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Bennie Sandoval, 1944

Parishioners are reminded that the community lost Bennie Sandoval on Guadalcanal in 1944. He was one of 60 county residents to die while serving the country during World War II.

Nuestro Señora del Sagrado Rosario
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018

Hierarchy, chairs

Was there a reason the chairs increased in complexity from left to right? Or was it a coincidence?

Nuestro Señora del Sagrado Rosario
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018

Altar Screen

This was a rare treat – finding the tiny, ancient church in Truchas unlocked. The caretaker let us look around, and she gave us a bit of history of the place. This altar screen, for example, dates from the 1820s.

But the very best thing we learned is that she is the fifth generation of her family to serve as caretakers of the building.

Nuestro Señora del Sagrado Rosario
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018

Week of Randomness: Tracery

This image is the perfect one to end the Week of Randomness. Here’s why:

  1. On trip to England last year, we decided to drive from our rental cottage over to Oxford.
  2. The traffic was terrible, and we got tired of not getting anywhere.
  3. So we took the first turn we came to.
  4. And ended up in Cirencester.
  5. Where we spotted a steeple and then (somehow!) a car park that was adjacent.
  6. And right there, inside the church, is where we ran into some friends from Texas.
  7. Who had stepped into the church on a whim.
  8. Random!

(Never made it to Oxford. We’ll do that on the next trip. Maybe.)

Cirencester, England
photographed 6.4.2017

Week of Randomness: After Hours

A misty night and closed-for-the-night shops combined in a way that caught my attention.

And you know for sure that I liked it better this way than if it had been full of people cluttering up the place!

Los Angeles, California
photographed 2.18.2017