Early Morning In the Vatican

The fountain

It's been three years since we visited Rome for the second time and I'm reminded of the awesome feeling I had when I first visited there.  It was like coming home.  My cousin, Pat, went in 1976 and regaled me of its glory!  Now I go to my photos and revel in them too.  

We arrived early in the morning in anticipation of our Papal Audience.  It was quiet and cool.  And the fountain was most calming.  I needed to savor the moment!

I still marvel at the beauty of the Michelangelo's Pieta, and the statue of St. Peter that has been touched by so many that it is smooth and polished.  And of course, there are those handsome Swiss guards.   Wanting to go back, but in the meantime will cherish the memories!

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

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Words About the Harvest

Silos at Sunrise

Securing the nations grain

Hope for the future

Living in Indiana I've been spoiled over the years to see the Fall come and the harvest begin.  Seeing the vast fields of corn, wheat and soy beans, melons and other fruit fills my heart with joy and hope.  I think everyone should understand the hard work that goes into farming and that we as a nation should never take it for granted!

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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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Oh! The Rainbow!

Niagara Falls

Rainbows offer hope

The color is beyond compare

In all their glory

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A few years ago we made an autumn trip to upstate New York and Niagara Falls.  It was just incredible!  The color was exquisite and the Falls were incredible.  I'd return in a heartbeat.  It's just not on the schedule this year!

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

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Autumn Arrives

See the autumn colors

Pumpkin orange, yellow and red

How they warm the soul

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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So Runs the River

Cool, clear mountain stream

With white capped  rapids running

So runs the river

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Beautiful New Day

Sunrise through the fog

Glorious color filtered through

New day has arrived

When we leave early on one of our journeys I am captivated by the rising sun.  And even though the sun rises every morning it is different every day!  It makes me happy, even ecstatic and the prospect of this new day!  It's nearly always the best of days! 

"There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same."    Carlos Santana             

Then  there is the tranquility at the foot of the mountains as the day continues on her way.  Glory be to God!

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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

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Flowers And the Bee

Every year for the last two years as we visit my brother in Fort Collins, Colorado we have gone to the Trial Garden at Colorado State University.  And it is awe inspiring.  

They tell us in their Purpose, "The outdoor display and test areas at the Annual Flower Trial Garden were established to allow students, researchers, industry representatives, homeowners, and extension personnel to learn, teach and evaluate through horticultural research and demonstrations projects conducted in the unique environmental conditions of the Rocky Mountain/High Plains region."

The day we were there it was just exquisite!  The colors incredible and the variety just amazing.  But the what was most exciting about our visit there was the number of bees we saw!  They were in such abundance I cannot help but hope that their population is growing! 

Not only the color was exquisite but the bees were exciting!\

Gorgeous colors and the beautiful bee.

Oh, vivid color

So beautiful to behold

Oh Great Creator

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Little Chapel in the Valley

Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel

Camp Saint Malo, Colorado

A  little chapel

High in the Rocky Mountains

Prayers arise from here

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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