October 17, 2025 a thought for today, Art and knowledge bring bread and honor. Danish Proverb

My photos a day challenges for yesterday

My first upload for yesterday was “o is for....”, object. I chose the orange cone for the object. 

The next challenge was “my choice” and one of my “minimalist” series. A
group of red grapes on a white background 

The last photo a day challenge upload for yesterday was “your outfit today”. It is pretty much my daily kind of outfit.

Life today. Yesterday the computer at church booted up more quickly than the last few weeks. I decided to try using the flash drive on the copier also. It worked perfectly. Next Thursday I will try doing the same with the newsletter, hopefully that will work as well. If so, I will not need the computer at all on most occasions. 

Bobbi is getting braver and exploring more as days go by. Today she started jumping up on chairs and my computer table. She keeps trying to catch a fly. She hasn’t succeeded yet. She seems healthy and happy. My only worry is that she will be able to get out the door to the outside if we are not careful. 

I got a very minimal start on the newsletter. I had hoped to get more done on it today but I have had one interruption after another. It looks like all I will get done today is this letter and my photos for the daily uploads. I was able to get to a bit of straightening here and there. 

Some of the “interruptions” were points of interest that came up as I write and with phone calls and messages. They spark some sort of need in me to do some google researches. Most of what I find are immediate answers to a question I have. Some and more of those answers adds to my knowledge base, generating a beginning to wisdom as they say. 

The word today is law. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Plato.  At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle.  It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Thomas Hobbes.  If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. Julius Caesar. The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. John Locke.  The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln.  The safety of the people shall be the highest law. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. Voltaire.  It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win. John Paul Jones.  The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature. Luc de Clapiers.  It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. Saint Augustine.  Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins. William Pitt.  I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself. Thomas More. Self-defence is Nature's eldest law. John Dryden.  There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time. Napoleon Bonaparte.  Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law. Leonardo da Vinci.  Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. Demosthenes.  The good of the people is the greatest law. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Order is heaven's first law. Alexander Pope.   Lawless are they that make their wills their law. William Shakespeare.  The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. Benjamin Franklin.  Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. Henri Frederic Amiel.  

Article: I think it is always interesting to learn about our community. I didn’t know about this structure in our history and most likely many more hisoric places in our city and state. The history of this mansion sounds worth a look. The title to the artice is: “This Stunning Ohio Mansion Is Giving Major Downton Abbey Energy”. It is located in Akron not far from here. The article describes it as a trip back to the early 20th century with “grandeur and charm”. I might like to see the “grandeur and charm” and to journey a bit into history. The house was built in 1912 - 1915. The owners wanted it to “reflect” English country manors. It is built with touches of “impassive stone features” mostly of Tudor Revival” style. There are 65 rooms in the structure and walls of brick. There is a lot of stone trim along with “steeply pitched roofs” and “ornate” chimneys. Each room is descried as unique in historical touches. There is a music room with a 17th century feel and a “nine–foot Steinway piano to accompany a harpsichord and organ . The article says that the surrounding gardens are as “impressive” as the mansion. There are different styles in the gardens. There is an English Garden, a Japanese Garden, and a “Breakfast Room Garden”. Though the mansion has the 17th century feel it has modern features to make it comfortable and up to date on safety features. There is central heating, three elevators and even a central vacuum system. Additional to the mansion itself there are tennis courts, horse trails and a golf course. There is a “swimming lagoon” and an indoor swimming pool. The mansion can be used for “events and gatherings” like weddings and tours. The mansion has become a museum and “historic landmark”. The property is kept in “pristine condition” allowing for year-round visitors. 

It’s DoorDash for dinner tonight.

The photo a day challenges and uploads for today

My first challenge upload for today is “my choice” and another from my series of “minimalist”. I had to look around the house in cupboard and the frig to find something to get an idea to use. I decided on this one egg in my deviled egg plate.

Next is “something colorful”. This is my series of afghans depicting the seasons by the choice of colors, warm graded to cold. There are four separate blankets, spring, summer, fall and winter.  

The last upload was “metal”. I decided to use one of the several wind chimes I have for this “assignment”. 

Joy

my bonus photo today is art created from my original photo of one of the Ukranian eggs I decorated