and landowners. However, it does lead to some “serious lawn-maintenance challenges come June”. First the lawn, including weeds witch grow up to 12 - 18 inches tall. The article mentioned that when it is mowed to approximately 3 inches in June it may ‘go into shock’ and even ‘die’. The article went on to mention some of the “down” sides of No Mow May. Some of these off shoots are mice, voles, snakes, ticks and maybe baby bunnies. The pollinators and beneficial insects that have gown in the tall grass will be killed when the grass is cut. A suggestion to those want to let the grass go un-mowed in May consider “creating a pollinator garden, which can provide a food source and habitat for pollinators throughout the entire growing season.” In these areas use plants that attract bumble bees and mourning cloak butterflies as well as blue orchard bees that appear in the early spring. Use plants that are noted for attracting pollinators all season long. Another suggestion is to over-seed with clover and let violets “creep” into the lawn to act as the pollinators. Building piles of grasses and tree limbs off to the side of the yards will “provide important nesting and overwintering habitats for bees and butterflies”. Those heavily into providing pollinator spaces can look at possible “artificial nesting sites (that) can be made or purchased to encourage cavity-nesting bees”. Water features can be added to the property for “pollinating” providers”, as small ponds, wishing wells, and bird bathes, needing those kinds of space.

I think it will be potato soup and sandwiches for dinner. 

Joy

         These guys had almost all of the parking lot to themselves.