April 8, 2022 a thought for today, Truth comes back where she has once visited. English Proverb

I have a few days, even a week that I don’t have a deadline on material for church. So I plan to be on the lazy side. 

On April 7 one of the photo a day themes was “raw”. I have this gorgeous image of a fresh fruit salad in my archive. It seemed like a prefect choice for this assignment. 

I got a much needed hair cut today. Every six weeks or so it begins to look like I am wearing something on the order of a small bearskin hat of the English Guard style. I am blessed with a healthy and thick head of hair. It is long earned pure white cover now.

The second photo a day for yesterday was “food”. This is one of the images I have from out free meal at
church. 

I had ordered a refill, and was told it would be ready the next day, of one of my prescriptions last week and attempted to pick it up when Sue and I went to the grocery store Wednesday. When I went to the pharmacy counter they said there was no order for the mediation. When I got home I reordered and to be sure there would be an order to fill I contacted my doctor to request my doctor contact the pharmacy and ok the refill. The pharmacy was my stop after the hair cut....it was ready this time.

This Palm Sunday after church I have been invited to spend time at lunch with one of my three  military families.  I don’t see them too often so this is a treat, especially the kids that I am privileged to see grow through the technology of today and quick visits like this.  

The first photo theme for today is “cooked”. This was one of my pan of cooked homemade noodles with shredded chicken. 

The word is should.  Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning.  Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  The scars of others should teach us caution. St. Jerome. There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Plato. The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. Marcus Tullius Cicero. It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive, Emily Bronte.  If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out. William Blake. Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates. Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. Epictetus.  No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Alexander Pope. The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle.  If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. James A. Garfield. We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. Aesop. 

The second photo for today is “tree with a bird”. I had an awful time trying to find a bird in a tree. But I
remembered I had a capture in my archives of some birds on a wooden preach with a tree back ground.  

I can be naïve about some, albeit many things, and this is one. I never knew there was a China Town in Columbus Ohio. Here is an article telling about the subject. I know about the Italian and German Villages in Columbus but hadn’t ever thought about a Chinese area. According to the article there isn’t an actual Chinese or Asian Village but we celebrate the Asian community here with one of the largest Asian Festivals in the country. There were “100,000 attendees and 16 Asian communities represented” at the last festival.  The community is quite “diverse” in Columbus but not localized. One professor of history wrote that “Columbus lacks the essential ingredients that have historically created a Chinatown”. In this summary it was suggested that one thing that seems to be common in a location for a “Chinatown” is a location near a coastal access. The San Francisco Chinatown was formed in the mid 1800s when there was a “large influx of Chinese immigrants seeking fortune during the California Gold Rush” the worked as “farmhands and laborers building the Transcontinental Railroad”. Due to the Exclusion Act there was a racial prejudice through policies “prohibiting Chinese immigrants from living beyond certain blocks of the city” so Chinatowns were formed. Because Columbus is “a landlocked city” there was a large enough number of Chinese in the area to form a Chinatown. According to the article in the 20th century census data there were “just eight individuals of Chinese descent living in Columbus in 1880". The population increased by 1920. The laundry businesses seemed to be the occupation for the early Chinese in Columbus. There two areas of business that grew in the community was restaurants and grocery stores. Here are facts about the community, in 1903 the first tea house was open, in 1904 the first Chinese restaurant and in 1905 the first recorded Chinese baby was born. The biggest growth in population was in the mid to late 20the century. The population was spread out and early diverse people to include people from India and Southeast Asia and later more. The fist Asian Festival in Columbus was in 1995. I learned from the article that there is a potential Asian hub in the Japan Marketplace in the Kenny Center at the corner of Kenny and Old Henderson Roads. In 2014 “Columbus Business First reported that Central Ohio had the largest number of Japanese nationals living in the state”. In 1987 there an effort to purchase four acres of land in Hilliard to make space for an Asiatown of sorts that would include housing, community centers, supermarkets and salons, a nursing home but never came about due to lack of funding. The article concluded with “There may not be a physical representation of a Chinatown or Asian Plaza, but Columbus claims a strong Asian cultural community....work together so harmoniously and so well like a big family. I don’t see this happening anywhere else.”  

Pizza!!

Joy

crumbling 

 April 6, 2022 a thought for today, God made man upright, but man searched out many crooked devices. Hebrew Proverb

The first photo of the day for April 5 was “lunch”. One of my favorites when I am out and about. Fast food is handy dandy and this one a “salad of onion, tomato, lettuce, burger (protein), and condiments on at bun (starch, carb) along with a nice cold beverage.

This appeared to be the only day I have free the rest of this week to go to the grocery store, so off we went. And as usual it is taking me all day to put everything away. The plan is to get all the frozen and cold items put away first. Then the rest can be taken care of as breaks can be taken from other “irons the fire”.

The second photo challenge for yesterday was “farming”.....that a little hard to find in the city. So this one is from my archives taken on a drive in the country side.  

I had to check on one item before I sent the bulletin out for review. I sent out a necessary email before I left for the store and got my answer when I got home. So that is done and done. 

This is one of the four days I have a third photo of the day assignment. This theme was titled “alphabet in nature”. Hopefully you see the Y in the tree branches.

Now it will be multitasking with groceries/computer/dinner. 

When we left for the store it was overcast and dreary...when we came out of the store the sun was bright and happy. Now....it’s back to overcast. 

The word today is share. The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli. All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. Lord Byron. Think of what you are, you Christians. You are God's children; you are joint heirs with Christ. The 'many mansions' are for you; the palms and harps of the glorified are for you. You have a share in all that Christ has and is and shall be. Charles Spurgeon. All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. Chief Seattle. Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. Thomas Aquinas. The share we have in the knowledge of truth, such as it is, has not been acquired by our own powers. God has taught us his wonderful secrets; our faith is not of our acquiring, it is purely the gift of another's bounty, Michel de Montaigne. Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? William Blake.   However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus' love. Charles Spurgeon.  When you help scholars, you gain a share in their learning, Nachman of Breslov.  

Today my fist photo is “dinner”. This is one of my favorites, baked fist, rice pilaf and a nice hot roll. 

This article brings attention to one of the names that is familiar to most people in Columbus, Darby. This name comes up in several areas, Big and Little Darby Creek, several businesses, schools, churches and parks. According to the article some think it has an American Indian connection. One of the people exploring the name and its possible connotation stated that there is no direct proof of an American Indian involvement. There one document that stated that the Darby creeks were named after an Indian, but no sort of proof as confirmation. It was found through research that in 1806 both creeks were named “Derby Creek”. Both word’s Derby and Darby “come from the same root” of English origin meaning deer village. At that time and in that area there were flocks of deer so there lies the connection. So somehow by 1820 the e in Derby became a. Here is another explanation that seems a little on the strange side to me...”there is a tool called a Darby or a Darby plain”. This tool is used to making things flat.....Darby Creek is located around an area of plains. There is a city called Plain City near part of the Big Darby Creek and at one time was called Darbyville. 

The second photo for today is “crayons”. The twins had left some here on one of their last visits. Just right for this assignment. 

It’s going to be a left over night for dinner. 

Joy

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 April 4, 2022 a thought for today, A book gives knowledge, but it is life that gives understanding. Hebrew Proverb

This has turned out to be a busier day than I had expected. It started out on the “low” side (low in spirit, I mean). But after some communication back and forth it worked out. To top off the break in the “low”, I had a visit with my grand daughter. I don’t see her as often as I would like so the light shines when we get together. 

One of my two photo challenges for yesterday was “fruit”. I find that I am in the habit of buying more fresh fruit at the grocery store that fresh vegetables. In this case I had tangerines and apples available for my model. 

I got the bulletin information early so I worked on that and got the major parts of it done. It will need some touch up tomorrow. I also passed on some committee information from one source to another. 

The second of my two photos for yesterday was
“uncomfortable”. I couldn’t come up with a way to show discomfort as an image. I came up with band-Aids or the first aid kit we have on hand at my home. There are also the unseen discomforts as spiritual and such to be shown with sad expressions and postures. 

I wanted to share an online directory with some of the heads of committees and leaders but apparently it is going to take more than the password to get it to work so that is going to be a thing for me to work on and work out. At least I can see that it is protected from easy access by those who may not need to see it.  

One of the photos of the day for today was “breakfast”. I generally eat an odd breakfast, Cheesits and hot tea. But since that is a bit on the “not so healthy” sides I fixed my self an omelet, fried spam and toast for the occasion. 

The word today is shadow.  Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. Nathaniel Hawthorne.  We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. Buddha.  Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life. Jean de La Fontaine.  Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop. A human being is only breath and shadow. Sophocles.  Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself. Pythagoras.  A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin.  When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. Thomas Paine.  Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it? Henry David Thoreau. It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light, St. Catherine of Siena.  Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine, Ralph Waldo Emerson

The second photo of the day for April 4 is “anything but snow”. Well that could be a lot thing right now. The snow is mostly passed for this season. Now we have the early flowers beginning to show themselves. Then there are all of the other parts of living that could meet the description of “anything but snow”

This article hits home in that it talks about food pantry produce and where some of it is grown which is close to home. The title: "The Mid Ohio Farm" is located on the Hilltop not far from my house. It is a program “within” the Mid-Ohio Food Collective. It covers a seven -acre stretch of land within an urban neighborhood. In the process of growing fresh product it offers an agricultural education and “promotes special farming techniques as it builds communication with the community". A current plan is to include a farmer’s market for low-income families from their three new greenhouses. A look into the future has a reason as stated this way,  “motived to address the root causes of poverty and lift up our customers”. The Mid Ohio Farm idea began in 2013 in Groveport Ohio. In 2018 the farm moved to this new area. The “special farming techniques” mentioned above coves things like repurposed freight containers and energy efficient domed greenhouses. The building on this site is a 12,000 square feet multipurpose structure serving as a farmers market with the capability to expand the growing operations. Some of the produce that have been produced on the farm are herbs, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers. They hope to add leafy greens and fish, even shrimp. One of the three greenhouses grows by hydroponics. One will grow the fish and the other is yet to be assigned a theme.  A full time education coordinator has been brought in on the projects. This coordinator will develop curriculum for all levels, field trips and virtual classrooms. The articles related to the teaching of youth about farming in hopes some will take up that occupation.  Since 2018 Mid Ohio has helped with funds for the education of youth in the school district to develop eleven  “learning gardens”. Part of those lessons were making a “smart farm” on how to best use small amounts of land for farming. One such system was a vertical farm where plants are grown in a tower system and can produce more than 200,000 pounds of mixed produce. To conclude in the article: "We're not as interested in yield numbers because we're not in the business of sales.....We're in the business of spreading this knowledge."

I am making tuna casserole for dinner tonight. 

Joy 

fallen

 April 2, 2022 a thought for today, Truth that is poorly timed is as bad as a lie. German Proverb

I spent part of yesterday morning with my son and then for a little while with Rebecca too. Lowell escorted me to my dental appointment and then treated me to breakfast. The rest of the day was playing catch up with computer chores and a few household tasks too.

The first photo of the day for yesterday was titled “on my plate”. I forgot to get a shot of my plate at Bob Evans this morning so I pulled one from the archives. 

I don’t have much on the agenda for today. There are several areas that need some attention in the house keeping area but I just plain don’t feel like it today. It will still be there tomorrow. 

The weather is taking its time getting to spring temperatures. We are getting more one day decent temps for the season followed by two or three with a chill in the air.

The second photo for March 1 was “parallel lines”. I thought about the white slated fence and gate at on my neighbor’s yard, also the white slates on the back of my porch swing. I thought those might be a little to plain so I chose this one from the archive. These are a set of windows on the elementary school down the street.  

The word it serve.  If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. Confucius.  Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln. God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God. Ramakrishna.  Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning. Louisa May Alcott.   Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. James Russell Lowell.  Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. Francis Bacon.  The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it. Phaedrus.  So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson. Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success, Charles Spurgeon.  Unsolicited advice is always self-serving, Amy Dickinson. 

The first photo for March 2 is “a vegetable”. I discovered as I was searching for things in the frig to shoot that we eat very few fresh vegetables. I have some baby carrots and a bit of wilted lettuce but those weren’t too exciting for my image today so once again I went to the archives and got a shot of some yellows peppers I shot at the store a few weeks ago. 

