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    O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude; you are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control. The Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season, we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a storm-less eternity awaits us. Amen. Originally dedicated to the victims of Hurricane Audrey in 1957. - Fr. Al Volpe, Cameron Parish, LA
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    Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the Resurrection of Your Son. I am ready to do my part in ending abortion. Today I commit myself Never to be silent, Never to be passive, Never to be forgetful of the unborn. I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, And never to stop defending life Until all my brothers and sisters are protected, And our nation once again becomes A nation with liberty and justice Not just for some, but for all, Through Christ our Lord. Amen!

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April 23, 2007

A Walk with Spring

After school work and the three R's, we took a little nature walk to enjoy the all too brief bowers-of-spring.Spring_148

Winter seemed to last so long this year.  It actually snowed on us the Saturday before Easter while we were camping in north Louisiana with family and friends.  I'm not lying!!!  I'm serious!  Really!

It snowed April 7th in Louisiana!!!  I believe hell froze over as well.

But the hot days of summer will come upon us before you can nab a firefly, and we will feel like a cat on a hot tin roof trying to catch a drop of  condensation dripping from the window-unit.

Rather than heavy, our burden was yeasty lite with rolls, honeysuckle sweet with cookies, and literary rich as we brought Leo Tolstoy and Helen Keller along as our picnic companions.

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We looked at weeds and talked about seeds.  Spring_145We held ladybugs and leisured ourselves on pinestraw rugs. Spring_150

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Trees can make great time-warp doors into a child's imagination:

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And all water-outlets provide a place for little girls to pretend they are Laura walking On the Banks of Plum Creek.

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We enjoyed honeysuckles as nature's sugar...

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...as well as sweets from our oven...

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...and sweet stories from our imagination and Meme's old typewriter.

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Then on the way home we stopped to sup in a little of our neighbor's spring sweetness and splendor.

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Thanks for joining us and may your springtime be just as sweet.

Posted at 04:20 PM in Nature Study |

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KC

Lovely, Cay. I'll add you on!!

Posted by: KC | April 23, 2007 at 05:47 PM

Suzanne Temple

Glorious! Yippee! Spring!

Posted by: Suzanne Temple | April 23, 2007 at 08:39 PM

Kimberlee

Wow - what lovely pictures! Those flowers are just gorgeous.

Posted by: Kimberlee | April 23, 2007 at 11:18 PM

Jennifer

What a beautiful spring day! It is still fairly cool for the time of year here in the Keys too, gotta enjoy it while we can!

Posted by: Jennifer | April 24, 2007 at 01:30 PM

Maria

Lovely post, Cay - lyrical and sweetly visual!

Posted by: Maria | April 25, 2007 at 08:32 AM

Ruth

Beautiful day! I love these pictures, and those cookies, YUM!!!

Posted by: Ruth | April 25, 2007 at 06:41 PM

Beate

Yup, it sleeted in south TX on April 7 and we had the same thoughts. There were photos of bluebonnets graced with snow bonnets ;-)

Posted by: Beate | April 27, 2007 at 02:59 PM

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