He Made Our Amazing Earth

It is a Gift

this beautiful Earth

{on my way home from work earlier in the week}

* Thinking about Earth today *

~ Some highlights of the year in photos ~

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{Gorgeous views on the way to and from work}

{Heart in the clouds ~ Indian Lake, Adirondack Mts. NY}

{Summer Sunset ~ Indian Lake, Adirondack Mts. NY}

{Joys and Fruits of Earth}

{Happy Apples}

O God
we thank you for Earth, our home; 
for the wide sky and the blessed sun, 
for the oceans and streams, 
for the towering hills and the whispering wind, 
for the trees and green grass.
 
We thank you for our senses 
by which we hear the songs of birds,
and see the splendor of fields of golden wheat,
and taste autumn's fruit,
and rejoice in the feel of snow,
and smell the breath of spring flowers.

Grant Us

a heart opened wide to all this beauty;
and save us from being so blind
that we pass unseeing
when even the common thornbush
is aflame with your glory.

{http://www.appleseeds.org/earthday.htm}

♫ Singing Our Gratitude ♫

~All things Wise and Wonderful~

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Thank you to our Sky Watch Friday hosts: 

Klaus Sandy Sylvia Wren Louise Fishing Guy

 
...and to EcoRover 

whose recent post inspired me to look over my year of photographing

this little corner of our beautiful planet...