Sumac Berries

He Leads Me

Quiet Waters

Opportunity's Gate

"People talk about

opportunity knocking,

but the gate was always

springing in the breeeze

before I got to the door."

~ Rufus Sewell ~

Tulip Center

Autumn Color

I still have a lot of 

Colorado photos I'd like to post,

but I needed just a simple, colorful

shot of nature for a change.

This was taken in the fall 

a few years back.

I See the Moon

Hope

I learn more about God

From weeds than from roses;

Resilance springing

Through the smallest chink of hope

In the absolute of concrete....

~ Phillip Pulfrey ~

Blue Building and Cat

I was intrigued by this old building.

I love buildings with character.

None of the modern buildings for me.

I'd love to have been able to 

go exploring in this one.

As I stood photographing the building,

I noticed something small on

the upper right corner, by the third floor windows.

At first I was concerned for the cat,

then realized the opened windows were

without screens.

Kitty made it back to safety

while I was watching.

Just Take the First Step

Take the first step in faith.

You don't have to see the whole staircase,

just take the first step.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

There Is Sunshine in My Soul

Ducky and a Horsie

“Aren't the clouds beautiful? 

They look like big balls of cotton... 

I could just lie here all day, and watch them drift by... 

If you use your imagination, 

you can see lots of things  in the cloud formations... 

What do you think you see, Linus?"

"Well, those clouds up there look like 

the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean... 

That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, 

the famous painter and sculptor... 

And that group of clouds over there gives me 

the impression of the stoning of Stephen... 

I can see the apostle Paul standing there to one side..."

"Uh huh... 

That's very good... 

What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?"

"Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind!” 

~Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5:1959-1960~

St. Andrews in Manitou Springs

Same Flower Zoomed

I was playing with Photoshop

and zoomed in on the same flower

I posted 2 days ago.

I was stunned by the beauty

and the details of the flower.

It reminds me of a sea creature.

I think it's gorgeous.

Testament to the fact

that God creates miracles every day,

we just have to stop and notice.

Grouchy Little Plants in Bloom

Living in the midwest my whole life,

I'd never before seen a "real" cactus,

just growing in the ground,

as we saw in Colorado.

And I'd certainly never seen one

blooming before,

and never realized cacti even bloomed. 

(Thank you, dear son, 

for teaching me the word "cacti"

and that the word "cactuses" 

is mainly an English word.

After looking it up, the word "cactus"

can also be used for the plural form.

That's my grammar lesson for the day).

This is gorgeous!

I had no idea such beauty

could grow on such grouchy

little plants.

Prickly

Mountaintop View

Garden of the Gods...Again

If you've never seen Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs,

it is a must see. It is so amazingly beautiful. The

rock foundations are gorgeous and look out-of-this world.

Rocky Mountain High Colorado

Garden of the Gods

America the Beautiful from the Top of Pikes Peak

Katherine Lee Bates wrote the poem 

(yes, originally a poem)

"America the Beautiful" in 1893

after traveling across part of the United States

and then visiting Pikes Peak.

I was recently at the top of Pikes Peak

and can understand all the beauty

Ms. Bates saw in our outstanding nation.

Happy Independence Day, Americans, 

on this 4th of July in the most 

beautiful and the greatest

country in the world!

Singing a Song

Nothing but Blue Skies Do I See...

Nothing but Bluebirds All Day Long

**Update: I have since learned that this is black-billed magpie.**

I came across this very noisy bird in Colorado.

I would very much like to know what

kind of bird this is.

Please leave a message if you can identify

this bird for me. Thanks.

Air Force Academy Cathederal

The cathederal 

at the Air Force Academy

in Colorado Springs, Colorado

is absolutely breath-taking.

Even a photo can't capture

the beauty that exists

in this building built

to worship God.