Circleville is an interesting city and has a bit of history. The Circleville grew two hundred yeas ago on land that has history way before that. It was once called Roundtown. Here are some facts about the area that may explain that. The land was ceremonial grounds of the Hopewell people 2,000 year ago. As was their custom they built earthworks. In 1810 there was a search for a place to build a county seat. In the search a circular earthwork, 1,000 feet across with a wall twenty feet high, was found near the Scioto River. The founders decided to keep the circular shape and put a courthouse at the center. Roads and plots of land were laid out in “concentric circles around it”. In 1837 the “grid pattern” was redesigned. According to the article, some citizens complained about the layout. Over a twenty year period the “Circleville Squaring Company” reshaped the city. By 1956 nearly all of the Hopewell earthworks were leveled. The courthouse was relocated. Today one notes that it was  “one of the most remarkable relics of a prehistoric age.” I learned from the article that next to the circular mentioned earthwork was a connecting square-shaped embankment nearly the same size at the circular earthwork.  

The second photo for today is “relaxed”. I watched Sweet Pea as she was taking one of her naps today and was able to capture a moment before she opened her eyes all the way. If she catches me taking a photo she moves to another spot. 

I am making lima bean soup in the pressure cooker for dinner.   

Joy

something that may get unnoticed along the sidewalk of a busy shopping mall sidewalk

 March 31, 2022 a thought for today, Reputations last longer than lives. Irish Proverb

Here’s another typical Thursday. The usual beginning of virtual visits then saving the information to the flash drive, the visit to the church for the printing and placements and a quick visit with Chris.  

The first photo challenge for March 30 was “a stranger”. While I was out, I looked for the image I needed for this theme. I saw someone on a bicycle that would have been good but I was driving was not in a place to pull over in time to get the capture. So I used this one from my archives. 

Sue and I both had packages to go through the post office so I swung by the house to pick her up. About that same time there was a heavy burst of rain, then the sun came out. I think that will be the case for the rest of the day. After the visit, I stopped by to fill the tank then a quick stop at White Castle. On the way home I collected a few snaps for my photos of the day. Sue has a pretty good eye. So she helped choose some possibles. She is pretty talented with painting and sketching. I have told her more than once that she should be making some sketches fitting some of the photo-a-day assignments. She hasn’t taken me up on the suggestion yet but I wish she would take the plunge. There was one other stop....she wanted to run in the dollar store so I waited in the car while she picked up what she needed. When we pulled in the drive way she discovered she had left her coat at the store....we brought Sweet Pea out to the car for a ride while we went back to rescue the coat. 

The second photo yesterday was “butterfly”. There are three places I had in mind that had a butterfly as part of a design. I wasn’t really pleased with two of them for this project. They were more cartooney than realistic. So I swung by the graffiti mural near my home and picked that butterfly. 

Once finally at home, I started the laundry, cleared out the sink and frig and started the dish washer and paid some bills. Then back to the computer while multi tasking with the laundry and dinner prep. 

The first photo theme for today is “back alleys”. As we were driving home from the errands, I searched for this photo. I have several shots and picked this one. I think as an afterthought I over filtered it but decided to use it anyway. Some of my peers in this photo group have some really awesome shots....the “back alleys” in Europe are much different that those here. 

The word is sense.  Common sense is not so common. Voltaire. Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. Marcus Aurelius.  Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. Emily Dickinson.  There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. Thomas Hobbes. Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses. Leonardo da Vinci. Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding. Martin Luther. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can. Marquis de Lafayette. Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. Victor Hugo. Common sense is the genius of humanity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. Aristophanes. Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. Jean de la Bruyere. 

The second photo theme today is “under a tree”. I took a couple of photo while standing under a tree and got the limbs, trunk and sky in the image. Then this one of the porch swing mounted under a shade tree. Some of my peers in this second group also had some beautiful shots using both ways of shooting. 

It’s that time again....time for planning a garden, all types of gardens. This article is another view  on community gardens. This article is about students, church members, businesses and individuals involved in Canal Winchester are gearing up for the community garden experience. The community gardens “first appeared in the city on an empty plot of land behind the former Bolenbaugh’s Hardware store site and was administered by the city”. In 2020 the Canal Wincester Human Services took it over. There are boxes constructed, also an eight grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) bed. Along with these are three “sitting” gardens. There are twenty garden beds that are snatched up quickly by residents or businesses. Use of these gardens came be applied by on the Human Service website. The boxes that are part of the community gardens are four feet by eight feet. It is up to the gardeners what they want to plant. The “CW Human Services provides ......starter plants, seeds, soil and manure, tools and watering cans”. These along with two rain barrels are funded by the Columbus Foundation-Urban Grant and CW Bed Tax”. The boxes are for personal use however gardeners sometimes donate excess produce to food pantries. The STEM garden produce is grown specifically for the food pantry. According to the article several church groups help tend the beds by pulling weeds and work on the beds. Others that help with the gardens are scouts, residents, even Walmart and others maintain a garden to donate food. Again according to the article, last year Home Depot in Canal Winchester installed a pathway down the center of the beds. It is said the beds offer enjoyment and friendship. 

