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(rest)room with a view
…and since the men’s latrine wasn’t locked, I was able to see this restroom-based view of the church. It’s become one of my favorite images from my day of touring painted churches.
(Tomorrow, we’ll move on to another topic.)
Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church
Dubina, Texas
photographed 1.12.2018
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The church grounds were large, and over on the side there were a couple of latrines. I’m not going into detail, but I can tell you that the women’s one was locked. This one, though…
Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church
Dubina, Texas
photographed 1.12.2018
Cyril and Methodius – brother saints
My last stop on the one-day tour of painted churches took me to Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Dubina. I’d never heard of these saints at all until the end of November, when a rambling drive led us to this cemetery near Buckholts, Texas. (Dubina and Buckholts are a hundred miles apart – by Texas standards that makes them “close together.”)
But, anyway, here’s a view of the back of the church looking across to the adjacent cemetery.
Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church
Dubina, Texas
photographed 1.12.2018
PS – In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be visiting another Cyril-and-Methodius church! Suddenly those guys are just everywhere.
The language of the story
I am nearly done with the color images, but this one needed color to tell its story. That red light on the floor reminded me of DNA.
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
High Hill, Texas
photographed 1.12.2018
Light as bright as crystal
I am not a photographer who is comfortable making color images, which I suspect you’ve already figured out. But this place? It had to be in color to capture the delicate decorative painting on the ceilings. Even I could tell that.
The first church in High Hill was built in 1869, nine years after the town was founded by Austrian and German immigrants. A second, larger church was finished in 1875. This is the third church, and was started in 1906; the final decorative artwork was not completed until 1912. This building has 18 stained glass windows from the second church, and three bells from that church were placed in the belfry of the current one, and remain operational. (And I hate to spoil the fun here, but there’s a sign in the foyer asking people to not ring the bells.)
Two more things: those columns look like marble, but they are painted wood. And all of these painted churches had lovely crystal chandeliers, but I don’t know why. If any of my reader(s) know, please tell me!
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
High Hill, Texas
photographed 1.12.2018
One Day | One Image 