Christ and the candleholder
Saint Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church was unlocked that afternoon I stopped by. Maybe it’s always open…I don’t have enough information to draw a conclusion.
But anyway, I went inside to have a look around. One of the best sights was this thin crucifix, hanging high on the wall and offset by a waxy candleholder. Add in white wooden walls and some vague shadows, and it was obvious that I needed a photograph.
Twin Sisters, Texas
photographed 4.18.2021
Man’s best friends
This trio of crosses in the corner of a pasture surprised me: I wasn’t expecting to see that someone’s (presumably) beloved pets were buried there.
Kendall County, Texas
photographed 4.18.2021
Any Horse
Yes, if you are ever worried about any horse – ANY! – please phone the number here on this sign. Never mind that you can’t read all of it or that there’s no area code. Just please do call.
Peyton Colony, Texas
photographed 4.18.2021
Freedmen’s Church
This was a nice find during my Big Day o’ Wandering.
This church was established in 1874 to serve the residents of Peyton Colony, a freedmen’s community named after Peyton Roberts, a former slave and one of the first freedmen to settle in the area. Please check out this video to learn more about Freedmen’s Communities in Texas; it is interesting and surely was not taught in Texas history when I was growing up.
Peyton Colony, Texas
photographed 4.18.2021
Death and the unlatched gate
I was mostly just turning down any available road, without any real purpose or direction. And also without any real concept of where, exactly, I was. But there was a cemetery, so of course I stopped.
I had a weird feeling, like I’d been there before.
And you know why? Because in 2009, on a similar day of wandering (with my dear friend Carlos), we’d found this exact spot. And I posted this photo on my blog, which was all of 220 days old at the time.*
McKinney Cemetery
Hays County, Texas
photographed 4.18.2021
*I’d link to that first blog, but there’s no reason for any of us to have to endure that particular horror. You’re welcome.
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