I think it is going to be left overs for dinner tonight. 

Joy

this being the last of the month I have two, one from two of my online photo groups, composites for the month of photos a day. 

 March 29, 2022 a thought for today, It's a small thing that outlives a man. Irish Proverb

We were going to have a visit yesterday but we had to postpone for another time. So I changed direction on the spur of the moment, I’m not comfortable with doing things without planning usually. This week is set for activities ever day of the week so there was no time for the grocery store. I made the decision that since plans were changed before nine o’clock this morning that we should make it a grocery shopping day. Now that’s out of the way. 

The first photo challenge for yesterday was “a shop window”. I had one very pretty one but I try to be careful with the ones I will upload and this one had some features that I wasn’t sure I can use. 

The bulletin is partially done. I also got as much as I finished work on the computer projects before I got ready to go for food pantry. 

We had a pretty good turn out. Some didn’t come in until almost closing time. As we were cleaning up the sign-in area the last ones were being served. 

The second photo for yesterday was “diagonal”. It was fun searching
around for things that were at a diagonal. Once I start looking for something in particular that seems unusual I am surprised at how many there really are around. 

The weather is still a little chilly but tomorrow the temperature is supposed to be near seventy. 

We will be baby sitting for a little while before food pantry tomorrow so it will be a full day. 

The fist photo for today is “old building”. This one is from my archives. I didn’t know how “old” the building should be but I was thinking the older the better so I decided to use this one. 

The word is seem.  All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. Edgar Allan Poe.  Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. Phaedrus.  No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. Abraham Lincoln.  Be as you wish to seem. Socrates. I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. Saint Teresa of Avila.  I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. Montesquieu.  Be content to seem what you really are. Marcus Aurelius.  Good and bad men are less than they seem. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.  Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them. Saint Basil. However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. Marcus Tullius Cicero.  People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

As I’ve mentioned before, I like these articles about animals helping people. Here’s another one.

The photo of the day for March 29 is “black and white”.  I don’t that feature on my phone/camera so I found how to change to black and white shooting and took a quick shot of several things around the house. I like the lines of this one. 

This article opened with a story about a college student who had a pet that was experiencing a problem with diarrhea. She was up with her otherwise a healthy Golden Retriever/Newfoundland mix several times a night. The vet diagnosed the pet with “colon issues”. This problem put a strain on the student’s “sanity” but she kept up her good grades. Her “unconditional love” for her pet got her through. The library in Grove City had an even about the power of service animals. This college student was a volunteer in a student “organization that partners with the Xenia-based non-profit 4 Paws for Ability”. She and Fargo there with others service dogs-in-training and their partners. There was a live demonstration. A person was acting in distress with fists in a ball near her chin along with some shaking. She seemed weak and about to fall. The service dogs-in-training were alert but uncertain how to respond. All but one, Molly, normally “quiet and laid back” got up and went to help. She barked and wagged her tail until her human partner came to help. Molly nuzzled the person hands offering comfort. It turns out that the “model” for the experiment has a child who has seizures (eventually they were grand mall) and their dog is trained to sense them. When the seizures began medications were prescribed but in time something more needed to be done. A hair dresser gave a tip and suggested a service dog. The 4 Paws for Ability came into their lives. There were many steps to go through before they finally got Cody their loving service dog. It was mentioned by the family that Cody was a “seizure prevention dog rather than a seizure detection dog”. Cody died after of cancer. Then Hudson came along to take over the job. Hudson would pull the covers off Katie if the seizures came at night. Hudson died in 2019.  The parents considered whether to get another service dog since the child’s seizures seems to under control. The tough part was losing the beloved animals. There seemed to be an “uptick” in the seizer so the family returned to 4Paws. The community helped raise the money for a new dog and the extensive two year training. The “child” is now grown but still needs Molly, the new service dog. The college student from the beginning of the story experience the diarrhea episodes with Fargo she knew he was going to be a great service dog some day.

