August 29, 2024 a thought for today, If you add to the truth, you take something away from it. Jewish Proverb

My first upload for yesterday is "window”. This is another in my neighborhood. It’s amazing to me how little I have paid attention to windows until now. I was thinking there were more ornate windows in the area than I am able to find right now. Live and learn.

The next upload for yesterday is “cheesy”. This is an image of all but one
of the cheeses I had in my house yesterday. I also had a bag of shredded mozzarella. 

My last challenge upload for yesterday is “round”. I was able to have three round object in the image along with the shadows. I don’t know the purpose of these objects but the look “important”. 

Life today. This Thursday was a bit different. The printing went well. Then there was a problem. When I opened the rooms for the group who was meeting there today they discovered that there had been a break in. One of the windows had been knocked in and a free standing air conditioner knocked over. I had noticed that one of the end doors that was supposed to be closed was open. One of the fellows checked it for me and said it was ok. That was before others had entered the room and found the damage. In the mean time I had gone the other way, thinking all was ok to open another door. After I went upstairs one of the men came up to tell me about the damage. So I started to make a couple of calls for help when Patti came in. She handled it from there. 

On the way home I looked for my photos for the day. One of them was to use another camera. Since I have been using my Samsung phone camera almost entirely lately, I got my Sony 100VI out. I found the dial that I needed to adjust one of the settings and been stuck so I had to work with it to fix the problem. It’s working like it should now so I got the photos I needed.

This first challenge for today is “vegetables”. This looks like it would, and it did, make a nice salad. I generally have more vegetables on hand  to photograph than I do fruits. 

After a few other side chores I got the laundry started. Now I need to take another break to take care of some seedlings.  

We are having what I hope will be the last deep heat wave of the season. I feel a little guilty mentioning that because I may be complaining about some really cold temperatures in a couple of months. I think it is a “spice of life” living in Ohio weather. 

The next upload for today is “window”. I think this is my third in this series. The surrounds on each of them are different and give a separate character.

The word today is many. A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. Francis of Assisi.  Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. Charles Spurgeon.  Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau.  I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. Martin Luther. We build too many walls and not enough bridges. Isaac Newton.  The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh. Rumi. The way to know life is to love many things. Vincent Van Gogh.  Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. Phaedrus.  The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand. Sun Tzu. However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? Buddha.  Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. Francis Bacon. 

My last challenge upload for today is “use a different camera”. I have gotten into the habit of using my Samsung 24+ phone camera. For this image I pulled my Sony 100VI  into use. It has been in “semi-retirement” for so long that it needed some attention and adjustments. 

Article: This sounded interesting, a little more history about Columbus.  Actually, it was one of the old photos that was with the article that caught my eye. It was vintage, meaning early history of Columbus. The title: The Secret Waterway That Helped Build Columbus—And Why It Disappeared. Columbus was apparently a bustling canal system back in the 19th century when canals “were all the rage”. There was the “Columbus Feeder Canal, a 12-mile stretch of waterway that played a crucial role in connecting Ohio’s capital to the grand Ohio and Erie Canal”. The article mentioned it as one of the canals that “once flowed with goods, water, and dreams of prosperity”. The canal systems began in the early 1800s when “rough, muddy roads and the absence of railroads” made transporting goods difficult. The formation of the canals created “waterways that connected cities and towns, making trade and travel more efficient”. Construction of the Columbus Feeder Canal began in 1927. The canal connected with the Erie Canal at Lockourne, 11 miles south of Columbus. The canal was completed in September of 1831. Taking a ride on the boat amounted to “leisurely floating down a 40-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep canal, pulled along by horses or mules at a blazing top speed of five miles per hour”. Of course it wasn’t fast but was “cheap” and efficient. Farmers, manufactures and merchants were happy. The article went on to point out that is wasn’t just the moving of products and people it also “provided much-needed water power for mills and factories along its route”. Lockbourne, where the two canals met “became a lively hub”. There were taverns and “bustling trade” in the town. By the 1850s the steam engine came along as “railroads were starting to crisscross the nation” so the life of the canals became less important. Of course trains were faster and more reliable as well as more comfortable especially in year around travel. The article went on to say that the canal went on for a while but by 1904 they were abandoned. The article ended with “It’s a small, but fascinating, chapter in the story of how Ohio—and America—grew and thrived.”

I am making a Mini Chicken Pot Pies with Pillsbury refrigerator biscuits for dinner. 

Joy 

                          queen of the hill (or this porch at least)