Spring With the Dogwood

A dogwood's blossom

Wonderful and beautiful

She announces Spring

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Having been raised in Colorado, the dogwood was a rare sight.  I'd really not experienced her beauty until we moved to Indiana.  And here, when spring arrives, the whole of the state blossoms.  She is in my neighbor's yard, along the highway, and on every hillside.  Spring becomes a joyful season for me when I see her blossoms!  

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Beauty In Pink

We've lived here for nine years now and every spring this lovely tree blooms.  It's kind of funny.  Before it blooms it looks half dead and I wonder (every Spring) if, indeed, it is dead.  And then near the end of April she blooms.  The thing is, I have no idea what the name of the this tree/bush is and would love to know that.  Please help me.  

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I do love this beauty.  I just wish she had a name.

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Glorious Pansies

Glorious pansies

Happiness, beauty of spring

Hardy in the sun

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When you are blessed with a weekend on retreat, time for reflection is offered in many ways.  For me the pansy is a gorgeous and hardy plant.  It survives in cold and heat and yet it maintains its beauty!  For that I am truly grateful.  Lasting through the summer and fall the pansy is a lesson in perserverence.

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Weekend Retreat1

Isn't she lovely?  It's always a wonderful weekend when I can spend time at The Woods.  Well, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.  I've had a relationship with The Woods since 1974.  This is the mother house for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.  It is also the campus for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.  The sisters, under the guidence of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, began an academy for girls in 1841.  

Part of the curriculum for the college is its equine studies degree.  And so at a quiet time during the retreat I took a walk to the stable area to commune with the horses.  They are so very beautiful and were so intent on eating they hardly noticed me.  

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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The Great Sand Dunes

View of Great Sand Dunes

In the Distance

God moves quietly

It's a rocky mountain high

That heals a tired soul

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It's been years since I've visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park.  It is truly amazing.  It's like being in the Sahara Desert, but when you look up you see the mountains, glorious and majestic.  Oh, the glory of God's creation!  

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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