Thursday, November 26, 2009

For the beauty of the earth...


...for the glory of the skies...


...for the love which from our birth over and around us lies;


...For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale, and tree and flower,

...For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight,


Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise!

Happy thanksgiving, today and every day.


(Words from the hymn For the Beauty of the Earth by Folliot S. Pierpoint
Images from my camera at various times and places, except for the old photo, which is of my mother's family.)

3 comments:

Valerie said...

What a beautiful post! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Jennifer said...

Beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving!

Paula said...

Wow- that was awesome! Beautiful post!

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