The picturesque and tranquil life of the folk of Godshill.

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 Dib dib..JPG                                     A christening ceremony..JPG       

 The local team..JPG                          A streaker.JPG 

 Apse Air 1..JPG                                 Apse Air 2..JPG 

 Godshill rail station..JPG                    Godshill shops..JPG 

Having just returned from a trip to the Caribbean, I took some pictures while on the island of Roatan that I thought I'd share:

 Beach: Roatan, Honduras - a rather tourist-y area of Roatan, many crowded unpaved streets and tourist shops - and an occasional view of the gorgeous beach and waters...

 Cows: Roatan, Honduras - I thought it was interesting that cows languished on the beach here...  

 Shipwreck: Roatan, Honduras - if you look close in the grass, there's a tombstone... but the shipwreck out in the water steals away your eye...

 Church: Roatan, Honduras - a hillside Church

I attempted to take some pictures using my cameras "NEF" or "RAW" capabilities, but my version of Photoshop does not know how to handle the document - the error message says it is "not the right type of document."  Does anybody know what I need to do?

This area has lots of wonderful old stone stuctures.  Here are a few of them:

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 stonechurch I love this church, I love the stone work.

Thanks for looking!  Have a Wonderful Night!  :o)

The Bethel Primitive Baptist Church has according to the historical marker been serving the McMann community since 1952. I remember a time 10-15 years ago once a month going here to listen to their choir sing acapella, it was our good fortune this also meant getting to partake in the potluck supper. The music was wonderful and the food well, as any southerner knows, your pretty close to heaven at a church potluck supper!!

I shot this one early this morning with my cell phone.  Hope you enjoy.

 Foggy Morning Church Steeple Sunrise 

 The way plain 

 St Johns Baptist plain St. Johns is not a town but rather a community,they are trying to raise money to rebuild the church. This church is in ruin and the steeple is about to fall off the roof

 Luling church plain 

 Lockhart Church plain 

Well, after all the rain and flooding we had last week it's good to have a break.
Break in the rain

I had Jaryd yesterday and we went to meet Barb for lunch.  We grabbed a pizza and was on the way to the park to eat when I spied this old abandoned church.  It was boarded up and all the stained glass was removed.  There must be a story behind it but I don't know it.

Spirits Leaving

Unstained Glass

Last week I thought it would be funny to send a picture of me to all my kids to try and play on their sympathy before Father's day to try and maybe increase the gifts. Unfortunately, Barb came home early and caught me and now all of a sudden it's "not funny" anymore.  So, I didn't do it but which one do you think would have worked best?
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I took a little spin this morning and got these.  The first is a little country church that seats about 30 people, max.  I liked it's shake roof and steeple.  Then a few minutes later, I got the second shot...the rail fence photo with the dogwood trees in the background.

Hope you like them.

Country Church Steeple   

 Dogwood Rail Fence

Primitive Baptist Church, Cades Cove, Tennessee

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Country Church B&W

Country Church Vert BW

Oh, what the heck. . . here are some others:

Star
The Tower of the Americas
A barn in winter

No idea what domination they are, but I do know what street they're located on.  Church on Park Street
and
Church on Tennessee Street

The shadows on both just begged me to capture them.  Hope you guys enjoy!

Tomorrow will be some interior shots from this church.  Hope you guys enjoy.