September 25, 2025 a thought for today, To withhold truth is to bury gold. Danish Proverb

My first upload for yesterday is “pillow”. I am a “pillow person” when it comes to bed pillows. Most of my “bed pillows” have lost here fluffiness from all the squeezing they get. I picked this decorative one that belongs to Sue. 

The next upload was “craving” . I think this shows how much I “crave” chocolate, especially dark chocolate. 

The last upload for yesterday was “my choice”. It is another of my “faceless portraits”.

Life today. It’s been a nice Thursday. I am still missing my “shadow”. As I move through the day, I come to the typical moments that were devoted to Sweet Pea, outdoors, fresh water bowl, treat time, and a few minutes several times a day for running my hands over her fur and a quick hug here and there. It takes a moment to get past that and back to the forming my  “new normal”. 

I got to church for the double print jobs for this week. The computer was slow to come up again. I was just a bit concerned that I would run into the same problem we had computer-wise yesterday during pantry. Finally things did kick in. From there the rest went smoothly with both projects. I talked to Dorothy to confirm that she would be able to help tie things up tomorrow. 

The first upload for today is “a plant”. I have used this plant in other challenges but the blooms are new every day. This moss rose plant has been one of the most productive this season. Every day I look at it I think of my father-in-law and how this was his favorite flower. 

I dropped off the mail and took some photo shots on the way home. Brian was here when I got home. He mowed the lawn today and promised to be here to finish the first stage of preparing the driveway for sealing. 

I took time to start the laundry and hope to do a little downsizing/autumn cleaning a bit later this afternoon. 

We are still having the beginning signs of autumn I think we will be enjoying them for the next few weeks. It’s another gorgeous and mostly comfortable season in our part of the country. 

The next upload for today is “peace in nature”. In my opinion what could be more peaceful that the closest view we can have of the havens and those gorgeous white fluffy clouds as a curtain. 

The word today is grass.  That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. William Wordsworth.  I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. Walt Whitman.  There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. Thomas Jefferson.  If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence. George Eliot.  A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time. Mencius.  The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops. John James Audubon.  Speak the truth, and all things alive or brute are vouchers, and the very roots of the grass underground there, do seem to stir and move to bear you witness. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. James Russell Lowell.  To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. Thomas Carlyle.  There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice. John Calvin.  What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset. Crowfoot.  A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. Walt Whitman.

The last upload for today is another of “my choice” and yet another from my series of “faceless  portraits”.  I like “faceless portraits” more in the form of someone not facing the camera than “headless” but this seems to be the ones I see most. They do offer at least body language and location-type shot ultimately telling some sort of story.

Article: It seems like there are a lot of talk and articles out there about global warming and AI along with whatever new thing comes to mind. I am thinking it is best to learn about all of it as it comes to light. Then decide for ourselves not only what is good and what is bad about each but how each will ultimately affect our lives. This article is a little different from some I have read on global warming. This one seems more about how the temperature fluctuations affect bodies of water as much and more than they do the air. That happening of course affects people as much as aquatic life. The article related that when we think of rivers and other bodies of water we think of them as “cool refuges”. Scenists are showing that water temperatures are becoming warmer with more intensity and are more long lasting “than they were 40 years ago”. It is twice as fast as heat waves in the atmosphere. What is happening on the waters warming is quality, the energy we expect from water, and its effect on agriculture. Some of the warming of water and the related results apparently has been pretty much unnotched for a while. According to this article AI is helping to “create the full picture” of how certain controls are working to show more consistently what is happening in the fluctuations. Further in the article it began to mention that the people doing this study wanted to “find out whether these trends were mainly driven by climate change or by local infrastructure and other activity, such as dams and agriculture”. They found that the environmental factors were “consistently the strongest factors behind river warming”. Other things that “played a role” were melting snow and large dams that can also contribute. Also one less strong thing that contributes is irrigation of crops that can actually “cool rivers” by “altering local climate and hydrology”. These “minor” contributors to the water warming “are secondary compared to the overarching force of climate change”. The article ended by sharing that better understanding will require more studies and data sharing “across agencies and countries”. 

Butter and Parmesan Spaghetti pasta for dinner. 

Joy

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