September 15, 2025 a thought for today, Not every opinion is truth. Czech Proverb

The first upload yesterday was called “lots of yellow!”. These are some of my moss roses in one of my window gardens. This line of portulaca are come in multi colors. I was able to find these five together with the other colors in other spot. 

The second photo is “s is for...” I chose spoons. There is not much to explain. They are a set of my measuring spoons on a black background.

The last upload for yesterday was “a toy”. This is from a toy box that we keep in the corner of the living room for some of our little ones when they come to visit. 

Life today. Brian met here with Lowell yesterday to discuss how the driveway will be re-coated. He sent us a message early this morning to let us know he won’t be able to start until tomorrow.  

It has been a wonderful day so far. The weather is great, maybe a little warm but still comfortable. I was able to get the bulletin done and sent to readers. 

The first upload for today is “keys”. I found this set of keys just yesterday when I was working on my spring cleaning/down sizing. Ohio State was a big part of my son, Bob’s thinking. 

Lowell and Rebecca had taken us to lunch yesterday so all of my photo processing was late. I didn’t take the time to upload them yesterday so I uploaded them the first thing this morning. I was able to get all key-worded and in to the portfolio calendar before I shut down the computer yesterday. 

After the photo uploads I got to this letter. Then I took a break to shoot the photos I need today. While I was outside taking those photos I was able to enjoy the weather as well as bring the emptied recycle can back to its storage place. 

The next upload is “found on my daily walk”. This another that pretty much explains itself. The curb line , the grassy area and the leaves in the gutter. 

The only thing left on my agenda for today is water all of my “garden” plants. The house plant garden, the hydroponic garden and the four window box/rail gardens watered and maintained. And of course the photos and their processes. 

The third upload for today is “my choice”. This one is a part of my series “partial”. I captured this one yesterday in church. 

The word today is glad.  Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave. Martin Luther.  Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad. Rumi.  Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. Ovid.  Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes. Thomas Carlyle.  As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously. Benjamin Franklin.  When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine. Robert Louis Stevenson.  Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love! Sitting Bull.  As long as I have health and strength, I will gladly work all my days. Frederic Chopin. To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow. William Dunbar.  Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. Friedrich Schiller. 

This is one of the days that I have a fourth photo a day upload. This one is “shadows”. The sun was perfect for shadows today. You could find shadows almost anywhere. 

Article: I have always been interested in how Native Americans lived on this land before other peoples came to be here. So an article I read mentioned one of the ways they used the land so I am reading and sharing this. The title to this article is: “How wood gathered from federal forests heats Native American homes — and can help reduce wildfires”.  It started out by mentioning a young Indian boy belonging to the Washoe tribe. The tribe was located “across Nevada and California known as Hung-A-Lel-Ti territory”. This young boy was 12 years old when he began the chore of splitting wood as he knew he had to help keep the family warm.  He was one of eight kids living with a single mother. He gathered for his mother and siblings as well as his grandmother. The article goes on to say that forty years later  many Native Americans still use wood a “their primary heating source”. Now days firewood is delivered to “roughly 111 elders” through a “wood bank” the tribe builds. The Washoe trip now works with the  National Forest Foundation and others to cut logs and make bundles . Besides heating homes it also actually helps in reducing wildfires. There was such a need that in 2018 that the tribe decided to take “ logs damaged by the Tamarack Fire from the U.S. Forest Service”. It took 1.5 years to do the work of bundling the wood.  There was so much collected that they were able to sell some ultimately helping some of their low income families. These families may also live in home with heating issues. I learned that when the Kayenta coal mines in Arizona closed more people had to use wood for heating. The article related that the first year the mine was closed it was reported that some were burning their clothes to heat their home. At a point the US Forest Service found that due to wildfires they needed to “thin trees” in the area of the Washoes tribes. Thinning the forests can “reduce the risk of wildfires”.  Apparently “discarding the logs was an issue - until the partnership with the tribes started”. Now wood is provided for eight tribes across “Northern Arizona, California, New Mexico, Colorado, and Idaho”. Transporting wood from forest to processing points requires “resources and coordination”. The tribes help to move and deliver the wood. Also mentioned in the article was that there is now more interest in Native American traditions in the “current generation”. Wood is big part of their lives since it is used for “warmth, cooking and land management”. 

It will be chili and shredded potatoes for dinner. 

Joy

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