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I took this photo last weekend on the farm of Tom Casey, Rochestown, Co.Cork
Maize is one of the last of the crops to come in. It grows to some height! The harvester is nearly covered such is the height of the maize. It is a food that is packed with nutrition and protein for cattle and they love it! All this maize was put into a special pit and it will be fed to the cows next February. The contractor in the photo is Lloyd Forbes from Carrigaline.
I have just posted a new video below
On This Day
On November 6th 1913 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for leading Indian miners’ march in South Africa
Birthdays Today
Emma Stone (Actress from La La Land) is 36
John Giles (Former footballer, manager and sports pundit) is 84
Saint For Today
Today is the Feast of All the Saints of Ireland and is celebrated every year on November 6th.
Significance of Today
Today is Numbers Confidence Day. Not everyone is confidence in their ability to use numbers in everyday life. Today is about regaining some confidence in our ability to use numbers. We tend to downplay Maths and say we are no good. But we are much better than we think we are.
Quote For Today
“Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.” ~Shakuntala Devi
Did You Know
Did you know that the addition of numbers on the opposite side of a dice always equal 7
My Latest Video 🎥
This is my latest video and it is called ‘The Beautiful Mount Usher Gardens’
The video below I had up last week to mark the start of November and it is called – ‘May they rest in peace’. If you would like to see a selection of my other videos on Youtube you can click this link here. https://www.youtube.com/@JamesMcSweeneyFr/videos
Thought For The Week
‘I wrote your name on the sand but the waves washed it away. I wrote your name on the sky but the wind blew it away. I wrote your name on my heart and forever it will stay.’ ~Author Unknown
It is always difficult to understand death or make sense of the loss of a loved one through death. We want our loved ones with us always and yet we know that just as we are born we must also die. Last Saturday (Nov 2nd) is traditionally known as All Souls Day and is a day to pause, reflect and pray for those who have died, particularly our nearest and dearest. We continue to do it during these early days of November.
Many people will visit a cemetery. It is not an empty or meaningless task. It’s always good to remember those who have died. Our belief is that death is not an end but a beginning for the soul or spirit of the person who has died. Our belief is that our loved ones who have died are still near us but not physically with us. Trying to put this into words is never easy.
The only words that really matter today are to our loved ones who have died. Some of these words might be: we still miss you, thank you for so many memories, you are remembered with love today and you will never be forgotten.
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord. May perpetual light shine on them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy and love of God, rest in peace Amen
Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
