October 15, 2025 a thought for today, Age is a sorry traveling companion. Danish Proverb

My photo-a-day uploads for yesterday

The first of the three challenges for yesterday was “my choice”. This is one of the “minimalist” series. I found this fallen leave on my driveway when I got out of the car. 

Next is a challenge called “pile of something”. This is a part of my laundry.  

The last photo challenge upload yesterday was called “harvest”. I’m not particularly close to a farm and not on road trips currently so this one is from my archives. It is also a decorative set up at one of the drive through fast foods.  

Life today. Yesterday was good.  Bobbi had her check up for the infection on her eyes. They are doing great  though the vet would like for her to be on one more week of antibiotic treatment. It is pretty well certain that the left eye has sustained what will be permanent damage. We feel she can see at least some with it however the color will be cloudy. In all other respects she is healthy and growing. She has gained one pound. 

Sue had plans for the afternoon so she hadn’t planned to go with me and Bobbi. So Tami went with us. She feels a connection to Bobbi. Once we got back home Tami wanted to look at the lawn mower to see if she could get it started. I hadn’t planned on her mowing it yesterday, maybe another day. She got it started and went right on mowing. I was glad to have Bobbi’s appointment over and the lawn mowed to boot. 

I pulled a muscle or pinched a nerve in my neck Sunday. It is still bothersome so Tylenol has been my go-to for the last three days. Hopefully tomorrow the pain will be gone. 

Today has been on the easy side. I got my usual agenda started with a break for Bobbi’s meds. I also got the dishwasher unloaded and reloaded. As I was working on the other things I was thinking about a new way I want to try to print the bulletin tomorrow. I needed to save the file to a pdf file from my computer to a flash drive and hope the copier can read it. If that works I should be able to print the newsletter that way too. I have been searching on breaks from the computer for any flash drive there might be around the house. Bob use to have several of them around. So far though, no luck. I have restructured the flash drive I have been using hoping it will work. 

I will be finishing the letter and photos and try to get an upload from Sunday done today. I may have to do the Sunday upload tomorrow. 

The word today is large.  The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. Confucius.  Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Walt Whitman.  Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant. Saint Basil.  Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Francis Bacon.  A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. Lucius Annaeus Seneca. It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. Abraham Lincoln. My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts. Charles Darwin.  Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen. Pindar. Our incomes should be like our shoes; if too small, they will gall and pinch us; but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip. Charles Caleb Colton.  Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me? Walt Whitman.  True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. Charles Caleb Colton.  

Article: I think areas like the space mentioned in this article is important to city life. Contact with nature can be filled with healthily places and time in the physical, emotional and spiritual life. No solid material structures, that I can think of, can offer this kind of experience. The title is: “From Central Park to Millennium Park: The History of Urban Green Space and Why We Need More”. As cities grow there is more of a need for “parks in American cities is stronger than ever”. According to the article making room for green spaces in urban areas began in the mid-19th century. As cities grew so did congestion and pollution. Factories produce useful products for us as well as some not so healthy like smoke, noise and “grime”. In 1876 Central Park in New York City was completed. It was designed to create space for people of all backgrounds to meet and get a break from “city life” for a brief period. It became a model for parks across the country. Other designs took on emphasis on “natural landscapes in densely populated areas”. The article goes on to say that there came a time of  decline in “development and maintenance of green spaces”. Some already established parks were dismantled to make room for housings and other uses for city living. Later in the 20th centaury there was a renewal in the idea of need for green spaces. In Manhattan a former elevated rail track renewal started a new park project. In Chicago a once open railyard and set of parking lots was became Millennium Park. In 1988 the closure of Presidio Army Base led to a preserve of 1,480 acres of green space in the heart of San Francesco. All of this seems to be leading to reclaiming “vacant lots, riverfronts, and industrial spaces for public enjoyment”.  There are emissions and fumes from all kinds of life activities and climate changes still in cities today that result in the need for ways to minimize resulting ill affects. Research has shown that many major health issues can be reduced and managed with green spaces. These are spaces to relax, reduce stress and slow down. Green space are mostly open to all people. Many “under used spaces” like vacant factories, railways, and other industrial or once industrial land sometimes called “brown fields," are found to be  usable spaces for public parks. One such park in our area is Scioto Audubon Park. It was developed in 2009 on a former industrial site, transforming it into a regional park featuring wetlands, wildlife, and recreational areas like a large outdoor climbing wall. This transformation is similar to other urban parks across the US that have converted former industrial or neglected areas into green spaces.

I am putting together a quick spaghetti sauce with some left over meatloaf as a stand in for meat balls for dinner. 

My photo-a-day uploads for today

The first photo challenge today is “black and white with a touch of color”. This is one of my crochet “seasonal” afghans. By the way, this one is one of four, this one is summer. I have spring, fall, and winter also. They are named due to their colors. This is draped over a chair under part of my wall of photos of my entire family.

The next challenge is “dishes”. I just opened the cupboard and shot a photo of some of my mismatched dishes for this one. 

A third upload challenge for today is “my choice”, one of my series of “minimalist”. It is a desperately hanging on weed in the back yard. It may be a weed but it has character. 

I have a fourth upload today. Its challenge title is “balance”. I figured the two door knobs were “balanced”, hence my choice. 

Joy

bonus art image from my original photo of the crows nest on a replica of the Santa Maria (not AI)