Bursting Through

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I was so excited today, it was 67 degrees of beauty outside and I couldn't have been more happy. These pictures are from the woods behind our house. I took my first panoramic photo (I did edit the top right hand corner to fill in white space left from the merging of all 4 photos) the creek was flowing so steady and strong, I could hear it from the driveway. When I too the picture of the Cardinal it was calling so loud I thought it was right above my head but I had to walk quite a ways to find it and use every bit of zoom my camera had to offer to capture the photo. Birds have always been a constant in these woods, and these woods have always been a fixture in my life. Growing up I had a favorite spot in the woods where a kind of ivy covered the ground like a carpet and in the summer small purple flowers bloom. Nothing like clover, just truly unique. It has spread over the years and has reached the creek (I definitely recommend clicking the thumbnail to enlarge the photo) , with the snow melting it was amazing to see green bursting through!

Pathway

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs 4:18

Signs of Spring

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A beautiful late afternoon... Today the air felt like spring, and while driving to my destination I passed Amish children walking home from school, all smiles. It reminded me life is great despite clouds that try to hide the sun. The snow is melting into the ground and I can not wait to see the green grass again.

Beautiful Pines

Pine trees are so beautiful and it's so amazing that with their outer beauty, different trees have different smells. In Nehemiah 8, it was commanded during the feast in the seventh month, that the people should dwell in booths made of olive branches, pine branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees. The reason I mentioned this is because it was really interesting to see that pine trees were even mentioned in the Bible; Sometimes I forget that trees found here are also found over seas and what God creates remains resilient because of Him alone.

Maple Syrup Festival Ohio

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This festival was really interesting, I have tons of pictures and once I make an album in flickr, I will post the links to them here for those interested in seeing everything involved. It was really nice, they would pick us up at the visitor center with tractors hauling a trailer plank with hay or an actual trailer designed to haul people seated. Then once to the barn we waited to get on long carriages drawn by large work horses. They limited how many people would be on each one. Once everyone was ready we went up hill to the woods where there were countless maple trees tapped for syrup. It was well worth the trip, they were very informational and I'll include all of the information with each picture I post later.

It is so amazing how the Lord has provided all kinds of wonderful things to add more flavor and wonder into our lives. The native gentleman explained that the natives of our area would spend hours making one small maple sugar chunk from gallons of maple sap. Believe me, maple sugar tastes way different than normal sugar. It was about 42 degrees out, the sun was shinning just enough that the cold was very tolerable. My hair smells of camp fire and maple, lol which isn't too bad at all.

The Setting Sun....

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Ecc 3:11

This was the sunset I saw as I drove to church today (Thursday). The sky was far more vivid but I'm still happy with this captured moment. It's amazing of all the sunsets I've seen each one is so very different.

Oh Spring....

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Oh I post this picture just so anxious for spring. I pass this tree on my way to church every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday (if I'm going from my home and have the gas to get there). It has always been my season-o-meter. I watch it all year, when the snow starts melting I slow down and try to see the buds breaking through, and I'm thrilled when I see the leaves slowly engulf it. Then to my dismay the bright green leaves slowly grow darker and darker and summer takes it leave literally.

I should have some really interesting pictures after this weekend! I wont be posting until Sunday most likely so look for them :)

Glory in the Evening

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness Psalms 29:2.

I took a drive and went on some old familiar roads while the sun was setting. It was really beautiful and I saw this scene on the opposite end of the sun setting, in ways I wished that the sun would have been setting in the background of this picture but it was still beautiful because it still shared the same sky. I stopped my car in the middle of the road to take a totally different picture but what was directly beside me caught my eye.