Mosaic Monday~~Summer's Garden

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

Even with all the heat and humidity this summer gardens seem to have flourished.  And as we enter the final days of summer let's cherish the blossoms, colors and aroma of the glorious work of God's hand.

Eden's garden must surely have been this beautiful.  

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

The Joy in Tea Talk

Tea is a cup of life.  ~Author Unknown

I'm having...Celestial Seasons Iced Peach Tea


My teacup...is a glass full of ice.

I'm feeling...ready for an Autumn breeze.

On my mind...kids starting back to school next week.  It is so HOT here and they still have football practice and marching band practice.  I'm glad i didn't have to go back to school until after Labor Day.  Those "good old days."

The sunshine today is in the form of my potted marigolds! 

Please join Ruth at Tea Talk today.

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Today I also join Meri for Share the Joy Thursday.   For I believe I need to find in my life every day no matter the realities in which we live.  God is Good in so many ways even in times of trial so today this is my joy!

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Adventure Tour Express

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

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Hannibal, Missouri

The first leg of our vacation journey this year took us to Hannibal, Missouri.  It's a river town on the Mississippi River.  But you all know that.  It is the hometown of Mark Twain (Samuel Clements).  The Mark Twain Village right downtown is quaint and at 8:00 in the morning it's not very busy.  A perfect time to take pictures and stroll along the streets.

Mark Twain

Paddle Wheeler on The River

Becky Thatcher's House

Boyhood home of Mark Twain (right)

Dad was Justice of the Peace

Looking up the street

Grant's Drug Store

The interior of the drugstore

In the garden a statue of Huck and Tom

And I learned something else while there.  There are ties between Hannibal and Denver.  You see Margaret Brown (The Unsinkable Molly) was born in Hannibal before she moved to Colorado and was passenger on the Titanic.  

It was a great beginning to a wonderful Adventure!!!!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

 Please join the Adventure Tour Express and share one of your "great adventures".

All Aboard!!!

I must apologize for the "glitch" in Mr Linky. I don't have any idea what happened that the thumbnail did not appear. Be assured, as I have tried it, that your link can be accessed in spite of this. Now I know how a Tour Guide must feel when there is a disruption in the travel schedule...

~~Mosaic Monday~Macro Monday~~

Can anyone deny the beauty of the eyes of this doe?  These are the eyes of the mother of twin fawns.  On a day when she was taking time to rest, she looked up into the lens of the camera and did not blink.  She simply allowed the picture to be snapped and went on resting.

Here is mom with the twin fawns.  I wish I had gotten a picture of them scampering about the yard here, bouncing as they went.  They are most sure-surefooted.  What a privilege it was to be allowed to enter into their world for just a few minutes.  Even to witnessing fawn nursing.  Oh my, the glory of God's creation!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Amazing...

I have 1200 pictures to upload from our trip to the Rockies.  So it will be next week before Adventure Tour Express returns.

Wishing all a grand day!!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Back Home Again in Indiana

Returned home today from the most wonderful vacation.  i will cherish the moments of this vacation just as I have all the others when family and friends have shared their time and love with us!  May God Bless then all most abundantly!!!

The Beautiful Colorado Columbine


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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Glad to be home so I can share some photos with you. I will have the opportunity to share for many weeks!!!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Lisa at  Macro Monday  also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Travel Journey 9

(Picture memories of Past Adventures}

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

Tomorrow we begin the journey home.  We will turn our backs on the glorious Rocky Mountains and travel east.  I have had a wonderful adventure.  I will return home refreshed and renewed!  I'll be ready to return the life I am meant to live happy to have had this time with family in the home of my youth!  

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Travel Journal 8

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

Yesterday was such a glorious in these beautiful rockies!!!   We had lunch with nieces and grand nephews and grand niece.  We met them in Estes Park.  Oh my what fun!  We ate and shopped, laughed and chatted. Oh, did I mention, they all drove 4 hours from Scottsbluff, NE for the visit?  It was such a privilege for us and What treasures they truly are!

Then last evening as we were sitting on the patio Mama Deer and Wee Fawn arrived for a visit.  I only wish I could share the pictures now but that will have to come at another time.  Mama is so beautiful and Fawn so precious.  They even allowed us to witness the nursing.  OH MY!

OH and lest I forget!  We had an adventure with a rattle snake...short lived for him as brave "Uncle N" valiantly rescued us!

Today we are off to Rocky Mountain National Park.  One of God's true works of art!  

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Travel Journal 7

 

Coors Field, Colorado Rockies, a photo by brandon.vincent on Flickr.

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

Had a wonderful 43rd Anniversary. Had dinner at Maggiano's in Denver and then went to a Rockies baseball game. Woohoo! They won 12-3 beating the Braves!!!  Was a great day all round!

Nieces visiting today with shopping in Estes Park!  Oh the fun!!!!

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

Travel Journal 6

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

Wishing all a Rocky Mountain High Day!  Today is our 43rd Wedding Anniversary.  It been a Great Adventure!!  Thank you to all along the way for making it so wonderful!!!

A Colorado Rockies game tonight and a day spent with family!!  What could be better!!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy