Strength and Beauty

Elegant Lady at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

Happy is the One

Confident and beautiful

Strengthened by her age

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

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Nature Sustained

Crepe Myrtle

Do you appreciate the seasonal changes?  Here in Indiana there are four season:  summer, autumn, winter, spring.  I take them for granted, I'm ashamed to say.  Some do not exactly experience the season we do here.  In the summer it's hot and humid.  Autumn has its glorious colors and cooler days.  Winter can be frigid and snowy, but not as bad here on the Ohio River as it is farther north.  And finally, the well received spring.  That's when the floral glory makes it's appearance.  

I have also taken for granted all of nature that I find so beautiful and yet assume they will return year after year.  What if after the trees lost their leaves in the fall, managed to survive the winter, failed to leaf out in the spring?  The butterfly failed to return from Mexico.  The birds had no place to nest.  All of this is necessary to sustain us.  

We need Nature and Nature needs us.  For heavens sake, let's accept it and do what we can to aid in its sustainability!

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Sunrise Glory

Sometimes  a sunrise is just overwhelming.  The beauty of God's art is that it always takes me be surprise.  This is one of those times.

Sunrise in the east

Breathtaking wonder of God

Lifts my very soul

"God's in His heaven and all's right with the world."

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Cat On the Prowl

Simba, the Royal Cat

Last night, Simba got a treat. . .He got to prowl the neighborhood. He's quite a cat, and I'm sure you've heard that about cats in general.  But Simba is a real treasure.  

I have two cats and a dog.  Duchess is 14 years old and acts her age.  Simba and his sister, Nala, came to me when a friend found she was allergic cats and she had to find a home for them. Rather than split them up I took both.  Family is family, don't you know.

Sissy, that's what I call her, is sedate and happy to lay around the house. Simba on the other hand is inquisitive and anything but sedate.  I find a lot of pleasure in having both of them here.

So, what happened last night?  Well, it was a nice cool evening and I left the family room door to the outdoors open as I have on numerous occasions.  He found a he could push the screen out and there you have it.  Simba was free!!  

I had no idea he was gone until this morning when I fed the animals and he didn't come to the "table."  He did return, however, about 20 minutes after I set his bowl outside.  So glad he's back. 

Cats love the outdoors

Some love it more than others

Simba's one of those

After his night out

Simba's relaxing right now

Content in this place

~~~^j^~~~

Cathy

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Summer On the River

Walking together

Summer on the river walk

Sunshine and flowers

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God!

Cathy