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the cathedral and the court (and a red car)
This was the view from our window in Edinburgh – it’s St. Giles’ Cathedral, the Scottish supreme court building, a statue*, some people, and a shiny red car.
When I made the photo, I thought it was about the stained glass windows in the cathedral, but now I’ve changed my mind and the red car seems a lot more important than it did initially. (To be honest: initially, I wished it wasn’t even there at all. But now I see that it pulls together all the other red parts of the image in a way I enjoy.)
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.12.2023
*The statue is of a gentleman with the succinct name and title of Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry, KG, PC, FRS, FRSE, styled Lord Eskdail between 1808 and 1812 and Earl of Dalkeith between 1812 and 1819.
halo
…and here’s a scene from a dramatically-lit chapel inside the cathedral in Siracusa.
Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività de Maria Santissima
Siracusa, Sicily
photographed 9.8.2022
those old windows
I’m a sucker for those tiny little diamond-shaped windows.
In case you were wondering, this church dates to the late 13th century and has both a resident organist AND a “band of bell ringers.” And that’s not all! The last village band in Worcestershire, the Bretforton Silver Band, has strong ties to the church and provides music for special services.
Church of St. Leonard
Bretforton, England
photographed 6.2.2017
red church
The church was unlocked so I…well, you know what I did.
Those red curtains made the place glow.
Bend, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023
non-united
I’m not even going to attempt to explain the Methodist church and the fissures that are now creating the Global Methodist Church from certain previously-affiliated United Methodist congregations. You can Google that on your time.
The not-very-neatly-applied duct tape on this sign sort of told me what I needed to know here.
Hope, New Mexico
photographed 7.4.2023
One Day | One Image 