September 10, 2024 a thought for today, Every little yielding to anxiety is a step away from the natural heart of man. Japanese Proverb

One of the uploads yesterday was “door”. This one is the open door to the chapel at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Grove City. Inside is peace. 

The next image for yesterday was “swing”. This is a corner of my front porch
swing and it’s shadow ("me and my shadow"). 

The last challenge for yesterday was “an interesting door knob”. I went in search for this one. I stopped by two churches and several businesses in search of an “interesting” door knob. I’m sure now that I wasn’t searching in the right places. This one is on my entry closet door. It is a bit interesting in that it is glass and over eighty years old. 

Life today. Today is moving along better than some recent ones. I got the bulletin done yesterday.  I sent it out for proofreading this morning. There were a couple of other things I had to straighten out that meant some phone calls, texts and emails. We seem to have misplaced the Upper Room magazine we have for church members so I made some inquiries into that. I need some color ink for the printer so I made that order. One of the battery chargers for a piece of the lawn equipment needs replaced so I did some research on how to replace that. Then there was the business of trying to get my insurance to pay for the eye drops I need for extreme dry eye. Sue needed to run an errand so I helped her with that. With those projects out of the way I got back to computer and photo ruminations. 

My first upload for today is another in my “door” series. These doors belong to a business that is closed

leaving the doors waiting for someone new to come along to open the door for business instead of someone to begin its demise.  

I have been turning the furnace on first thing the past three mornings. About an hour after it has started it has taken the slight chill off. The sun begins to warm things up like nature is supposed to be in the coming autumn season. Actually it is gorgeous out the window today. 

I am enjoying having these “sister” moments with Sue. I know also that she would prefer to have her car replaced so that she can be free to come and go. Hopefully something will turn up for her that way. In the mean time I will enjoy are time together. 

The next image upload for today is “in my hand”. This is the most common thing in my hand, the keys on my computer keyboard. 

I don’t think I mentioned yet that on Sunday Lowell and Rebecca invited us to spend dinner time with them along with Jessie, Lexie and Drew. That being a day of memories for me was what made the end of the day a little less sad. 

The third upload for today is “purple”. I always have a problem
picking purple and aqua. There seems to be different shades or hues of these two colors that can be called purple (or aqua). 

The word today is much. It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. Epicurus.  Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci.  It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon.  Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. William Cowper.  How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. Marcus Aurelius.  I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. Johannes Kepler. Trust not too much to appearances. Virgil.  Much learning does not teach understanding. Heraclitus.  The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. Thomas Huxley.  People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh.  It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. Benjamin Disraeli.  

Today is another of those days that I have a fourth image challenge to upload. This one is “weeds”. My lawn was mowed yesterday so there were few weeds with any substance to photograph. The weeds in this image get missed in most mowing and trimming events. 

The article is about parks “that aren’t Metro Parks” in Columbus. These may be some places in our city that would be interesting to visit. They are just minutes away. Some of these places with a notable history are among the oldest in the country. The article goes on to say in the beginning paragraph that parks protect endangered plant life as well as offer “amazing spaces to explore in this city”. Here is a list and brief history of some of them. Schiller Park was established in 1857 and is the second oldest in the city. The early settlers called it Stewart’s Grove. It has become “a central gathering space for the German Village neighborhood”. Things found in the park are picnic area, a fishing pond, an outdoor stage, tennis courts, basketball courts, a play ground. There are trees called Champion Trees such as Biltmore4 ash and Wych elm. They are the largest and oldest in the state.  Another park is Goodale Park. This is the oldest  in Columbus, in fact the oldest park in the United States. Dr. Lincoln Goodale gave it to the city in 1851. There are over 650 trees. It was used in the Civil War by the Union troops and was called Camp Jackson. In the park is a gazebo, tennis court, walking paths, a playground a pond and fountain. We have a park called the Topiary Garden. It is a mixture of art and nature as a “living recreation of Georges Seurat’s famous painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of LaGrande Jatte”. At times it was “featured in National Geographic, Life, The Wall Street Journal, and more”. The land that it is formed on was once the Old Deaf School Park. Here is another park, the Park of Roses, “home to 11,000 beautiful roses”. The author went on to talk about what she called “pocket parks”. One is the Frank Fetch Park “designed to resemble the Social Gartens of Munich”. There are picnic tables, benches, gas lamps “that offer flickering lights”. Next comes Hayden Falls Nature Preserve. It is a “park” area with a “stunning (35-foot) waterfall located  within Griggs Nature Preserve on the west side of the Scioto River”. This area offers “an incredible ecosystem that includes rare and endangered plants”. A newer park, built in 1970, is the Antrim Park. This park offers a place “for running, walking, and biking”. There is a “quarried lake” where one can fish but no boating or fishing. The last park listed in the article is the Scioto Mile along the Scioto River. There is the “promenade along the Scioto Mile (that) connects Battelle Riverfront Park and Bicentennial Park. There is a “stone colonnade with swings, park benches, gardens, and tables”. Some people play card or chess and checkers on these table, maybe even a game of dominos. There is a “massive” fountain. One can see the “historic limestone balustrade that was originally built as part of a flood wall from the 1920s that has been completely restored”. Along the way in this “Mile” is the “Huntington Plaza, Coleman’s Pointe, the Lower River Walk, and the Prow with birch trees, lantern lighting, and stone benches”. 

 I think it is going to be something from the freezer for dinner. 

Joy 

                 off to play on the indoor play ground at McDonalds