June 13, 2020 thought for the day: Would you shear a donkey for wool! Latin Proverb

In this time of conflict I want to voice my opinion in a kind of metaphor. Australian Shepherds are different than Dachshunds. They behave differently, they look different yet they love the same, they suffer the same. They learn differently and are trained differently but they both have the special wisdom they were gifted with. They have their space, they have their value.  Each needing/requiring different specs and “rules”. Some are black and some are white and some are.... and all created by the same Master. All of them matter. The glory of life.

The photo challenge for the 12th was “L”. Again, using the alphabet to find on a photo scouting outing leaves a wide choice of subjects. That is most letters of the alphabet allow for it but not all of the letters do equally. L is one letter that offers many choices, leaves, letters, lettuce, and so on. I took several shots. My final choice was my ladder. I took a few shots. The lines, shapes, patterns and textures are great on such a subject but, for one shot, I wanted to add a bit of color and something a little softer than the metal ladder.

So far it has been a gray and damp Saturday but the sun is trying to come out to join the weekend fun. There’s nothing popping out at me that needs attention just this minute either, a nice relaxing day at home. I can catch up on things that are hanging around waiting for attention, a few emails, a new recipe to try, a few more seeds to plant and some places to proofread in the art coffee table book I am putting together.

The word is heaven. There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love, Henry David Thoreau. Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal, Thomas Moore. Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you, St. Jerome. The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh, Jonathan Edwards. To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour, William Blake. Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul, Henry Ward Beecher. Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven, Henry Ward Beecher. Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven, William Wordsworth. Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven, William Shakespeare. Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven, St. Jerome.

Today’s photo subject began its title with the letter “M”. I stayed at home today so the search was in the small circle available for the time being. I settled on the mantel in the living room. I felt the need to add a portion of a chair to the scene for a bit of added interest.

Here is one more thing getting back to “normal”. I am glad to see the zoo reopening. This is the season for the zoo for visitors getting back to the nature side of things. Today’s visit was a bit different than others at the Columbus zoo. They are opening after being closed to the public for several months due to the quarantine. There are chain dividers to keep folks away from some of the glass enclosures so that they won’t be touched. Today the zoo was opened to members only, tomorrow will open to the public. There are a few changes right now for the safety of the visitors. For one thing visitors have to make an appointment to visit for the time being. This will keep the number of people on the grounds under control.  Paths are now one way and some of the exhibits will remain closed for a while. Others areas that are open will be disinfected often. The zoo employees will be wearing masks, visitors are “encouraged” to do also. The people who visited today were happy to be back. One of the many nice parts of this visit was fewer people making the visit quieter and more comfortable. The zoo officials plan to make it safe for everyone by determining how many folks to let in at a time. Personally, I like this idea.

I think I am going to have creamed chicken on biscuits for dinner.

Joy

June 11, 2020 thought of the day: Take counsel of your pillow. Latin Proverb

I feel like things are getting a little more like “back to normal”. I know it’s going to be a “new”normal but it feels good to get a little niggling of something that seems familiar. I was back in church this morning printing the bulletin as I have been all along but this time it was back to an “old normal”. I had to take the bulletins to their proper places in the church which meant going through the sanctuary. That felt soooo good. For the past nearly three months I was generating a smaller version of the bulletin to be mailed out every week while the church was waiting to reopen, I was only in the office not the rest of the church.

As multi-tasking suggests there were several things going on as I searched for the theme photo yesterday, “j”. With the alphabet being the major theme of the month and a letter a day being our choices there are a lot of things to watch for. Mine came down to items in the kitchen for this theme, jelly, jam and jiff won out.

Once I got home, I got back to setting up two of my ‘new’ emails. I think I have them set far enough so that they are usable now. My problem is thinking of the people/places I need to notify of the new address. I’m sure as time goes by I am going to find out I have many messages, hopefully none that needed to be tended to promptly. I would think if people or places couldn’t reach me by email they would try the “old-fashioned way”.... phone or snail mail.

I got the laundry started. Today I won’t have to do the daily summer watering since we had a pretty good rain last night.

Sue is visiting with the girls for a couple of days. I got to see one of them for a few minutes yesterday. That felt good and was a tiny step in feeling “back to normal”.

