Fall Colors

I love the colors of the fall. The leaves are vibrant, and at the same time you see the changes which are taking place. Trees are losing their leaves are looking bare. At this time my blog title really says it all. Here are a few of the more vibrant shots I've taken.

Trinity

I came across this picture I took a few years ago. I named it "Trinity. If you notice there appears to be three streams of water and they join towards the bottom.

2 Corinthians 13:14 "May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."

Butterfly Kisses

This past weekend was the first time in a long time I actually had off and all I wanted to do was to go to the Brookfield Zoo and visit their butterfly garden. It was amazing! I couldn't stop taking pictures. This one is one of my favorites - the main reason being is that middle part of the flower (I think it's called Pistil) remains sharp but it does not distract your focus away from the butterfly.

A Bug's Eye View

I think the reason I like this picture so much is that it gives me an idea of what the world looks like from their perspective. Imagine being an ant sitting on of those leaves and this being what you see. Kinda cool.

God's Angels Bowling

I love thunderstorms and to me the louder the better. When I was a little girl my grandmother used to tell me the thunder was God's angels bowling & when then made a strike it caused the lightening. Last week God's angels were bowling up a storm (no pun intended). These pictures only show a litle of the awesome cloud formations that were going on. You could literally see the clouds changing and moving right in front of you.

Simplicity

It's been a busy couple of weeks and I'm gettin back to what I love which is taking pictures. I chose these photos for the simplicity of them. Nothing fancy, nothing magical just simple and beautiful.

New Beginnings

I love this picture. It just shows the beauty of God's and of the new beginnings with Christ.

Mad for Magnolias

Growing up in Illinois, I thought that Magnolia trees were only in the South. So imagine my surprise while driving home the other day when I saw this beautiful blooming Magnolia Tree. Psalm 9:1 "I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. " This magnolia blossom shows just one of the beautiful creations God has created and I just had to thank Him for allowing me to see this wonder the other day.

Take a picture....it lasts longer

Remember when you were a child and you were looking at someone, if you were caught staring the response was typically "Take a picture, it lasts longer". Well, I find myself doing that these days. While walking into work yesterday, I saw that the trees had started to bloom amd God's creation had yet again started to show it's beautiful colors....so I took a picture-the image lasts longer :D

A new bud-ginning

This is a favorite picture of mine I took last year. I guess it speaks to me at this time of year of new beginnings and signs that the vibrant colors of Spring will soon be here.

Is Spring in the air?

It seems like the weather has turned the corner here in Chicago and I searched today for signs that Spring was indeed around the corner. I spotted a child's well loved and used baseball sitting on the grass and the song "Take me out to the ballgame" came to mind. So play ball and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us.

Garden Chapel

I took this picture today at church. It's of our Garden Chapel. I love sitting in there are worshipping. It can be calming place for me to sit and meditate; I also love it in the spring and summer when the sun comes shining through. It's as if God's light is beaming down on me as I celebrate him

What a friend

This post is dedicated to my dear friend Vickie who ended her struggle with breast cancer last month. She was an amazing Childrens Minsistry director at my church and a dear friend. She is probably the only person I know who would and could bring wolves to church for VBS and fit God in the lesson. Vickie is the one holding the pup wolf here. She made Sunday School exciting for both the children and those who taught the lessons. While she is not here in the physical sense I still see her often when the sun is shining down upon me and thinking how much brighter the sun looks now that I know she is in Heaven and looking down upon me.

Nature is the art of God

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "Nature is the art of God". I supposed that's why I like pictures of nature so much. I don't need to go to the art museum to see a Van Gogh or Picasso as beautiful as they are. All I need to do is go outside and walk through a forest, field or look up in the sky and see the most beautiful of artwork ever created. I took this picture at the Morton Arboretum this past weekend. It was a cold day and God's artwork was all around me.

I'm a blogger now

Most of my friends and family will be probably be a bit surprised to see that I'm blogging. See I'm not much into the written word and in fact I'm not comfortable with writing and have always had a love/hate relationship with it. One thing that I love doing is taking pictures and sharing them with friends and family. My blog name is a verse I love and fits in with most of the pictures I take which are of nature. Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." This picture was taken last winter and to me shows God's majestic beauty in All that HE creates.