7/6 Challenge - Nature

Join us all month long as we celebrate our beautiful country . . . from East and West to North and South, we'll focus on America the Beautiful and some of the ways we see her.
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7/6 Challenge - Nature

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America The Beautiful . . . for the most part we all live in different locations…from East and West to North and South, the USA is filled with beauty . . . both in nature and hearts. We've all seen the beauty of the sunset, the majesty of a thunderstorm, the birds on branches, flowers blooming, the seasons changing, freshly fallen snow, rainbows, majestic mountains, sparkling lakes, wooded paths, ocean waves crashing, dessert blooms. We’ve taken road trips and vacations where we have taken pictures that might be so random they don’t end up on the pages of our books . . . maybe it’s the hot air balloon that suddenly appears in the sky above you, or a sign that brings a smile to your face, maybe a barn quilt painted on an old barn that has seen better days, or even an Amish buggy towing a boat. The beauty goes beyond nature and is seen in the love and kindness of a stranger that helps you after a storm, a kind teacher, the mailman who leaves biscuits for your dog, the neighborhood kids with their lemonade stands, playgrounds, and smiles, the person in the grocery line who lets you go in front of them. In these times when we are dealing with so many negative things in the news, where so many only think of themselves, where our country is experiencing unrest, where truth is up to what an individual wants it to be . . . in these times, I think it would be a great thing to just focus on how beautiful our country is and some of the ways we see her.

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Today’s challenge is to be inspired by nature. I love to find different looking trees. For some reason they just seem to speak to me. So, what in nature inspires you?

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It's a great example for your challenge, Tracy! :)
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Tracy: I love it.
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I love nature! Great layout!
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Patti wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:23 am
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Love this! Great papers!
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Tamara wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:28 pm Image
Love this! Great embellishments!
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Here's mine! :)

Photo of some of the grandkids in this big Banyan Tree at Siesta Key, FL at the Rum Distillery. (June 2022) :)
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Deanna13 wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 5:14 pm Here's mine! :)

Photo of some of the grandkids in this big Banyan Tree at Siesta Key, FL at the Rum Distillery. (June 2022) :)
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Wonderful page! Love Banyan trees!
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