My second photo of the day for yesterday is title “DOF (depth of field)”. I felt the hidden house behind the thousands of leaves (distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus) fit the description

The word is heat. Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress, George Eliot.  The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age, Francois de La Rochefoucauld.  How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the Earth is sacred to my people, every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people, Chief Seattle.  A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Fire and water may as well agree in the same vessel, as grace and sin in the same heart, Thomas Brooks.  Stillness overcomes heat, Laozi.  The natural term of an apple-pie is but twelve hours. It reaches its highest state about one hour after it comes from the oven, and just before its natural heat has quite departed. But every hour afterward is a declension. And after it is one day old, it is thence-forward but the ghastly corpse of apple-pie, Henry Ward Beecher.  O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience, William Shakespeare.  What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude? Nathaniel Hawthorne.  The child, in danger of the fire, just clings to the fireman, and trusts to him alone. She raises no question about the strength of his limbs to carry her, or the zeal of his heart to rescue her; but she clings. The heat is terrible, the smoke is blinding, but she clings; and her deliverer quickly bears her to safety. In the same childlike confidence cling to Jesus, who can and will bear you out of danger from the flames of sin, Charles Spurgeon. 

Did you notice two of the photos on this page are different directions, one more ventricle, one more horizontal, ahhh the choices art give us. The challenge today was “k”. This is a shot of a particle bit, with a little ‘darkroom’ doctoring,  of one of my keyboards.

Jack Hanna is a long time icon in the Columbus area and in the world of zoos all over the world. The article today is about him sharing his decision to retire. His love and companion, on the most personal level of animals is known and respected maybe worldwide. He transformed our, the Columbus, zoo to one that is known and respected world wide. He wants to spend time with his family. I didn’t realize until I read the article that he and his wife have a home on the zoo grounds as well as a home in Montana and Florida. They plan to spend some of the retirement in each of their home. When interviewed he stated that he spends about 220 days a year on the road. He hopes to still do some public appearances. The article mentioned that he has been nominated for 15 emmys awards and won five. He will remain emeritus at the zoo. In the article: “He spent the early years doing whatever it took to fix the zoo, which was close to shutting down before he arrived.....appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” ... introduced millions to faraway animal kingdoms.”

We are having Spam fried rice for dinner.

Joy

June 9, 2020 thought for the day: You count the sand. Latin Proverb

It’s getting HOT. This feels like summer, I hope it won’t be this hot for the next two months. At the same time the sun is beautiful and everything is bright and new.

I needed to pick up some meds at Kroger so it was another stop there. Going to Kroger helps make the step counter to go up on the Fitbit clip on and really isn’t too painful.

I couldn’t think of a way to create an image of “hot” to fit the theme for yesterday of “h”. So I settled for this image of a hose after I shot several other items beginning with “h”.

With the above out of the way, I got back to working on creating a new contact list on each of my email accounts. Yesterday I discovered that I lost my years long email service. I found that it was connected to a telephone system that we switched from several months ago. I didn’t realize the two were connected and that that email was not free. I will be using a new email and have to set it up. I am setting up two so that if I have a problem with one I will have a backup. That is taking some time.

I am also trying to keep the plants all watered. It seems we are having a bout of feast or famine with the rain for our personal bits of nature.

So those above-mentioned projects are adding to my list of check offs for the day. Added to the list are a few church related projects that have popped up today too.

The word today is heart. The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart, Rumi.   Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much, Aristotle.  The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls to, Vincent Van Gogh.  Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts, Charles Dickens. Wherever you go, go with all your heart, Confucius.  The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart.. The light which fills the heart is the light of God, which is pure and separate from the light of intellect and sense, Rumi. To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right, Confucius.  Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths, Rumi. Only from the heart can you touch the sky, Rumi.  All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart, Francis of Assisi. The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences, Henry Ward Beecher. The heart has reasons that reason does not understand, Jacques-Benigne Bossuet. 

The photo challenge for today is “I’.  I found this theme to be a bit more of a challenge than most of the past eight letters. I settled on a photo of my ink cartridges after not finding the one of ice cubes, book indexes and a few more less appealing to my eye at the time.