I this we are having Stouffers Cheesy Macaroni and Beef for dinner tonight. 

Joy

out of business....

 March 27, 2022 a thought for today, If you lend your coat, don't cut off the buttons. Irish Proverb

Yesterday we had a church group who wanted to do a service day at our church come in for a four-hour period of time helping us do anything we wanted in the way of cleaning parts of our church. A few volunteers from our congregation joined them and they spruced up the sanctuary and certain other areas of the church. 

The first photo challenge yesterday was “an empty road”. This is from the archives. I live in the city where there are very few “empty” roads. This one is a country road not far from home.  

Today the sermon was good, the attendance was minimal, the friendship was abundant. 

The second photo for March 26 was called “minimalism”. I
felt the top of a lone evergreen tree against the gorgeous blue sky fit the bill. 

Sue had wanted to run some errands today so when I got home from church we took off for Walmart. It wasn’t for major shopping, just a couple items we needed to pick up so we weren’t gone to long.

So sticking with tradition there isn’t much else on the agenda today.

The first assignment for today is “a tree”. I have lots of shots of trees. This one seemed to have a message with the highlights and shadows and textured leaves.  

The word is secret.  The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. William Morris.  The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. Horace Walpole. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides. The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. Benjamin Disraeli.  Perseverance, secret of all triumphs. Victor Hugo.  This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet. Rumi.  The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything. Voltaire.  Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency. Aesop.  Things forbidden have a secret charm. Tacitus.  May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary. Charles Spurgeon. I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere. William Congreve. There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 

The second photo of the day for today is “rotating”. There is a statue of a huge butterfly that seems to turn with the breezes at the park down the street but one of my wind chimes also “twists” in the wind so I chose to use it. 

I was surprised to see that Spaghetti Warehouse was one of the three haunted restaurants in Columbus, that is what the article today is about. The first one mentioned is the Spaghetti Warehouse. In 1891 it was an icehouse. In 1987 it became the Spaghetti Warehouse. It is said that the lower dining room may be haunted. The structure is in what is called the “flood plain”. Early on in our history people in Franklinton “suffered high casualties when the river rose”. The article said that they temporarily stored bodies in the cold storage area of the warehouse. It is reported that some guests have said the “ghosts....mostly children ghosts”. These children are in “period costumes”. One of the guests explained his sighting as a new waiter moved toward the customer he was serving the “tray in his hand inexplicable stopped moving, fell to the floor”. The lasagna sauce in the dishes flew “as high as the ceiling”. In another incident a construction guy working in the building at night left unexpectedly and had to send someone for his tools and wouldn’t talk about it. Kitchen staff say there have been events of flying silverware. The next of the three haunted places is Schmidt’s Restaurant and Banquet Haus. In 1886 it was a packing house and next to a livery stable. In 1967 the stable was converted to the restaurant. The “ghosts” seem to inhabit the second floor where there is a banquet hall for private events. In 1983 a mysterious fire sparked and “nearly destroyed the building”. Some of the ghost stories involve a women who was know to the staff and crew in the business. There were foot steps when none was there. Sometimes even a scent of perfume, sometimes a reflection in a mirror. Once a customer saw a red headed women in old clothing on the stairs. A family portrait hanging on the wall resembled the vision. Tables and chairs are sometimes moved out of place, things fall for no reason. There have been the sound of doors shutting, there have been unexplained water stains. The third restaurant mentioned as haunted it the Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus. It was built in 1897 and was used for different purposes over the yeas. There was a pool hall, barber shop, boxing ring and once a brothel. In time The Clock restaurant was located there on the first floor. One of the stories is about a well known “gentleman and womanizer was stabbed in the front of the restaurant...by a scorned woman”, he died on the floor by the bar. The woman was barefoot and it was snowing outside. It is said that now when is snows her foot prints can be seen in the snow. Also mentioned that the clock in front of the restaurant stopped at the time of the man’s death and remained frozen for a century before it was removed. There have reports of doors swinging open and closed on their own. One time the hands of a clock in the kitchen moved backwards. 

It will be Taco Bell or Subway or KFC for dinner. 

Joy

Strong winds?