Little birdie

This little bird hit my front door on Thursday.  I picked this little one up and let the stun of hitting the window go away.   After a few minutes the little bird was able fly away.

Morning Sun

It must be warm being in the sun and between the window and the shade. As is said sometimes, these shots were “offense by accident”, I saw this guy out of the corner of my eye driving through Magnolia. Turned around and he waited for me…

A Moment in the Sun
A Moment in the Sun
A Profile in the Sun
A Profile in the Sun

 

Ice art by the artistic storm Nemo

After all those awesome photos from Len, I decided to try my hand at photographing the frost on the window of our storm door yesterday, using my iPhone and an accessory macro lens.

Fr. Matthew Green

A ship that never sails, nor sinks, nor sits in the port

Continuing my series from St. John’s Episcopal Church maritime windows.

-Fr. Matthew Green

Gloucester sea serpent?

No, Jonah getting swallowed by the big fish. Who knows, though; maybe the two denizens of the deep were related…

Another of the wonderful sea-themed windows in St. John’s Episcopal Church.

-Fr. Matthew Green

Given by the vessel Caracara

Rose window of St. John's Episcopal Church

Beyond a doubt, one of the most beautiful depictions of this kind and theme I’ve ever seen.  More info about the windows in this series of my posts is available on the church’s website.

Fr. Matthew Green

Stained glass schooner

Another beautiful window from St. John's Episcopal

Sailing the seas of glass

One of the beautiful old windows in St. John's Episcopal Church in Gloucester

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

This is another window from St. Ann’s Church.

We can all use some hope…

…which is represented by an anchor in Christian iconography.  Nice nautical imagery for a stained glass window in Gloucester. I expect we’ll be hearing a lot about hope as this election year goes forward.

"Spes" means "Hope" in Latin

Wherever you find your hope, share it with someone who needs it.  Hope grows when we share it, and the more people are inspired by it, the better chance it has of coming true.

Architectural detail in St. Ann stained glass window

Another detail from a stained glass window in St. Ann’s Church in Gloucester (part of Holy Family Parish).

We usually focus on the people and events in the window and can easily overlook the wonderful attention to detail in the backgrounds…

Eventually I hope to photograph the stained glass windows in other churches in Gloucester. Any suggestions of churches with really great windows besides St. Ann’s?

Stained Glass Landscape Detail at St. Ann’s Church

St. Ann’s windows are real works of art. There are lots of details that can easily go unnoticed.

Stained glass at night

Seen from outside, with a lighted interior, at the office Mark Nestor (Attorney) on Middle Street in Gloucester.

Just for comparison, below I am including the photo as I originally took it. All the changes between the two photos are from post-processing in the powerful free app called “Gimp”. It’s user interface is a bit different from what most people are used to, but it’s very useful, and you can’t beat the price tag (free!).

Original photo

Condensation

Seen on New Years’ Day in the morning, on a window in the old St. Ann’s High School building on Prospect St.  This is sort of follow-up to my other recent post with a photo of this building; this is a detail of the same window, but on a different day. I like the jeweled effect of the beads of condensation on the glass, absent in the other photo.