PHOTO FRIDAY:  Stained Glass Windows - chosen by Author

 (or doors or panels – from cathedrals, churches or any other type of building)

Entries are  below – I’ll add the links as the entries come in:

 Tina

CuriousC

Melanie

Mrs Nascar

Eiain

Lou (this was her entry last week for stained glass windows (beautiful) because she got confused about the dates AND this week’s entry “Old Cars” !

Julie

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I love stained glass and always pop into churches and cathedrals on my travels to check out their windows – so this post was lovely to do. Alas lack of time this week meant being inventive – so I may revisit this subject matter later when I have time to sort out some of my lovely stained glass window photos. By the way – I have always wanted to know how to create stained glass – so I am intending to join an evening class to learn the craft. I’ll keep you posted on my progress!

The first photo is part of a collection I took of the beautiful Parish Church of St Giles & St Nicholas in Sidmouth – just a few minutes stroll from our home. If you’d like to see more photos of the outside or inside you can take a virtual photographic tour on my Sidmouth blog.

 

The remaining photographs I took last Saturday, when quite by chance I came across a wonderful collection of stained glass panels in the back room of an antique shop (any of you that know me well will know I spend simply hours rootling around antique shops or book shops!). The collection was in a small dusty room, yet the wonderful designs and colours shone out. I wished I’d had a reason to purchase one – but I could not think of a single place in our home where a stained glass panel would be justified. We have a grade 2 listed home so we do not have an option of replacing the original Georgian doors (or even panels in the windows) with stained glass. I may have to put my thinking cap on and be creative – these panels are so lovely! I may consider getting P to fit a panel into a wardrobe door in our bedroom.

Photo Friday Advance Diary:

Thank you for all the lovely suggestions for Photo Friday advance diary – I’ll gradually include them. Some were very interesting and challenging!

12th September: Author’s choice – Step Inside (Pics of inside your own home: they can be of favourite corners, or things, or windows, or unusual features or just unusual angles of somehing in your own home)

19th September: CuriousCs choice - Food (a still life, or food growing on the allotment or in the garden, or  at the market, or in a shop, or your fave food on a plate, or any pic of food)

26th September: CuriousCs choice -  Colours (of Autumn)

3rd October: Eiain’s choice – Music (musicians, concerts, still life of musical instruments or musical  scores, musical boxes etc - I could go on and on …..) You may also like to add a YouTube clip of your favourite music!

10th October: Mrs Nascar’s choice – Night ( moon, stars or any interpretation of night)

17th October: CuriousCs choice - Bridges / Arches

24th October: Eiain’s choice - Paws for thought

31st October: Author’s choice - Halloween!

7th November: Tina’s choice - Action Shots

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