October 26, 2024 a thought for today, Fear blows wind into your sails. Japanese Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was my last in this series of architectural detail”. This is a section of a church at the end of my street. 

The next photo challenge upload for yesterday was “a night sky”. I have a
feature on my newest Samsung that is called Astrophoto, taking photos of the sky at night. I have been playing with that feature. This is one of the results. I can’t seem to locate my tripod for more serious time with this feature. 

The last photo for yesterday was “scarey”. There are a lot of supposedly scarey ornaments on lawns this month. This is one of them.

Life today. Saturday it seems is a marker of some sort paired with Sunday....perhaps a take off point for freedom of  spirit? 

Sue was off to visit her happiness, the twins. This is the third day in a row since she got her car. She is so happy.....I am glad for her.

 Sweet Pea and I are back from picking up the groceries. I didn’t make a swing for photos as I normally do on the way home. I had found what I wanted in the archives before I left. 

Once I get home from the store, I don’t immediately put the groceries away. I put the frozen and refrigerator things away leaving the rest to be managed whenever I want to take a break from something more interesting.

My first photo upload today is “fence”. I took this one some time ago in a walk in the alley behind my home. This fellow wanted to have better look at the lady with the camera. 

I had ordered a couple of the items that I was out of for my diy houseplant insecticide. I have some mint plants that I have been nursing for a couple of months that need that kind of TLC right now. So I took some time to make the solution. Once it cools I will take a break again and tend to the plants that are in need at the moment.

Matt’s home for R&R this week end. I should have gone with Lowell and Rebecca to visit with him for a while. I thought it would be better with just a few people. I may have been in the way or I know I would have felt that way. He needs to see his wife and kids alone for a while.  

We are having another wonderful autumn day. It is still on the cool side in the mornings, natures way (and you know who that is) of preparing us for winter.

The next upload for today is “jack frost”. We haven’t had a pictorial freeze yet this year so this is one I have pulled from my ever ready archives. 

The word today is nothing. Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it. Thales.  In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me. Edgar Allan Poe.  There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. Marie Antoinette.  A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing. Elizabeth I.  Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing. Alexander Hamilton.  Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. Jean de La Fontaine.  There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things. Saint Basil.  Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.  There is nothing like a dream to create the future. Victor Hugo.  There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. Jonathan Swift.  Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. Henry David Thoreau.

My last upload for today is “vibrant flower”. This is another from my archives since most of our colorful blooms have given up until next spring. 

Article: I’m back with something about animals. Hope I’m not boring you with new thoughts about the animal kingdom. This article is about nature in their lives and how some people question the purpose of that natural wonder. The title is “Animals that are all black or all white have reputations based on superstition − biases that have real effects”. The article starts by relating how one would feel if they were minding their own business and come across a black cat. Do you cross the street or “crouch down to pet it?’. In addition it mentions that you know that there is a silly superstition but you are in a hurry and don’t want to experience some kind of jinx. They mention a black cat or other black animals “has shaped people’s preferences about animals”. These superstitions are unfounded. There are superstitions for both black and white animals. These anomies can be a severe disadvantage for the animals natural protections. “These animals often have a tougher time blending into their habitat”. I learned that even their “struggle to regulate their temperature and to communicate with others in their species” is a problem. In some places it was found that “local laws and found news stories of wildlife being protected” because of these problems. In some placed there are penalties attached if the laws of protection are broken. Penalties such as “US$500 or 90 days in jail for failing to abide by the law”. In reverse of the negative superstitions there are others that are celebrated. In one placed there is a “yearly festival called “White Squirrel Weekend.” For other celebrations may have be a “release white doves at weddings and funerals as symbols of purity and peace”. In other places it was found that some people adopt the “black squirrel their mascot”. This article also related that “pure black animals are more novel”. For thousands of years there have been “stories, lore, tales and myths that attempt to explain the world”. It went on to mention that “our early ancestors sat around fires, telling thrilling stories, they sought refuge together from the darkness that concealed looming threats”. It went on to relate how “white became synonymous with “good” and “pure,” while black aligned more with “evil” and “unclean.” 

I think I will make goulash with some of the packets I froze the last time I made a pot of chili for future use.

Joy

         neat and tidy..... check out the two sparrows checking out the parking system