Sunday, December 22, 2013

The Event



Late in the pitch dark night, much too early one morning when the sun was high in the afternoon sky, ever so slowly it happened quite suddenly. 

There was no sound when, loudly, it came crashing down upon them. No one expected it, but it was just as they had predicted. 

What had happened was entirely beyond description and yet everyone had a mental picture of it on the tip of their tongue. 
The smell of it rang in their ears. 
The entire crowd was speechless, the nattering endless. For hours on end the blathering lasted but a moment. 

And then, in the calm of turmoil, it was the village idiot who quietly projected (in a manner that everyone in sight could hear), "while this event, which lasted but a split second, could go on forever, there is no time like the present for a nicely chilled cocktail."

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Our Lady of Guadalupe – Mission, Texas

 Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church was established in 1899 as Our Lady of the Mission. It was renamed in 1927 when the church was rebuilt after a disastrous fire.
 Windows in the choir loft.
 Major renovations, completed in November, 2013 included new wings on either side of the sanctuary.
Light from clerestory windows reflect a beautiful soft light from the arched ceiling to an expansive sanctuary attended by worshipers every day of the week.

Friday, December 13, 2013

Light Painting

 Painting with a penlight thanks to our friend Ruth Blackmon who suggested we try this as a group.
 These are my best attempts with water drops on a CD