April 16, 2025 a thought for the day, Give me knowledge, so I may have kindness for all. Native American Plains Indians Proverb
My first upload for yesterday was “leafy green tree or bush”. Right now the trees aren’t in “full leaf” so they are not to “green”. I went to my archives for pull this shot.
Three of the separate photo-a-day challenge images for yesterday seems to be nature related. This “low level shot!” was taken this morning from underneath one of the evergreen trees in my back yard today.
Life today. The cleaning lady was here yesterday so that is out of the way for a month. After she left Brian came around and got the yard work done. The grass is growing steadily now that we are having so much rain. That is another reason we are having so many dandelions too. I think they are kind of pretty, all of that yellow in the green.
I was surprised when I checked my email the first thing this morning and found that I had the rest of the information to finish the Easter dedication sheet. I woke around three this morning worrying that I wouldn’t get it in time to finish it today for printing. I worried for nothing the rest of the night but there was a little bit of a reason for the concern. Anyway, I got to it first on the to-do list this morning and it is done in about and hour and a half. Now I am ready to print both documents tomorrow.
After that was done I could get on with the rest of the Wednesday to-do list. I started the letter than put some thought into what I wanted to find for my photo a day list. I set up and shot for the three plus photos. I put some time in the darkroom choosing the ones I will want to upload.
There is nothing more major on the agenda today, so the rest will be slow and easy going.
As I was coming home from our session meeting last night I noticed that there was a sound like something hitting a window as I was driving. As I looked closer I noticed that there was a strip of some kind loose around the front wind shield. When I got home I checked it out more and found it is some kind of liner-type rubber strip between the glass and the metal on the car. A portion of it is loose and flapping as the air hits it. I figured I should find some way to secure it before the whole thing was pulled off. I had bought some Gorilla glue a few weeks ago. I thought I would apply just a dab to the loose end. I have misplaced the glue. It seems there is a groove that the strip fits in. I pushed it into the groove as hard as I could. It seems to be holding but not tested with blowing wind yet. If I think about it when one of my kids come by I will have them look at it.
The word is while. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln. Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. Walt Whitman. A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin. The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. Voltaire. While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. Francis of Assisi. There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. Thomas Hobbes. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. Samuel Johnson. Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. Diogenes. While we are postponing, life speeds by. Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
Article: Lazarus was THE place in Columbus for many years, before the malls. I can remember taking the bus to spend the day “downtown” with Lazarus being the main attraction. My dad had a second job parking cars in one of he Lazarus’ garages at Christmas time. I had a “self improvement” class there with the Girl Scouts. Every time we would go I would have lunch there and had the chicken dressing with gravy, yumm. My kids shopped in the Secret Santa shop. The Thanksgiving day parades were the best. The title is “Lost History of Columbus: Lazarus Was The Department Store That Defined Downtown”. The article began with “Once upon a time—not that long ago, if you wanted to shop in Columbus, there was only one real answer: Lazarus”. It was more than a department store and a place to be. It began as a “humble” men’s clothing shop in 1851 by Simon Lazarus who was a German immigrant. It grew from back-to-school shopping to the magic of the holidays with “ties to the city’s culture”. Later as it expanded and the family grew and were active in the stores many functions. By the early 20th century Lazarus was an innovating influence in the retail business. They were the first story to allow returning items including everything that sold, clothing and household goods. They became know for their “incredible window displays, fashion shows, in-house restaurants, and escalators that felt like a ride in and of themselves when you were a kid.” Along with the stores growth is so many areas one that was “magical”.,... Christmas at Lazarus. That included the “elaborate holiday window displays” which were changed each year to “the whole city block into a winter wonderland”. To add to the excitement of the holiday window was the Lazarus Talking Tree. It drew kids from all around. There were blinking light and it even “talked” to the kids. Santa was a huge draw also during the season. The upper floors of the store became “SantaLand”. There were trains and “twinkling light” leading to a visit with Santa. After the shopping there were the restaurants one being the Chintz Room where a sit down with Santa, not to mention the wonder food served, could be arranged. Those wonderful experiences were not the only thing that made it magical especially for kids. There was the bus ride downtown. The whole day was an adventure. The beginning of end of those particular adventures began where shopping malls “popped up in the suburbs”. Lazarus merged with other “retail giants under the Federated Department Stores umbrella” which included Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s. Lazarus continued go b a big part of the “retail landscape”. Fred Lazarus Jr. was “instrumental in creating Black Friday”. Slowly and into the 1990s and 2000s the downtown shopping had begun the “decline”. The floors in the downtown store decreased in usage. In 2005 Lazarus was retired. In 2007, 156 years after its beginning, the store closed for good. The Lazarus building is still standing. It has become space for offices, apartment and small retail spaces. There are bits of the memories recalled as the Talking Tree and the Chintz Room “resurface” through social media. The article ended with this: “Lazarus wasn’t just a store—it was an experience. A generational touchstone. A big part of what made Columbus feel like home.”
Hot dogs for dinner.
Joy
what’s behind the wall?
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