Here’s an interesting article about the leavings of the pandemic. How many places across the world will be doing this. History is happening before our eye (I think it always is but this is monumental). There are the masks, car parades, and press briefings. Now it is not only the COVID-19 but the racial inequities that are making this such a huge time in history. This brings up use of  pepper spray burns, boarded up windows, and police unrest. The Ohio History Connection and the Columbus Historical Society are asking for items recording these times for their collections, photos, videos, essays, drawings, etc. While these things are fresh in peoples minds would be the ideal time to donate them. The article stated “.....from the mundane, essays on working from home to medical professionals’ accounts.”  In past historical collections it has been noted that it is difficult to find items that describe the human and emotional side of things. The Columbus Museum of Art is also looking for such things for planned art presentations.

It is going to be hot dogs and mac and cheese for dinner tonight.

Joy

June 7, 2020 thought for the day: You cannot have all you wish for. Latin Proverb

It’s been a pleasant Sunday morning. I got some watering done on the plants and that is about the extent of the accomplishments for the day, but then it’s Sunday. It’s supposed to be a day of rest.

Yesterday’s photo theme was “f". I took shots of several things that began with “f’ and came up with these funnels.

As I mentioned earlier in my messages, I am getting some steps in on the Fitbit. So there was some of that today too. I set my alarm so that I get up from the computer every thirty minutes to get something physically accomplished or just do some walking.

Sue needed to pick up some meds to we left the house for a short time.

The weather has turned out better than it seemed to promise when I first got up. It was chilly, so much so that I put on a sweat shirt for a while. Now it is well in to the afternoon and it is much warmer and the sun is bright.

I got a chance to talk to Lowell for a while earlier.

The word for the day is healthy. Happiness lies, first of all, in health, George William Curtis,  Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body, Joseph Addison.  He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything, Thomas Carlyle. To wish to be well is a part of becoming well, Seneca the Younger. He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician, Thomas Fuller. The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly, Gautama Buddha. Virtue is the health of the soul, Joseph Joubert. Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything, Charles Caleb Colton. Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. Juvenal. The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye, Marcus Aurelius.  The science of happiness lies in controlling our thought and getting thought from sources of healthy life, Prentice Mulford. The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly, Gautama Buddha. Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, Plato. Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food, Hippocrates.

I took photos of the garage, glasses, gloves and grasses. At last I shot several of gates and gateposts and came up with this one for the photo challenge for today, "g".

In a way these virtual graduations seem like fun and what a unique memory for the graduates. The article today is a story about one valedictorian who was in the spotlight alone.  She sited how her class was the first to graduate from a new high school making it a new “chapter” in district. One of her jokes during the speech was that they had had the most successful streak of “senior skip days ever. She delivered her speech at alone except for the crew who filmed her and at “center stage” in the Schottenstien Center. She felt it was amazing to share the speech with classmates during the coronavirus. She said her virtual experience was memorable and understood why it might not be what her classmates feel as a great closure like a traditional ceremony would be. Another valedictorian from another school who was getting ready to “film” his speech said that recording the speech in advance wasn’t too upsetting. He is now focusing on being healthy and not focusing on the negatives. He went on to say things may be different but he doesn’t think different is bad.

I think we will have Taco Bell for dinner.

Love you
Grandma

June 5, 2020 thought for the day: Grow where you are planted. Latin Proverb

It’s been a relatively pleasant day. I got my curb side grocery order yesterday after I finished the bulletin at church. I am usually fairly satisfied with my orders but there are a few hiccups with every order. Since I don’t select “no substitutes”, because generally I don’t care, there are times I do care. Also there are some items that they are “out of stock” with almost every order. Anyway, without getting too long winded, I was out of a couple of the things that were missing on this order. So I went over today. The curbside order cut down on what I had to pick up and cut down on the time I had to be in the store. Sue needed a few things too so we when to Kroger.

The photo challenge for yesterday was “d”. Daffodils, dandelions, decks, dice, dimes, dishes, dogs, dots....I used dandelions.

Each time I go out I feel a little bit less threatened of the virus (good or bad, we’ll see). Sue wanted to make a stop at the Dollar Tree. After that I stopped at McDonalds for a fish sandwich and a diet coke, Sue, a McDonald coffee.

After putting everything away, I got back to a few virtual checks on the computer. I have three emails out that I have been expecting a response but they haven’t come in, it looks like they most likely won’t be answered soon. So I will send a second.

After resting the legs after all the walking I went out to water some of the dry outdoor plants that are trying to make their presence known for the coming seasons.

