March 10, 2026 a thought for the day, Where everyone goes, the grass never grows. German Proverb

Photos in my life yesterday

Our first challenge for yesterday was “m is for....” I use mirror to fit the assignment. I have used a portion of this same mirror in other challenges. 

The next upload was “a car.” I didn’t have to go far for this one.  It was in the  driveway. 

The last challenge for yesterday was “macro Monday.” I ordered a bouquet of mixed flowers with my grocery pick up last week. It had two white roses in it.  This is one of them.

Life today. I had yesterday all planned but it was one of those days that things got changed a little. I got up early to have things ready for the cleaning lady. She didn’t show up at the usual time. My grand daughter was on her way here at the same time to give Bobbie her monthly pedicure. So I had to make sure I would be able to find her when Natalie got her. That meant holding her in my arms for a while. She was getting tired of that and was strongly vocalizing it to me. It worked out. Natalie got here and took over. Natalie has been a vet tech for several years and has a natural way with animals of all kinds. After the pedicure Bobbie was “released” and rapidly on her way to the safety of a hiding spot. That gave Natalie and me time to talk for a while. It ended being cathartic for me.  She allowed me to ramble on.  At times I was lost in memories, some good and some not so much, that I hadn’t visited in years. It turned out good for me, probably a bore for her but she didn’t seem to mind, even contributed to some of the family times.

It turned out the cleaning lady didn’t show up. She had forgotten the date so she rescheduled for Wednesday. 

I was able to complete both the weekly bulletin and the annual report after Natalie left. Today I made a start on the newsletter. 

I added another photo a day group to my list today. I hope I am not biting off more than I can chew. I tend to do that now and then. We’ll give it a bit of a try.

I haven’t left the house today so haven’t felt the 71 degree temps yet. I have to go out to bring up the trash can from the curb in a few minutes so I will get a taste of it shortly. Since I didn’t get out most of the photo shots for the day they are from the archives. 

The word today is show.  Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest. William Shakespeare. Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth. Benjamin Disraeli. Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot. Josh Billings. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Abraham Lincoln. He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak. Michel de Montaigne. Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority. Sophocles. Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle. I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists. Robert Browning. Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief. James Russell Lowell. Your very silence shows you agree. Euripides. In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities. Aristotle. A show of daring oft conceals great fear. Lucan. Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of. Seneca. If you can't bite, don't show your teeth. Yiddish Proverb. The key to every man is his thought.... He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color. Seneca. Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little worldings enjoy. Edward Young. Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is. Thomas Carlyle. For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason. Marcus Aurelius. 

Article summary. I saw the news the other day covering the fate of this poor little guy. My heart hurt as I watched him. Of course I knew or hoped the zoo keepers were taking care of him physically. Anyway, when I saw that this article related to attachments, I felt it would shed light on the sense of attachment on all of the living community. It may shine some light on some our own feelings of our attachments. The title is A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70 year old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory. Mark Nielsen, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. At theconversation.com. There was sentence or two explaining how a baby monkey was rejected by his mother and the rest of his troop. He walked alone until the zoo keepers gave him a stuffed monkey. He fell in love and carried or dragged his comfort in the stuffed monkey every where he went. I did learn from the television that eventually another young monkey finally befriended him. The author of this article related Punch’s detachments to a set of experiments preformed in the 1950s that researched the idea of attachment. This research was to show how a bond between parent and child was detrimental to, in my opinion, aid in growth, health and well being. In the experiment new born monkeys were put in an “enclosure” where there were two “surrogate mothers.” The “mothers” were wire forms. One was set up to be a source of food and drink. The other form was wrapped in soft terry cloth material providing comfort but did not provide food. It was discovered from this experiment that the baby monkeys preferred the terry cloth mother for comfort. This was further  determined to show that “babies prefer emotional nourishment over physical nourishment.” Ultimately it would show that humans most likely would follow that conclusion since like monkeys we are primates. This research in how emotional nourishment was preferred led to the “development of attachment theory.” According to the article to stay healthy children need “emotional nourishment.” If the “care giver” is “cold and  distant” and only feeds without the comfort there will be little if any attachment. The experiment in the 1950s was a bit different than Punch’s situation. Punch got the food he needed just not the “comforting and soft safe place” that he found in the stuffed monkey. I read in the article that Punch is a reminder of the “importance of emotional nourishment,” soft and safe places. As the article ended it said that these are “important for our well being and functioning than physical nourishment alone.”

Hamburger sandwiches sound good for dinner.

Photos in my life today 

The first upload for today is “historic.” As I have traveled through the downtown area of Columbus over the years I admire the old house that were built and have survived since Columbus was new. This is one of those buildings

The next challenge for today is “something spotted.” This may sound like a reach and it was. As I was ready to gather all my photos for today together, my breakfast plate was near at hand with droplets (spots) of maple syrup that I hadn’t managed to capture on the waffle. 

The next upload is "a hat". this was hanging on a neighbors fence a the perfect time for this shot. 

The last challenge was “go.” That seems a well open subject. I decided to use the definition of “go” to travel as opposed as moving an object. This is one of the beautiful Ohio highway

Joy

               a mess of spools in the sewing box