July 20, 2024 a thought for today, Pay attention to the whispers, so we won't have to listen to the screams. Cherokee Proverb

One of the uploads for yesterday was “sunset”. I took this shot on our way home from the swim meet last week. 

The next challenge and upload for yesterday was “photographer’s choice”. This is yet another flower in one of the several gardens at the park. 

The last upload for yesterday was “window view”. It is the window in the storm door. Sweet Pea likes to check out what’s going on in the neighborhood. 

Life today. Not much on this Saturdays agenda just the “regular” curb side pick up that is for sure. The rest of the day will be whatever “floats my boat”. 

I worked a good bit on the newsletter yesterday and the day before so most of the “heavy” stuff is already done. The information that is needed to finish it isn’t actually due until this Sunday. I should have most of the day Monday to work on the photo page. The rest will have to come from congregants who would like to share information, if any, and will send it to me Monday or I will have to come up with a few small amount of filler information.

The first challenge upload for today was “boats”. When I was a teen I was around boats of all kinds every weekend. Not so much now days. So I stumbled through making two boat in the origami style. I placed them on a background that I generated from an original photo image. 

The coming week is the third full week of the month which is always busy. Tuesday and Wednesday are food pantry days. Thursday is printing day with the Thursday of this week also the day for printing the newsletter. Friday will be newsletter finishing day. 

The second upload to day is “door”. There was a fire truck in the parking lot when I picked up groceries. I made a couple of photo shots them. Then I found this truck in the parking lot. I took shots of several shops but ended up with this on as an upload. 

There is an extra household plan for this week. The plan is for Tami and Lowell and Brian to be here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to start cleaning out the garage. It’s going to be a huge amount of work. Things have been stored in there since, actually before, work was done in refurbishing the house over five years ago. Much of it is Bob’s things which will be a bit of a tug on the heart strings. In my mind it will be like cleaning an old attic that has been abandoned. There will be surprises, maybe even critters, most likely forgotten things that may still hold some value today if it hasn’t been ruined in one way or another. My letters/blogs and photos may be a bit late since I will be “helping” with that chore most of those days. Things may be delayed though because I have been listening to the weather reports, it is suppose to rain off and on on those days. 

The next upload today is “juxtapose”. I think the pointed leaves of the evergreen and the petal of the flowers were a good example of juxtapose. 

The word today is hide. Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade? Benjamin Franklin.  Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all. Sophocles.  Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me. Alexander Pope.  There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.  Honest people don't hide their deeds. Emily Bronte.  He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon. John Milton.  Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. Homer.  Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy. Franz Schubert.  Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Confucius.  The most common form of despair is not being who you are. Soren Kierkegaard.  Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego. Rumi.  

I had a fourth upload this week. This one is “a construction site”. There is a new auto repair building going up a few blocks from my house. 

Article: This is one of the summer events that took place here in Columbus. It’s interesting to see what took place on the river that runs through the city and may become an annual event. In 1986 there was a Scioto Superfest. It was meant to raise money supporting maintenance on Bicentennial Park. There was a hot air balloon, rowing competitions, parasailing and a jet ski show. Along with that there were food stalls and carnival rides. There were homemade rafts on the Scioto. The rafts were “crafted from the most unconventional materials”.   Some of the rafts were even held together with duct tape. Along with the rafts were ski shows and steamboat rides. At night there was a concert. There were more festivals like this that grew in what was presented along the river. High speed powerboat races and water ski shows along with kayak races. At one point there they “attracted national attention and transformed the festival into a significant sporting event”. By the end of the ‘90s “securing enough sponsorship and support became increasingly difficult”. In 1994 the city could not continue to sponsor the festival. The closest we have come to having a “come back”is kayakers and canoeing from the Scioto Audubon Metro Park. 

I didn’t have hamburgers the other day so I think we will have them for dinner. 

Joy

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