I called my granddaughter-in-law to ask for a favor and felt good with the short contact with her. She is a pleasant young lady. I could also her my great grandson in the back ground, another heart lifting minute in the day.

My sugar count has been a little irregular lately so besides the putting in more exercise (Fitbit and all, food count), I am looking for more sugar free foods. I found what sounds like a good recipe for sugar free brownie. I think I will try to make it tomorrow.

I have also played around with getting my photo of the day. The theme for today is “e”. I thought about eggs but some others in the group have already used that. The one I have been “playing” with is a shot of my elbow. After some Photoshop, this one won.

The word is harvest. Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity! Ebenezer Elliott.  Each day of my life I am sowing seeds that one day I will harvest, Gautama Buddha.  The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain, Charles Caleb Colton.  Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow old in body, but we need never grow old in mind and spirit. No one is as old as to think he or she cannot live one more year, Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food, Henry Ward Beecher. Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge, John of Salisbury. The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing, Solomon. The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured, Marcus Tullius Cicero. Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not, George Whitefield. 



This was one of the days I had a second photo of the day. The theme for that one was “silhouette”. I took several photos when I visited my great grandson the other day so I am using that shot.

I always like a story about animals, I mean a happy story about animals. And I have a dog who has sever separation anxiety so this story may fit my situation of leaving for a few minutes too. This article is about preparing pets as owners leave them and go back to work after a period of time home with them. As more people return to work after the stay at home orders, local veterinarians  expect bo get busier. Many of the pet owners walked their pets more often as they were home for the pandemic, and “snuggles” on the sofa were a more frequent pleasure that is coming to an end in its times spent there. The article also mentions that during the pandemic pet adoption increased so there are “new” pets at home not having experienced the previous work schedule of their owner.  Not all dogs express the separation anxiety, there are some breeds more so than others. However, half of all dogs experience “separation-related behaviors.” The article went on to say the first step is to leave the house around the time you would leave but for sort periods. If you leave delicious food out for them and the don’t eat it until you come home that signifies the anxiety. In some cases some with the anxiety will behave with more intensity when you come home like knocking over furniture and this behavior may last for several minutes. According to the article this can be concerning. It is also suggested to contact a vet early on. If possible start the “training periods” as long before you have to start back to work as you can. Some people have tried playing classical music. Some install “pet cameras” which can also be used to diagnose and treat. At the last past of the article it mentioned that some people can work from home. It also mentioned that some businesses may lean toward a pet-friendly workplace. I personally experienced that. I picked up some printing several time and the owner/manager had his pet Lab with him at work. The dog was allowed anywhere he wanted to be in the area and was so friendly with visitors.

It’s here again....hurrah....pizza

Joy

June 3, 2020 thought for the day: Your enemy makes you wiser. Italian Proverb

I have been using my Fitbit clip-on for the past few days. I have always been a “home body” and, more to the point, a computer fan for years. I am on the computer for hours every day. During this pandemic it has become even more intense. I realized I need to move around more. One  problem with that is the slowing down of energy and strength that come with aging. So, to get to the point of the Fitbit, it helps me keep up with how much I walk thereby encouraging me to walk more. I did some research on how far a person of my age should be expected to travel in a day. The old adage is 10,000 steps a day but that is way, way beyond my dream in this date in time. Some of the information I found is that 5000 is the minimum for someone of my age. I found that the steps can be counted even if a Rollator is used. I’m not at the 5000 yet but increasing each day.

The photo challenge for yesterday, the 2nd, was “b”. I have a set of crochet balls that I am making for a game for one of my great grandchildren (I have one more to make to complete that part of the project). So that was my subject for today. Notice that the reflection of the white ball picked up the colors of the blues and yellows in the image. I worked with Photoshop to try to correct but that was making a mess so I left it as shot. Also, the reflection of the red ball is very subdued.

I finished the bulletin this morning and sent it to the readers. I also got a tiny bit of yard work done. Not the kind you imagine a sturdy younger specimen would be doing but acceptable in my purview.

Sue has an appointment in a while so we will be leaving for that. I will most likely come back here to start dinner and work on a couple of other projects to tie up for the day until she calls for me to pick her up.

