Mosaic Monday

THE LAZY DAZE OF SUMMER

As the summer draws to a close I look back on the waning baseball season and remember fondly the game we attended when we were in Denver this summer.  The game itself was a gift, yes, a treasure.  It was the culmination of a day that ended in a WIN for the Rockies over the Braves.  

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AND THEY WON

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OH! AND ON THAT DATE 43 YEARS AGO, RON AND I WERE WED.  THAT'S WHAT I CALL A WIN, WIN SITUATION!!

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

~~Mosaic and Macro Monday~~

 

Went in to water my Peace Lily last week and found she had three visitors.  Now I have been accused of not watering my plants enough, but this is a first.  I guess if you water them too much mushrooms will grow?  At any rate I have not idea what kind they are but you know they did add contrast to the pot and some surprises!  

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

~~Mosaic Monday~Macro Monday~~

Can anyone deny the beauty of the eyes of this doe?  These are the eyes of the mother of twin fawns.  On a day when she was taking time to rest, she looked up into the lens of the camera and did not blink.  She simply allowed the picture to be snapped and went on resting.

Here is mom with the twin fawns.  I wish I had gotten a picture of them scampering about the yard here, bouncing as they went.  They are most sure-surefooted.  What a privilege it was to be allowed to enter into their world for just a few minutes.  Even to witnessing fawn nursing.  Oh my, the glory of God's creation!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Back Home Again in Indiana

Returned home today from the most wonderful vacation.  i will cherish the moments of this vacation just as I have all the others when family and friends have shared their time and love with us!  May God Bless then all most abundantly!!!

The Beautiful Colorado Columbine


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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Glad to be home so I can share some photos with you. I will have the opportunity to share for many weeks!!!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

~~Mosaic Monday~Macro Monday~~

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Have waited for most of the summer for the first water lily blossom...It was well worth it.

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Mosaic Monday/Macro Monday

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.   ~Luther Burbank~

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Isn't she beautiful? And what gorgeous eyes!

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Thanks be to God! 

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Remember the Adventure Tour Express will be running again this Wednesday, 7/6/2011  I will be happy to be the tour guide for all who wish to share their adventures.  The train is running each Wednesday during the summer.  Any and all adventures are welcome, from the weekend jaunt,  a day at the park, to the wonderful vacation adventure!  Please come and join the fun! 

Welcome Aboard!!!

~Mosaic/Macro Monday

Bluebonnet Swamp

Baton Rouge, LA

Sir Egret and his companion Master Turtle

I wish I knew what the name of this bush is.  It's beautiful and exotic and the bees seemed to love the blossoms.  For 3 days we were able to find adventure in the South and appreciate all it has to offer.  

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Thanks be to God! 

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Remember the Adventure Tour Express will be running again this Wednesday, 6/29/2011  I will be happy to be the tour guide for all who wish to share their adventures.  The train is running each Wednesday during the summer.  Any and all adventures are welcome, from the weekend jaunt,  a day at the park, to the wonderful vacation adventure!  Please come and join the fun! 

Welcome Aboard!!!

Mosaic Monday/ Macro Monday

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What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.  Thomas More

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Remember the Adventure Tour Express will be running again this Wednesday, 6/22/2011  I will be happy to be the tour guide for all who wish to share their adventures.  The train is running each Wednesday during the summer.  Any and all adventures are welcome, from the weekend jaunt,  a day at the park, to the wonderful vacation adventure!  Please come and join the fun! 

Welcome Aboard!!!

~Mosaic Monday/Macro Monday~

Sam, Master of All He Surveys
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Red Rose had a visitor today. Just stayed long enough to get in out of the heat, then flew away.

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Thanks be to God

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Remember the Adventure Tour Express will begin running again this summer travel season starting this Wednesday, 6/1/2011  I will be happy to be the tour guide for all who wish to share their adventures.  The train will run each Wednesday during the summer.  Any and all adventures are welcome, from the weekend jaunt, the day at the park, to the wonderful vacation adventure!  Please come and join the fun!  We will begin next week following this Memorial Day weekend!  Please have a safe and wonderful weekend and...

Welcome Aboard!!!

And my dashboard is still among the missing.  Let me know if any of you find it!  Thanx!!!

From Cocoon to Butterfly

Yesterday found Miss Ainsley in her nice warm cocoon!  Secure in her warm blanket she sharing sister's room as she does when Grandpa and Grandma come to visit.  Her day would be one of evolution, excitement and transformation.  It was a terrific ride.  Ainsley made her first Holy Communion yesterday.

It was so much fun watching her get her hair done.  From beginning to end it was a real metamorphosis?  Truly from Cocoon to Butterfly

Butterflies are always beautiful and this one is no different.

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Mosaic Monday

The year's at the spring

And day's at the morn;

Morning's at seven;

The hillside's dew-pearled;

The lark's on the wing;

The snail's on the thorn;

God's in His heaven -

All's right with the world!

~Robert Browning~

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Thanks be to God!!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Spring Into Mosaic Monday!

The leaves are raked and mulched. The grass is greening. And the color of Spring is coming alive here.

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

~Mosaic Monday~

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet!
That's Daniel!

It was a grand weekend with Daniel!!!  He's such a BOY!

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

-Mosaic Monday~

Hoping For Spring

Hummingbirds and butterflies

Dragon flies and robins

Roses, daisies, and daffodils

All these wonders are Spring to me

Posting this again because I've been homesick for the beautiful scenery at "home."  In just a few months will be going home again for a visit!  The "fix" gets me through the rest of the year!

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

~~Mosaic Monday/Macro Monday~~

Teamwork always works!  lt's really coming together!!!  The counter top arrives and will be installed on Wednesday!  I cannot tell you how excited I am!

And then today in the gray and gloom I saw a hint of Spring and just a bit of color! 

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Thanks be to God!!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

~~Mosaic Monday~Macro Monday~~

Retreats are always a rejuvenating experience at the Archabbey. It's what I have been doing now for five years. It seems, for me, an appropriate way to enter Spring after a long winter. This year though the weather was entirely different than in past years. This year the weather was mild and it really did seem as if spring was knocking at the door. In years past there was snow on the ground and you still had to bundle up to walk to the Abbey Church for prayer. No so this year.

Saint Meinrad

February 20, 2010

What a difference a year makes...Though my picture is not so much "macro" as it is and illustration in what I was saying about the difference from year to year, I hope I will be forgiven.

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

~~Mosaic Monday~~

And the heart that is soonest awake to the 

flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

Saint Thomas More

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Wishing all a very Happy Valentine's Day

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   And thought I have nothing to offer this week for Macro Monday pleas visit Lisa at  Macro Monday  for there is a lot to enjoy and admire there.  The pictures are grand.

~~Mosaic Monday/Macro Monday~~

Plaster and Paint!

The mudding and taping is done and the first coat of pain is on the walls!  The wallpaper is ordered and with any luck at all the floor will be started next weekend.  AND the cabinets are here!!!  I'm looking forward to the day when I might have a pretty mosaic again!

 Playing with the picture shows an all new side of the paint tray...

 Was a lot of fun!!!!!

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Thanks be to God 

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.