November 24, 2025 a thought for today, One hand must wash the other, or both will be dirty. Danish Proverb

Photos of life yesterday

This first image for upload was “two colors I like together”. Some one who was visiting left a scarf and jacket in the dining room chair. I took the initiative to capture the image for the color and the pattern. All I need is a touch of white.  

Next is a challenge called “tattoo.” This is my granddaughter’s tattoo
that is a tribute to a puppy she rescued and nursed with a doll sized baby bottles through many nights. The “puppy” lived to be over 15 years old. 

The last challenge is “glass or something made of glass.” This is a simple glass of water and ice cubes that fits the challenged assignment. 

Life today. Mondays are generally one of my  “slow(er)” days. I can pretty much get my things on the to-do list checked off at a comfortable pace. And so it has been on this Monday. I have the bulletin done and out for proofing. I have the letter for today started. I took some time on one of my computer breaks to do a couple of dishes and tend to kitty things which include a quick hug once in a while. 

I worked on the photos for a while. I have them ready for uploads. One is a photo I shot two days ago. I wanted to use it for a new process I am trying called mirror imaging. I think I will like generating this type of image. One thing that has to be considered is to use a photo that will work in an artful way. The other two images had to be set up. The set ups took a little thought and time. Photography makes one think and observe. Belonging to four clubs that give daily ideas to look for helps a lot. It has added to my cognitive exercises tremendously not to mention the comfort and release I find.

I am setting a little time aside each day to finish the Christmas calendars. They are all printed. Now I am working on the binding and center hole punch. As I was working on that today, I realized I had to clear the paper made from the punched outs on the tray that catches them. It was overflowing. That ended in another task. I have confetti-like paper all over the carpet in front of the desk chair. I am going to have to get the shop vac out in a while. 

Today is also the biweekly date on the schedule for tending to the hydroponic garden plants again. 

I want to get an upload of the Sunday school lesson put together and upload to Instagram/ Facebook. I may have to do that one tomorrow before I get ready to go to food pantry. 

I am trying to see when to schedule printing the bulletin since I will be making Waldorf Salad and Welsh Rarebit on Thursday morning when I would normally print. 

The word today is necessary.  Make yourself necessary to somebody. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. Thomas Aquinas.  Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi.  To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. Thomas Aquinas.  A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. Lucius Annaeus Seneca.  It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the true perfection of man, and only demands in general terms faith in them. Maimonides.  Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. Thomas Paine.  It has been lately urged in a very respectable quarter that it is the mission of this country to spread civil and religious liberty all over the globe, and especially over this continent - even by force, if necessary. It is a sad delusion. John C. Calhoun.  Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning. Antisthenes. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Sitting Bull.  To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary. Abraham Lincoln.  Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes. Voltaire.  Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.  

Article summary:  I find it interesting when history is found after years being undiscovered. Finding such history in our state is another note in our adventure to wisdom.  The title is “What’s the Cincinnati Tablet? The Story of Ohio’s Most Intriguing Prehistoric Find.”  By Chelsea Wiley . www.columbusnavigator.com/cincinnati-tablet-adena. This story is about a find in Cincinnati, Ohio that has been hidden there for more than 2,0000 years. That mystery item is a five-inch sandstone slab since named the Cincinnati Tablet. It was discovered in 1841 when some modern construction was happening. The ground that was being dug turned out to be a burial site of the Adena Native American families. While workers were digging they found many “ancient goodies” as well as the tablets. Items like copper ornaments, as pendants and tools made of materials available all those years ago. Apparently it was a rare find, a “first-of-its-kind”. The tablet was mentioned in scientific publications even in a Smithsonian’s publication. According to the article is was “featured” in London at an exhibit about Native American art. The burial site of the discovery was a series of mounds and “ceremonial earthworks”. These kinds of mounds are “engineering marvels” where people were buried along with some of their “artifacts”. There are several of these kinds of mounds in Ohio. They are memorials of the many American Indian families in this area of the country, reminders of how these cultures “flourished” here way before others arrived. The tablets have designs of “patterns or stylized animals” which tell us of art of the time as well as “symbolic tradition”. Some of the other artifacts are a mystery as to their purposes. Some of the “traces” of color “hint” of “rituals or ceremonies”. 

Maybe some easy and quick spaghetti for dinner. 

Photos of my life today

The first upload is “warm colors”. This one of the four crochet afghan I made. One for each season of colors that fit the feel of the weather for the season. This was for summer and hopefully shows the warmth. 

Next is an upload called “in a row” . These are some of the tangerines I ordered at the store this week. I also shot some a carton of a dozen eggs in two rows but decided to use this one with more color. 

The last upload for now is “my choice”. I have started a series of “mirror image”. This one is in a neighbor’s yards. The half of the image on the left of the photos is the original, the other side the mirror image. 

Joy

a bonus image for today is one from my archives. It was taken on a lunch break in downtown Columbus