May Flowers

Aw Spring!!

The maple tree in our back yard is so very lovely in the Spring.  It's color is not nearly as beautiful in the Autumn.  There is glorious color today and I will cherish it.

Roses and Gerber daisies are my favorite at this time of year.  I just add to that list as the seasons merge and share their own colors.  I'm looking with anticipation for the blossoms on my daisies.

Azaleas - whitest of white!

White as the drifted snow

Fresh-fallen out of the night,

Before the coming glow.

Tinges the morning light;

When the light is like the snow,

White,

And the silence is like the light:

Light, and silence, and snow, -

All - white!

by Harriett McEwen Kimball 

And I cannot tell you how I treasure the azaleas and their blossoms!  They are so very exquisite in their shape and color.

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Ohio River Traffic

Barge on the Ohio

Newburgh, IN

Barge on the water

Transporting a load of coal

Good river traffic

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Thanks be to God,

Cathy

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I Lost My Week

Simba napping

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Where has this week gone

Quickly it has passed me by

I wasn't napping

Excuses are easy

Busyness is an excuse

But I can't use it

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

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Glorious Sunrise

Sunrise sunset, sunrise sunset, 

Swiftly fly the days,

Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,

Blossom even as they gaze.

Sunrise sunset, sunrise sunset,

Swiftly fly the years,

One season following another,

Laden with happiness and tears.

by 

Jerry Bock and Sheldon Hamick

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I awoke this morning to a beautiful sunrise!  Sunrises always fill  me with such wonder and awe.  And when I see one it gives me such hope.

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Sun begins to glow

So early in the morning

It lifts up the soul

Happiness and joy

From the Creator's palate

Offer quiet morn

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Thanks to be God,

Cathy

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Holy Women

Saint Anne and Mary

Birthplace of Mary

Saint Ann's Church

Jerusalem, Israel

Mother and daughter

Perfection, beauty in love

In the love of God

Suffering mother

Teach us how to live and love

In the name of God

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Cathy

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Ambivalent April

Awoke to snow at 5:00 a.m. this morning.

It was wet, cold at 34 degrees and some artwork was achieved by Mother Nature.

By 10:00 a.m. the sun was shining and the snow was gone.  The Bradford pear was in all its glory.

The leaves on the rose bushes were grateful for the absence of snow.  Those are tears of joy!

Wishing all a warmer week with April weather to which we are more accustomed. 

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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End o' Day

 Sun's low in the sky

Rays glisten on the water

End of day glory

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

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Good Friday--Amazing Love

Early morning on the Via Dolorosa

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Bearing all our sins

The Savior carries his cross

In weakness and pain

All this just for us

So much pain and agony

For our salvation

Pieta

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Only this is pure love!!!

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Thanks be to God

Cathy

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Palm Sunday

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!  Shout daughter of Jerusalem!  Se your king comes to you; righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt the foal of a donkey."

Zechariah 9:9

There were so many beautiful palm trees in the Holy Land that it was not difficult to understand how their fronds were used to hail our Lord's entry into Jerusalem.  I can just imagine the excitement and enthusiasm of those cheering their "Hosannas! "

"The palm branch is a symbol of triumph, peace and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world." (Wikipedia)

For Christians today is the beginning of the holiest season of the year.  We follow Jesus through his last days to his death on the cross and celebrate his resurrection!  We walk with him to Emmaus, eat breakfast with him on the beach at the Sea of Galilee with his disciples.  We witness his Ascension to the Father,  And then, we are in the upper room when the gift of the Holy Spirit is celebrated on Pentecost.   The celebration of our salvation story compels us to celebrate God's love for us!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Creation of Rose

Beauty of the Rose

Fragrance and color supreme

God's own creation

All beauty is love

And fragrances calm the soul

All praise creator

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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