Day 346 – December 12, 2018
Purposeful – Weekly Photo / Glamorous – Weekly Prompts Word Prompt / #7 – Wordless Wednesday / Camera – FOWC / Coterie – RDP / Stimulating – WODC / 12 – December Photo a Day / Day 12 – December Squares
in response to Wordless Wednesday…
This is the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. It stands right next to the National Fallen Fire Fighters Monument in Northern Maryland. It is a beautiful and glamorous basilica/museum/retreat. I won’t go through all the amazing details about the history of this place, because there is an awful lot, but if you are so inclined just follow this link. As if the area isn’t already full of magnificent history, this is yet another opportunity to take a tour and meet a coterie of people who share your interests. The grounds are a great way to escape all the over-stimulating, fast-paced aspects of life and find inner peace and solace in order to reclaim control and, well, sanity. I actually ended up turning in when I caught a glimpse of a line of glass containers. I followed them in, and realized what it was. The problem was that I was too early, so I will be going back with my camera to capture, what I do believe will be, a magnificent and magical display. It’s really a rather unsettling realization to find, as you are sitting in the middle of this meditative inducing ground, how much you do get caught up in that web of every day life. The things we lose sight of, and the time we waste on mundane tasks and unnecessary drama, really are put back into perspective without realizing that you are doing it. I didn’t realize how much I really needed the few minutes of peaceful solitude to refocus and refresh. It was invigorating. You don’t even have to be religious to find your own place to quiet your brain for a few minutes. It just happens. I highly recommend it. Make this Thursday count. I hope the best, coolest shit you dream about, comes true.
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Greetings Friend!
I nominate you for the Sunshine blogger award! You light up my life!
https://alltheshoesiwear.wordpress.com/2018/12/14/sunshine-blogger-award-3/
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You are simply the sweetest person ever! 💕 Thank you so much for thinking of me!
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💕😊 You deserve this!
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Now I just have to put it together! 😬 Which I will, of course!
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Peaceful moments of time are heaven, and you are right all of us need to find them especially at this time of year
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PS Hope you are on the mend xx
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So far so good. Just super tired, but I will get to rest Saturday. PS How far ahead are you? I just now am posting for the 13th and you already have the 14th up? 🥴
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I’m on GMT and scheduled to post in early hours so our Australian friends can link same day.
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Gotcha. I was just curious because I feel like I am a day behind. Prob because I am? 😬
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Almost!!!
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Rest well Saturday xxx
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Counting on it!
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🤗
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You can say that again!
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I love the quiet and peacefulness of special places such as this, you almost absorb the calm. Thank you for sharing with us. 🙂
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It was almost immediate as well! Thank you for the beautiful words.
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Beautiful photo. From your description, it sounds like a wonderful place to visit.
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So peaceful. There is a highway just beyond, yet you cannot hear anything. Its like there is a dome over the entire area.
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Lovely place
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Thank you. Wish it wasn’t so cold today would have stayed much longer.
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Simply awesome! A wow pic!
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Really? 😳😊 Thank you! 💕 I wish it wasn’t a gross gray day but I kind of liked it against the grayness.
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