July 12, 2026 a thought for today, Don't leave the high road for a short cut. Portuguese Proverb
Photos in my life yesterday
My first challenge was “a baked good”. This one of my biscuits with grape jelly on it along with, low sugar of course.
myself a note to check the sky as soon as I got up. I just made it. Sunrise was 6:30 and I was up at 6:35.
Life today. The sermon today was scripturally intellectual as always with Mike. Biblical names have always caused me to tend to skip over since for me they are difficult to pronounce and to understand relationships in many cases. Such was the case today. However, the subject matter and it’s biblical references were intriguing. Basically it was a lead into how the stars “symbolize God's power, his covenant promises, and divine guidance”. The stars mentioned with it’s biblical meaning were Virgo (virgin birth), Scorpio (Messiah and the serpent (Satan)), Pisces (multitude of believers joined to Christ), and Leo (Christ as the Lion). I was taught astrology or horoscopes are strongly to be condemned and not trusted, this sermon followed that thought. It was basically to show that in the beginning all the stars were named and to show some of their biblical meanings.
I stopped for gas on the way home before there is another possible price increase. Then on for my usual McDonalds fish.
The rest of the day other than the photos is reset, refresh, restore.
Today the weather is near comfortable. We are in for another stretch of a few days for 95 and above. I am hoping it is “cool” enough to finish the west wall gallery at church. We have seven more photos to hang. Other than that it should be one more relatively quiet week.
The word to ponder today is before. A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Jean Paul Richter. I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light. Isaac Newton. All things are difficult before they are easy. Dr. Thomas Fuller. Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams. Make your bargain before beginning to plow. Arab Proverb. He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. Horace. Don't fall before you're pushed. English Proverb. Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous. Sir Thomas Browne. Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower. Jean Paul Richter. Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good. Saadi. Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. Thomas Fuller. There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. Sir Thomas Browne. The world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel Johnson. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington. How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! Walt Whitman. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing. Thomas H. Huxley. Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after. Homer. The end always passes judgement on what has gone before. Publilius Syrus. Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods. Seneca. The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. Aristotle.
Article summary. I had two dogs that I trained with as therapy dogs. I never thought of cats as being in that tend. So I thought I would have a look at this article. I feel miy cat has a therapy presence for me. The tile is Do cats make good therapy animals? The new trend showing felines may be more complicated than we realize. Grace Carroll, Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast. At theconversation.com. It opened by saying how dogs have been in the therapy animal for a while, now the thought of cats seems to be “emerging” into the that field. It is said that it is handled in “media and inconsistently within the scientific community” with some period of thought. As an explanation to those theories there is this sentence... “animal-assisted therapy is a structured activity delivered by health professionals with clinical goals”. I feel they are saying they are being considered for the area of relieving loneliness and stress. They are used in prisons, hospitals, care homes and hospices. They are used in cases were there is a fear of dogs and larger animals. Problems do arise in this effort due to the known fact cats are “unpredictable” with unfamiliar people and places. In many ways they are like their “wild ancestors”, they are prone a feeling of “priorities territorial security.” They heavily rely on scent to “navigate” and feel secure. They tend to mark what they feel as safe spaces with their face as they rub against places and people, they have scent glands on their cheeks “creating a kind of olfactory map of their home range”. Some cats develop a way of tolerating in environments that animal experts “assumed were too stressful for them”. After some scientific testing it was found that a trusted human was needed in “unfamiliar or potentially stressful environments”. In the testing when “reunited with their owner” they felt a reduction of stress and were encouraged to explore. The cats that would be used in the field of therapy would be the household variety that would be those looking for being more sociable and attention seeking as well as less “ resistant to being restrained”. They are planning on more testing to find the traits of sociability and tolerance. There would have to be handlers who could work with the cats as they develop the socialization needed ofa therapy cat. In some early testing it was noticed that the cat seemed to need to develop a relationship with the handler. In choosing which therapy animal would be best for a situation their “social needs”, temperament and tolerance have to be considered. One thing to be considered in an individual situation might be if the person in question were a “cat person”. Dogs may be better where physical interaction is considered and cats where the sound of a cats purr offer therapeutic benefits. In a 2001 study it was shown that a certain decimal in a purr can promote calming and healing in humans. In ending the article it is said ‘dogs might be the traditional therapy animal, but cats have shown they too have what it takes....cats can offer something different to those in need of comfort.”
I think I need Welsh Rarebit for dinner.
Photos in my life today
The first upload is “I made this”. I had a photo ready to upload when I realized it was supposed to be food related. I had this one uploaded in yesterdays file so I used it here, my beef and homemade noodles.
The next assignment is “a summer time thing”. This is one of the fane we used keep cool at church.
one from my archives.
Joy
the bonus was is a white rose in a golden vase uploaded to Fine Art American for a contest and my on line shop
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