Showing posts with label Stained glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stained glass. Show all posts

Saturday, 14 January 2012

The joy of circles

Most of these photos seem to come from in and around churches or cathedrals and that probably reflects the joy I find in visiting these very often ancient buildings.


The bishop's gardens, le Jardin de la Berbie, in Albi with circular patterns described in boxwood hedges.  This is how it would have looked from 1678.  Everything is tended by hand, watering, pruning, weeding.


A circular window above an ancient door in an equally ancient church in the south of France.


A small gravestone behind a small church in England.


Circular panels in this stained glass window in a church in central France.  The colours are so rich and vibrant.



The final picture possibly brings me most joy because I made the effort to go out very early on an autumn morning to catch this reflection while the mists were rising from the river and before any breezes ruffled the water.

A two-in-one post for the Photo Hunts.


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