September 24, 2024 a thought for today, When we think to catch we are sometimes caught. Spanish Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was “a old photo”. This is my mother and father many, many years ago. And yes, I did personally take this photo. I was into photography all those years ago and am still mesmerized with it. 

 

My second photo challenge upload is in my “minimalist” series. This is one of the inside doors in my vets office. I made this photograph as I was waiting for our appointment. 

The third image for the 24th was “autumn”. This one is an easy shot to right now. The color of autumn is beautiful. 

Life today. Yesterday proved to be a little out of the ordinary. It began, after my “virtual” visits to news and such, with a visit to the vet. It was time for Sweet Pea’s annual check. The appointment including the waiting, was over after an hour. It ended with four medication in four medications injections as well as a blood draw. I got a report back from the blood draw this morning that she may be in the early stages of kidney disease. So we are going to have to adjust her diet. I contacted my granddaughter who is a veterinary nurse for some suggestions. She gave me three to choose from. They all sounded good. I also checked how much protein is in the foods that I am feeding her. I was surprised to see that the ground chicken had more protein that the ground beef. Adding to the check up was refills two of her four medications. The ending bill was not inexpensive to say the lest. But she is family and more on the healthy side for her age than not. 

The day, yesterday, went on surprisingly smoothly. I got the newsletter done up to the photo page. That will come Wednesday morning. 

Today I got the bulletin done and sent out for proofing. I did the research on Sweet Peas meds after the vet called. Then I called my eye doctor about a problem getting my dry eye meds. All before I got ready for food pantry. 

My first photo challenge upload for today is in my “minimalist” series. This is a rose on a black sheet in my home right now. 

People who cheat at the expense of others “gets my dander up”. She, a person in my life today, took a number then went outside the building. In doing our job we called numbers in order. When we got to 27 there was no answer, 27 again after ten or fifteen minutes and two clients, and again another fifteen or twenty minutes and several other customer sign-ins. Finally she came in and registered expecting to be called next since 27 had already been passed. She didn’t think she would have to wait until number 37 where she would have been had she been honest and responsible.....sorry....letting off steam. 

I took the three photo uploads on my way home and used the darkroom to get ready for upload. In the mean time. Sweet Pea got out of the yard. I had to walk half a block to catch her and bring her home. I didn’t have the collar and leash with me so I had to use the cord that was in the waist band of my slacks. 

I think I am almost done for the day. Well, pay bills and cook dinner and clean up.

The next upload for today is “craving”. I am a foodie in general and when I am out and about fast food does the trick. Gourmet food isn’t a bad choice either. 

The word today is manner.  In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will. Charles Spurgeon.  Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. Marcus Aurelius.  As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things. Isaac Newton. We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue. Plato.  A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. Thomas Carlyle.  A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.  

The last photo in the challenge series’ for today is “a car interior”. This is mine. Sweet Pea had left one of her favorite toys in the car. I was hoping to include it but I couldn’t find it. I think it was under the front seat. 

Article: The title to this article looks like an interesting concept to explore and share. Here’s the title that caught my eye “Mixed emotions – neuroscience is exploring how your brain lets you experience two opposite feelings at once. The first part of the article used parents dropping their kids off at college as prompting a “whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a permanently changed family dynamic, the uncertainty of what lies ahead – but also the pride of seeing your child move toward independence”. The story tells that scientists say emotions are “states of the brain and body that motivate you toward or away from things”. Emotions are labeled either positive or negative. Science has determined on the one hand that “if emotions are biological, you can’t experience opposites in the same moment”. Further on they suggest that it that is so “you must instead be flipping back and forth”. So now to “untangle” the mixed emotions. One determination was that “disgusted and amused reactions are indeed occurring simultaneously to create something new”. In further testing of that theory it was determined that “the brain states ..................(that is) not a unique pattern for a new mixed emotion”. In more studies they feel that there is “missing important information about how activity changes or stays the same second-to-second”.  It was interesting to read that “kids do not begin to understand or report mixed emotions until later in childhood”. This phenomenon seems to develop as the brain matures. “Sometimes, mixed emotions help you cope with big changes and turn into cherished memories”. In some cases when the event leads to a “source of distress” it “doesn’t mean all the positive feelings you have about them automatically go away”. From what I gather from this article mixed emotions are a real thing and aren’t going to go away easily and that “better understanding of mixed emotions” may make these mixtures “become cherished memories that help them grow”. I can’t determine that finding the reasons for the mixed emotions will change life’s travels. I think they are important to growth and wisdom. 

Maybe taco salad for dinner. 

Joy 

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