Nonnie's Observations

stunning pink tulip bloomed to set my heart aflame and singing with joy! linked to Macro Monday Weekly Top Shot #84

raindrops seen on the yellow flow'r stunning sight!

roses, baby's breath a delightful mixture of beauty and scent! more loveliness on Macro Monday

beautiful,  but unknown to me, "what's your name?" linking to Lisa's Macro Monday

Greetings and blessings on this spectacular orb, celebrate Earth Day!   As you see here, walkers, runners and cyclists enjoy this trail   We in Muncie, Indiana, are blessed with the foresight of the planners in our city for starting with old railroads, changing their routes to a trail. They continued the trail alongside White River. This is one of the mile markers. Westside Park was here long before the trail was established. wood anemones, sweet and fragile looking flow'rs add beauty to spring The wood anemones are linked to Macro Monday .

for SOOC Sunday bokeh editing at PicMonkey tiny flowers inviting praise for their beauty! linking to Macro Monday note: photo taken last summer, no flowers in bloom yet

frost edit at PicMonkey I couldn't decide if I liked it... or not. snow drifts down, blanketing the ground frosty loveliness. linking to Lisa's Macro Monday and sharing at Weekly Top Shot                      Haiku My Heart                SOOC Sunday

Jesus, listening at the Passover repast, now known as our Mass. sepia tone Jesus with his friends, celebrating Passover the night ere his death. others' macros here

  Guitar of a friend who leads the women in song, Women at the Well. other bloggers' macros at Macro Monday edited with PicMonkey's weaving A bit about Women at the Well- It is a parish women's spiritual group at St. Mary Church,  my home parish. SOOC capture

Blest Virgin Mary harked to the angel's message, accepting God's pledge. other haikus at  gracious Rebecca's Recuerda Mi Corazon view other macros here

Tree on summer's morn opens widely its branches, letting in the light. Feast your eyes on Macro Monday   and Weekly Top Shot

Winter adornment delightful work of nature pleasing to my eye. linked to Lisa's stunning Macro Monday

Bird tracks leading one to a feeder laden with sunflower seeds. Cheers! celebrate Macro Monday

Where's Waldo, I ask? Vision blurred, I wonder what is this I'm seeing? Clicking on thumbnail, the view enlarges to an image of a bird! There's Waldo! more Macro Monday images

Bark shows history of times past, felt through its "skin." Has it been hardship? image given a "boost" from PicMonkey

tree bark- rough, rutted color varied when one's near, remarkable, yes? wander over to Macro Monday at Lisa's place

Hmm...lots of books here, which shall I examine first? Nonfiction, fiction? more Macro at Lisa's Chaos

Happy 7th Day of Christmas to you all! It is day 366, the last day of one year of A Photo A Day. Here is a collage of Christmas photos that were taken with my Canon EOS.   Ornaments galore, sparkly, shining on the tree, visual delights! more macros

Ornaments with "boost" from PicMonkey, for edits. We've waited four weeks and now it's Christmas Eve. What have I pondered during this time? With the help of blogging friends, I feel that I've delved deeper into knowledge of and attitudes toward the Virgin Mary.  I have tried to be more prayerful and less consumed with myself and the fact that I am a widow.  With my chronic depression, it is so easy to blame it for my moodiness and loss of energy.  So with the impending new year, I am pondering my goal for 2013. I am asking for assistance from  Our Blessed Mother.  After all, she had the cumbersome task of raising our Lord.  She surely can help this hapless human.  Right?  Now all I need to do is sharpen my skill at hearing words that one doesn't hear through one's ears.  Maybe it is necessary to plead for that too. Leaving you to enjoy the day, I am... Quoting Clement Clarke Moore: "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good ...

linked to Macro Monday at Lisa's Chaos For Sandy Hook Elementary: Precious children, heroic teachers, gone from the Earth,  but not forgotten by those left behind. Our nation, stunned and appalled, uttering, "Not again?" Americans wondering why, no answer comes. Gather together, pray for the souls of the fallen. And ask, "What can we do, Lord, as a nation to better this world?" If words in prayer do not come, perhaps these words from Scripture might help:        2 Corinthians 4:8-9 " We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed."