The Rook

While wondering through the first battlefield of the civil war I stumbled upon this monument. Of course I had to have a climb.

No one was willing to jump of for a shot, so I just snapped the cannon sitting quietly under the trees.  

Buildings, Blocks and Books

I couldn’t resist once I started with the first “B”.

I found some more stones in my travels. This time they had books inside on them. Not that I’d ever touch a book unless it had a lot of pictures, but it was acceptable to snap a few shots of them.

I am impressed when I see this level of masonry. A dying art. Folks back then built things to last, more than I can say for the architecture these days.

 

Once again the doors were open and there were no cops around so I figured why not. 

This was the first thing that caught my eye. Given the layout was a partial dome they popped some colorful glass on the top.

Not a bad layout when you think of it. There where tables and chairs in between each rack.

You could snake your way to the top by slithering up the steps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It wasn’t pretty outside so I had to hang with the books until the ugliness passed.

 

 

I decided to slap on a ND8 just to play with the exposure a bit. It was still ugly outside as the storm passed, but it came out a neat purple.

 

 

About the only thing missing was a hot cup of tea and a fireplace.

L!

Opportunity of Gothic Proportions

Ok, so I dropped off the face of the earth for a while, but hey – I’m back.

Now everyone knows I’m an angel, but I never take my camera to church… until now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once the cops left I was able to get inside…

 

Had to nab a few window shots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reminds me of Italy. Similar architecture.

 

The symmetry on the shot below had done it for me. I love the arches and the color between them. Turned out better than I saw on the viewer when taking it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image below to blow it up. Don’t know about you but I wouldn’t want that hanging over my head. One little tug on that chain and the whole thing is down on your head.

 

I didn’t do the organ justice but I’m told this architecture is found in quite a few churches of this design. The altar is behind the organ, and some of the pipes are on the ceiling. You can she them better in one of the pictures at the top of the blog.

 

In any case I’m back on planet earth so you’ll start to see some noise again.

Caio!