Rocky Mountain High

Oh, how beautiful

Just takes one's breath away

This vast horizon

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

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Clouds

Clouds are so very lovely.  But being in the mountains and seeing how they cover the very tops of them it makes me happy to be in their presence,  The color contrast is, oh, so wonderful.  I wish sometimes that I were an artist with the skill to capture these clouds on canvas.  

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

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Shrinking Glaciers

Rocky Mountain National Park

Crystal clear water

Lake formed by shrinking glacier

Until the snows come

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Remembering all the times I've gone to  "The Park" when I was growing up and all the snow on the mountain tops, it is so saddening to see the tops of the peaks bare.  There were times when we could see mountain goats romping across the snow.  I know that times inevitably change but to see this is disheartening! I do hope that understanding of the climate and the changes will somehow encourage changes for the stabilization of earth!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Please visit recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart. There is always more beautiful words  there to enchant and encourage!!! 

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Mt Evans and Memories

Mt Evans, the highest paved highway in North America

View looking toward the summit

Altitude 14,265 feet

The Panoramas

the beauty of the mountains

Mountain sheep and mountain goats

Summit Lake

Ever since I was a kid every fall Dad, Mom and we kids would take a picnic up to the summit of Mt. Evans.  It was always so very cold but Dad would start a fire in the picnic area and Mom would brew a pot of coffee.  That was the only time until I was "grown" that we kids would get to drink coffee. What a treat that was.  But then the whole day was a treat!  The added joy of seeing the colors of the yellow aspen leaves intermingled with those glorious pines was exhilarating.  The memories of those days are treasures no one can steal.

So this year I wanted to visit Mt Evans again on our trip to Colorado.  Things have changed.  There are no picnic areas at the top.  Other things have not changed.  It was still cold, 41 degrees and rain and sleet.  That didn't change the joy I felt when I saw the mountain sheep and mountain goats.  The beauty of the Rockies near the summit and the thrill of the traveling the highway.  

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Please visit Judith at Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday and share in the beauty offered there.

As an aside, I've been invited to  join Monday WRites by Gillena Cox.    Today I thought others of you might join her in this adventure.

I have found a new place to play and invite you to join Mersad at Through My Lens.  Should be fun!

A Day With the Deer

She was there for most of the day.  She seemed perfectly comfortable just knowing we were interested in her.  Every year there are deer at Ron's sister's house.  But this year we were able to spend more time just sharing the space with us.

And then sunset came and she decided it was time to to move on.  She took just a moment to turn and bid us a good evening.  It was grand!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Please visit Judith at Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday and share in the beauty offered there.

I will also be joining Laura at I Heart Macro to day too.  Why not stop by and enjoy!

I'm also joining Mersad at Through My Lens.  Enjoy!

Mountain Meadow

Mountain meadows call

Lakes glisten in the sunlight

Blossoms look skyward

Mountain meadows call

Never closer to heaven

Much closer to home

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Photo taken near the top of Mount Evans, Colorado, but enhanced with PicMonkey

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Please visit Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart. There is always more beautiful words  there to enchant and encourage!!! 

Finally, I am joining A Soulful Life for Soulfood Friday