Will The Circle be Unbroken!

This post is written in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Circles & Curves

The challenge reminded me of that old Johnny Cash  song  “Will the Circle be Unbroken”

Entrance to the Collegeville Diner

Entrance to the Collegeville Diner

“Will The Circle Be Unbroken”

I was standing by the window
On one cold and cloudy day
When I saw the hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away

Will the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye
There’s a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord, in the sky

"You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. MA. 5:14-15

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. MA. 5:14-15

I said to the undertaker
Undertaker please drive slow
For this lady you are carrying
Lord I hate to see her go

Will the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye
There’s a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord, in the sky

The Great Eye, Keukenhof

The Great Eye, Keukenhof

Oh, I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave

Will the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye
There’s a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord, in the sky

The Water Dandelion, Keukenhof

The Water Dandelion, Keukenhof

I went back home, the home was lonesome
Since my mother, she was gone
All my brothers and sisters crying
What a home so sad and alone

Will the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye
There’s a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord, in the sky

Enkhuisen The Netherlands

Enkhuisen The Netherlands

We sang songs of childhood
Hymns of faith that made us strong
Ones that mother maybelle taught us
Hear the angels sing along

Will the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye
There’s a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord, in the sky

Beneath the clock

Beneath the clock

Check out what Cee’s other contributors have come up with at

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/07/08/cees-fun-foto-challenge-circles-and-curves/

 

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#100Happydays Day 5

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Martha Washington

Day 5 here on the happiness trail where smiles are found in abundance. Today I am happy that I got to walk the Gardner track this weekend. It may have been between the raindrops but it was the exercise that mattered! And honestly the clouds were so beautiful, who could not be glad walking under them?

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The Waters Of Life

Cee’s Fun Foto challenge this week is “WATER”.

Check it out at

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/05/27/cees-fun-foto-challenge-water/

Here is my take on the subject
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“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” 
― Margaret AtwoodThe Penelopiad

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“The next time you think you’re perfect, try walking on water.” 
― Ziad K. Abdelnour

I chuckled when I read that last quote. It wasn’t perfection that allowed Jesus to walk on the water; It was faith and obedience. Both of those things always make a way to get the impossible done.

 

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flowers

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Howdy Everyone! I am getting back on track with blogging after my second illness in two weeks. I finished with the flu and promptly caught a horrific cold. I am on the upside of that now and would love to be enjoying the flower gardens right along with Cee. Since however it is all of 40 degrees and the only thing growing in my garden right now is frustration I thought I had better share some pretty-pretty pics from last years trip to Holland.

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A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

Max Muller

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Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Hans Christian Andersen

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Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

John Harrigan



Check out more flower photos at:

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flowers

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns

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See how some of my fellow-blog-laborers answered this challenge at:

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/04/07/cees-fun-foto-challenge-patterns/

Here are my thoughts

“From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.”
Tony Hillerman, Coyote Waits

The Water Dandelion, Keukenhof

The Water Dandelion, Keukenhof

 

“What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can’t decipher.”
Chuck Palahniuk

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

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This post was created for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: TEXTURE

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I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it… I always want to see the third dimension of something… I want to come alive with the object.

Andrew Wyeth

To see other texture posts go to

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/03/25/cees-fun-foto-challenge-texture/

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: My Sepia World

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This post was created in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. You can see other sepia works at

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/03/03/cees-fun-foto-challenge-sepia-tones/