Working On a Scrapbook

Scrapbooking  is hard work

Revisiting adventures

Worth the time it takes

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Since we started traveling abroad in 2015 I've postponed working on gathering these memories.  It was a big mistake.  I should have started right away when we got home from our first trip to Italy  

My first mistake was not keeping a journal on the first two trips.  So those scrapbooks were more difficult to organize.  But that is what I've done on the next three trips and so far with this scrapbook it's been much easier.  So, I'm nearly finished with Scrapbook3.  

So far I've completed trip to Italy I and France.  It's really a lot of work but I have to say I've enjoyed reliving the journeys.  

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Thank be to God!!

Cathy

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Dusk At Howell Wetlands

Dusk at the wetlands

Sounds and colors overwhelm

Oh so beautiful

 I do love a trail that invites me to "The Road Less Traveled."

 The foliage is so lush and green!

But nothing can compare to the surprise we found at the end of the trail.  The scene took my breath away.  There is fish in the water and we saw a muskrat dive into the water.  There were also turtles and flocks of birds.  Unhappily I was unable to to stay long enough to get photos.  It was a terrific way to spend time while waiting to meet our friend for dinner.

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Pink Flowers

With Petals of Pink

Blossoms bursting with beauty

Glory be to God!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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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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