My Life, My World

June 18, 2026 a thought for today, A liar can go round the world but cannot come back. Polish Proverb

Photos in my life yesterday

The first challenge for yesterday was “glimmer” series. As I was coming out of the kitchen into the dining room I saw these forms and lines. I grabbed my camera to capture the magic moment of sun and shadow.

The next assignment was a “my choice” one of my series of “texture overlays”. This one is of one of my images at church with a texture overlay.

The last upload was “traffic lights”. I had this one in my archives. I wasn’t out and about today so I used this one.

Life today. The visit last night was fun. My great grandsons are growing so fast, their time at this age is only a moment in time. The next time I see them the things that gave them pleasure last night, playing with bouncing balloons, will be just a passing memory, many other pleasures of the moment will have taken their place. I will miss some of those quickly moving moments of laughter and early beginnings of life.

Today started out like any other Thursday, the first wifi checks, facebook, news headlines, email, then off to church for the printing and placing. While I was there, I did one thing to further gain ground on a constant concern of mine, my gallery wall, and my hopes for it’s meaning and final outcome. I got one more picture hung all by my lonesome. I don’t have the knack and patience for precise measuring and spacing that should be a major application in this process. At least I feel I am making progress in getting it completed one step at a time. I took a quick measure today and found that I am about half way to filling that wall. After that I don’t know if I will be up to doing another wall and/or just replacing images at intervals so they don’t get boring. I am hoping for at least another smaller wall space.

I have learned that my “health” concerns, dehydration, is not the only contributing factor to my symptoms, a high measure of stress is adding to it. There doesn’t seem to be too much I can do about the stress part accept to try to ignore it and move on which is hard for a worry wart like me. Maybe I could just hide somewhere, just kidding (maybe).

The temperatures are pleasant for a few days. This is the kind of spring/summer I like. It is the kind that is nice to sit on the porch swing enjoying the soft breeze and the sound of birds and wind chimes.

The word for today is accomplish. He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. Menander. Who begins too much accomplishes little. German Proverb. Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. Victor Hugo. I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me. William Blake. None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. Ralph Waldo Emerson. The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way. Henry David Thoreau. A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. William Hazlitt. Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh. A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Plato. That which neither weapon nor flame could accomplish will be achieved by a sweet speaking tongue in council. Nostradamus. Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish? Herman Melville. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. Confucius.

Article summary. When I am in search of something of interest to read, learn from and share I look for and try to think of some of the people I hope are or will be reading this missive. I think a lot of people are interested in s’mores. They have been in most peoples lives at happy time, camping, sleep overs, maybe just pick-me-ups. The title is A brief history of the s'more, America’s favorite campfire snack. Jeffrey Miller Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Colorado State University. At theconversation.com/us. I like the way the opening explained that the ingredients in a s’more are of three parts seemingly “primeval tradition” coming from “products of the Industrial Revolution”. The first ingredient they describe is the marshmallow. It’s named after a plant by the name “marsh mallow” found in Northern Africa. For thousands of years it was cooked and used to cure sore throats. Making the marshmallow from the sap of the plant was “time consuming”. Much later the marshmallows we are familiar with are made using machines. They are used in recipes and as sweet treats on their own like “penny candy”. They are no longer made with the sap of the plant they are made with “corn syrup, cornstarch and gelatin”. The next ingredient in the s’more is chocolate. This is another “ancient food” coming from at least 3,000 years ago. In the 1500s it was used to treat “ailments” in Mexico. Like the marshmallow’s relationship to the Industrial Revolution so chocolate had a touch with the time. At that time it was made to be “cheap enough and palatable” for more people to enjoy it. Those from the time of 3,000 years ago found the chocolate to be “dark, grainy and tended to be somewhat bitter”. In 1875 it was a candlemaker who invented a process to make the chocolate more palatable. He mixed it with milk and sugar . . . the chocolate bean comes from a Theobroma cacao tree. Now a bit about the last ingredient of the s’more, the graham cracker. I was interested in reading that a Presbyterian minister with the last name Graham invented the graham cracker. Early on it was made with whole wheat flour. Mr. Graham was interested in the health food “movement” in the 19th century. At about the time of the invention of the graham cracker it was used in Kellogg’s “famous flaked cereal line”. The article mentions that it is uncertain how it became to be used in the familiar s’more as we know it. It goes on to say that the “first mention of this treat is in a 1927 edition of the Girl Scout manual”. There it was “dubbed ‘Some More’”. In 1938 the term s’more was mentioned in a “guide called “Recreational Programs for Summer Camp”. The article goes on to say that some people think the s’more we know today came from a version of a moon pie from the 1910s. Now we can find versions of the s’more in other ways like candy.

I haven’t had Welsh Rarebit for a while I think I will make it tonight.

Photos in my life today

My first challenge today is another of this months “glimmer” assignments. Bobbi knocked over the lamp in chasing a fly. She and the fly both landed on the lamp. The lamp was ok but not the shade. I had to purchase a new shade. I found I had ordered one that wasn’t the same length as the old one. I like the look of this one better so I am using it as my glimmer today.

The next upload is “my choice” and yet another of my “texture overlay” images. This one I took a while back when I was on a photo excursion along the downtown river bank. This is a lonely little evergreen I found there between the gravel and the gentle movement of the river water.