July 24, 2024 a thought for today, Misfortunes will happen to the wisest and best of men. Native American Pawnee Proverb

My first upload for yesterday was “photographers choice”. Once again I am using some of the flowers from the city park near my house.  There are a lot to chose from this year. 

The next photo upload was “flip flops”. I don’t wear flip flops, too old for one thing and for another I don’t like that little thingy between my toes.  So I am using the closest things I have to flip flops.....sandals.  

The last challenges for yesterday was “machinery”. There is all kinds of construction going on in my neighborhood lately so it was easy to find some machinery for this shot. 

Life today. This week isn’t surprising, it is as busy as all third-week-of-the-month has been for a long time. Four more days to go. Yesterday was busy up to time to leave for food pantry. Then pantry was overflowing with clients. That kept Gail and I constantly busy for the full hour and a half. Her computer wouldn’t boot up so I set up one of the tablets for her. She did better on the tablet than I think I would have even though I use it a lot. When we were closing up, I asked her to try to start the lap top that she usually uses. We found that her quick start logo for the software was no longer working. Once I told her to start up the soft ware through Google it worked. 

Before pantry I also put about an hour in on the photo page of the newsletter. That was the finishing touch.  

The first upload for today is another of the “photographers choice”. This is a resurrection lily that our grandmother gave to me many years ago. 

This morning I finished the shut in envelopes, the birthday card, and the newsletter labels. Then it was time to leave for pantry again. This was another day like yesterday. Today it was my computer that wouldn’t boot up properly. It finally came up as I was getting the tablet ready again. 

On top of the busy week happenings my key fob for the car is acting up. I think the problem is a dying battery. I did some Google search and found out how to change it. I’ll give that a try today or tomorrow. I picked up the batteries when I stopped after pantry to pick up my meds. 

Now it’s time to pay some bills. 

The next upload for today is “watermelon”. I had to stop at the store on my way home from church today so I walked by the fruits and snapped this shot.

The word today is hold. Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher.  It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare.  Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Publilius Syrus.  If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. Benjamin Franklin.  When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge. Confucius.  Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future. Ulysses S. Grant.  Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato.  The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. Thomas Huxley.  Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. Ludwig Borne.  Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves. Protagoras.  I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Laozi.  Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.  Hold fast to your most indefinite, waking dream. Henry David Thoreau.  Try all things, hold fast that which is good. John Locke.  Your soul must hold fast to Him, you must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His ways by faith, not in outward show. Ambrose. There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it. Victor Hugo.  Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Laozi.  If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...Henry David Thoreau. 

The last upload for today is “sunset”. There wasn’t much of the sun showing through but it was there behind the clouds as it was closing out the day.  

Article: It seems to be the perfect time for this artifice with the Ohio State Fair and the Olympics beginning. This article is about the now famous butter sculptures at the Ohio State Fair. The first butter cow was created in the early 1900s. This year along with the beloved bovine and her baby they will be including sculptures of various Olympic athletes in their chosen sport. There are four life size sculptures of track and field, a gymnast, a cyclist, and a jumper. The butter scluptures are done every year to “celebrate Ohio’s dairy-processing community”. This year they used over 2,000 pounds of butter and it took a team 450 hours to complete. Some of the sculpting was done in a 375 hour time spent in 46 degrees. The artists and worker wear winter gloves, hats and scarves.  The ideas for the sculptures begins around May. They use 3D models to help with the designing. The models can be moved in and out of the refrigerator as work progresses. The work can get messy, the workers clothes have to be changed often. There is a learning curve when using heat where and when it is needed in the creative process. Each of the artists “excel” in certain parts of the full creation. The artists come from different area of Ohio or from where ever their particular talents are and found and recognized. One of them this year was an art student at OSU in 2010.  As the sculptures were completed the artists said “it’s a little sad because each year, there’s this anticipation.......working together with the students in the cooler and ....you feel a little bit of pride to be a part of this big deal at the fair.”

Maybe left over meat loaf for dinner.

Joy

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