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From on High
The biggest building in town is the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church; a notice posted next to the front door said Mass is celebrated there on the third Sunday of each month, at 2:00 p.m. That door was locked, but the side door wasn’t. I let myself in and spent a happy hour inside exploring and photographing.
This view, from the loft, was my favorite and I was especially captivated by the shadows behind the altar.
Shafter, Texas
photographed 11.4.2017
Window Saints
A small icon, painted in the traditional Russian style and purchased in a desert town in Texas, was the reason I found myself in the ghost town of Shafter, Texas, on a Saturday morning.
I’m not usually a purchaser of religious-themed art, but that little painting called to me. I circled it three or four or five times before I gave in and bought it. The man at the store told me it was painted by Brother Paschal, a monk who lives as a hermit in Shafter. “There’s only about nine people in Shafter,” he said, “so if you go down there, it ought to be easy to find him.”
Shafter, Texas
photographed 11.4.2017
Her simple gesture
A little sign out on the main road pointed us toward St. David’s Church.
The virgin seems a little defiant at the attention the spotlight is giving Her, don’t you think?
The most interesting thing about this is that it’s 19 feet below sea level.
near Kaplan, Louisiana
photographed 10.21.2017
Tracery
The main entrance to Winchester Cathedral, mid-morning.
Later in the trip, when we stood in a long line to get inside Notre Dame, I appreciated this even more….
Winchester, England
photographed 6.1.2017
The Shady Side
There wasn’t a lot of shade, but there was a little bit beside an abandoned church. The small and infrequent trees didn’t offer much, so it was nice that the building stepped up to help.
Grenville, New Mexico
photographed 8.26.2017
