A thought for today, Beware of a door that has many keys. Portuguese Proverb

Photos I in my life yesterday

My first upload for yesterday was “glimmer”. It is a group of daises in my current flower bouquet from the grocery store. Since Sue and I can’t work in the yard anymore and therefore don’t have any flower to cut and bring inside, I get a bouquet now and they from the store. 

The next challenge was “my choice” and one of my “still life” images. These
are some of the smaller white daisies from my last bouquet. They still look fresh as “daises”. 

The last assignment was “action”. Bobbi is in a slow movement action stretching and exploring. 

Life today. It has been one of those days that has unplanned happenings. There was one thing on the calendar, my cleaning ladies was here. That means I had to get out of the way for part of the cleaning. I have an “auxiliary” or tiny “office” set up in my room. I had a chance to use it for the first time while I was “out of the way”. Other than that there was noting else on the list. But shortly after they left Sue’s PT person showed up. The appointment was supposed to be tomorrow. Anyway, now things have quieted down a little. 

I have a tiny little typo fixed on the bulletin that I sent out yesterday for review. This is the last day of the month, the last day of photo a day for June. This is the day of the month the my “portfolio calendar” for the month is completed and ready for filing in my the notebook with all of the other for the past twenty years. 

The “heat wave” has hit and is in full swing. It is just under 95 degrees right now.  The AC is running almost nonstop. 

I think I will take a break and make some meatballs. 

The word to ponder today is alter. To be a saint is the exception; to be upright is the rule. Err, falter, sin, but be upright. To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. Sin is a gravitation. Victor Hugo. Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams. An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones. Jane Austen. Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. Aristotle. History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity. James A. Forude. Hear the other side. (Audi Partem Alteram). Saint Augustine. That is true wisdom, to know how to alter one's mind when occasion demands it. Terence. The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Bible, Daniel 6. 12. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...Thomas Jefferson. The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. William Blake. Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. Francis Bacon. One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered. George Sand. Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies. Ovid. It is a bad plan that cannot be altered. Publilius Syrus. Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome. Michel de Montaigne.

Article summary. I wear a mask on many occasions, due to a circumstance of my own vanity. So people see more of my eyes. There is a saying “the eyes are the windows to the soul”, also a mention of eyes found in Matthew 6.22. I wanted to see how this article approached it. The title is  Face masks: why your eyes might be saying more than you realize. Nigel Holt, Professor of Psychology. At theconversation.com/us (research based journalism). Research has shown that our emotions a “sadness, disgust, anger, joy, surprise or fear” can be shown in our eyes. A scientific word called amygdala was mentioned. It is a part of the brain that is related to emotions. It is best known for the “role in fear” and the fight or flight response. It is also active when we see the scene around us or a person who may change their direction of looking. Another scientific word brought up in this article, neurochemistry. Here a hormone called oxytocin. When it is present in the body there is “more time looking at the eyes than those given a placebo”, allowing a kind of social interaction. One of its actions would show that in the event of a dog and it owner there is a suggestion of a “social bond”. One common belief concerning the movement of the eye is said to show if someone is looking up or down when they are lying, that is a misnomer. In ending the article it says that you may be able to tell while someone is wearing a mask what they may be feeling by the look and movement of the eyes, we can definitely tell if people are smiling by looking at their eyes”.

I think I will make meat balls and spaghetti for dinner. 

Photos in my life today

The first challenge for today is another and the last “glimmer” for the month. My daisies are really getting a work out these last few days and images. I liked the way the sun was hitting them in this one. 

The next image upload is another of the daisies taken earlier in this morning. The assignment was “lens flare”. I have never been able to capture and ray of the sun like this before. 

The last assignment is “my choice” and another “still life”. A brick from my
patio was a “resting” place for one of the day lilies from my back yard. The day lilies, some early peonies, and a few “snow ball” blooms are the only cutting we have from the yard in their separate time of blooms. 

Joy

these are my composites for the month

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