The word is harmony.  Harmony sinks deep into the recesses of the soul and takes its strongest hold there, bringing grace also to the body & mind as well. Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order, Plato. Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family, Gautama Buddha. To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better, Victor Hugo. Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love; and in proportion to our truthfulness and confidence in one another, our lives are divine and miraculous, and answer to our ideal. . . . Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody, Henry David Thoreau. Heaven's harmony is universal love, William Cowper. Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without, you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any; standing within, every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendors, Nathaniel Hawthorne. I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony, Thomas Jefferson. Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man, Thomas Carlyle. Peace is never more than one thought away, Ben Jonson.

Today’s theme was “c”. I made shots of parts of a car, a set of cans, an old camera a bag of carrots. Finally settled on this one of the chocolate candy bar.

Some things good can come out of some things awful.  There is an overpass in Columbus this is not used (I imagine there are more then one but this one has a special story).  A couple of local artist decided that the overpass was a perfect place for a bit of art. This particular space is at Whittier Street. More artists assisted in creating a mural stating “We are stronger together” More than a dozen artists, engineers and architects took 50 gallons of paint and several weeks to create this giant sized message. It is near the Scioto Audubon Metro Park. One of the workers was the Catalyst Columbus who creates large murals in the area. One of the artists was quoted as saying that “The message stemmed from the pandemic, of course, a way to unite people and work with my lovely art friends”. She feels that it has a larger scope and is a message of unity. She likes the idea that it can be seen from the city’s tall buildings and, most of all from airplanes. The art piece was paid for from a grant by the Create Columbus Commission with assistance of the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Columbus Art Commission.

I think I am making creamed beef on toast and boiled potatoes.

Joy

PS. sorry about the whinging I did in the last post, but not everyday is perfect.

June 1, 2020 thought for the day: Praise youth and it will prosper. Irish Proverb

I expected Sue home last night but she got some extended time with the twins. She decided to spend three days at Missie’s. It has been different around here. She is my rudder so it has been a task to keep focused and headed in a productive direction.

I had asked Natalie to bring Gideon and Serenity for a visit. So they came about ten o’clock. I got to hug them and spend a most welcome boost of encouraging time with them.

My photography obsession seems to “sooth a savage beast” in me especially in these time. Yesterday’s challenge was “selfie”. I don’t like photos of myself. So I try to get as little of that, myself, in the image. Here is my pick for that assignment.

The rioting going on downtown along with so many cities across the country are getting to me. I am to old to deal with all of the depressing happenings. I am having to learn new ways of thinking and facing disappointments. I think it is all contributing to my “pre” diabetes, which is now full blown diabetes.

The word is harm. Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world, Voltaire.  Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  ...seeing the small is called clarity. keeping flexible is called strength. Using the shining radiance, you enter the light, where no harm can come to you. This is called enlightenment, Laozi. A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God, John Bartholomew Gough. Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm, Charles Caleb Colton. Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge, Benjamin Franklin. A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast, Aristotle. It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm, Gertrude the Great. To harm another is to harm oneself, Socrates.

Today’s photo theme is “a”. This month the overall “theme” is the alphabet. It leaves the subject matter for each day pretty much up to the photographer. It allows for searching for an item that fits. My choice today is double and triple A batteries.

It’s to bad there has to be so much destruction. For me personally it shows an enormous lack of respect and useful education. Either the masses lacked being educated for whatever reason (not having it available is no longer an excuse for anyone in Columbus) or for not using that education or even common sense that we are all born with. That is only one part of it. There is a world wide pandemic going on. Most of those I saw on the television seemed not to care about it. All of that made me angry, we may all have to endure stay at home even longer due to an increased number of people coming down with the virus. Thanks....to all of those who were so careless and thoughtless. The article today is about some of the many buildings that have been devastated in this “protest?” Isn’t that the proof of why people are arrested even in daily happenings? The people that are doing the damage seem to be the kind that do the damage  whenever they get the chance? The article describes the plywood coverings that are the view of our city today. The cost of the damages haven’t even been tallied yet. There are photos of the signs of the looting...looting, is that legitimate part of a protest? Broken windows, graffiti, landscaping, even chairs and interior furnishings thrown out in the streets not to mention fires and garbage. It's not the protester's who are doing the damage, it is the rioters, many imported into this city. They seem to follow the peaceful protesters every time there is a protest and ruin the reason and the efforts of the legal protectors.

Since yesterday was the end of the month I have a composite of photos that I took during the month of May.

I am making something simple for dinner tonight, just hamburgers and mac and cheese.

Joy