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Abandoned Church

This beautiful church sits in front of a cemetery on a partially sunny/cloudy day.

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Angel Statue

This sweet Angel statue is seen in one of the the small town cemeteries scattered throughout the countryside in rural Texas.

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Church and Blue Sky

This apparently abandoned church is sitting in a field at the edge of a well-used cemetery in

Tuxedo, TX.  

The structure seems to be in not-bad shape.  There are pew benches in the sanctuary area inside facing toward the back with a view into the cemetery and a podium facing the pews.  

Once upon a time it must have been a sweet local house of worship.  

Too bad it hasn't been reclaimed.

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Confederate Flag 

My friend and I stopped in the country cemetery and we saw this 

Confederate Flag flying at one of the graves.  

In all the cemeteries I stopped at I've never seen one of these flags before. 

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Headstone

On the way home from our photo journey today we stopped at a cemetery and spent some time there looking for military headstones.

It was quite a large cemetery. We only searched one corner of it for stones that were of military members.  Sadly we also saw some headstones of babies, some who died at birth, some who were months old, some who were around two.   The heartbreak that the parents endured must have been awful.

When I saw this stone I cried...and I honestly couldn't speak for a few minutes when I saw the others.

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Retro Tombstone

I pulled into a cemetery looking for something interesting to photograph and I came across this retro tombstone propped against a gnarly tree trunk.

The letters are very hard to read but it looks like the last date is 1896.

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Shrub and Gravestone

I'm always surprised when I take photos, put them on my hard drive, don't think they're great and then really like them when I revisit them months later.  This is one of those images.

Others may see the image and go, meh, but that just proves how subjective art is.

My heart is grateful for:

God's beautiful creation

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Just One Word

Seen during my visit to the cemetery the other day.

My heart is grateful for:

being able to do a volunteer job today

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Fish Decor in a Cemetery

Seen in front of a headstone in a small town cemetery.  I'd guess that one of the deceased loved to fish.

I went to a Wellness Summit today where renowned Texas cardiologist Dr. McCullough spoke. He was giving away his book "The Courage to Face Covid-19" which has a forward written by

Robert Kennedy, Jr (who is the author of "The Real Anthony Fauci"~~very much a must read as far as I'm concerned)

Very interesting.

My heart is grateful for:

those who tell the truth about the covid plandemic

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Angel Blowing Kisses

On my way home this morning from photographing a bike race, I passed a cemetery and decided to stop to see if there were any photo ops.  There weren't too many, but I couldn't resist getting a pic of this cute angel at the foot of one of the headstones.  

Today my grateful heart gives praise for:

the health and strength in my body as I get older

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Cemetery Statue

I came across a cemetery today and drove through it to see if there were any photo ops.  This memorial statue was the most interesting sight.  I didn't check the name/dates.  I just like the statue.

Thankful today for:

a great message at church and beautiful weather

Honolulu

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I finally got the chance to get into Honolulu to photograph some architecture.  This first photo is of the building that is used for police headquarters on Hawaii Five-O.  It isn't really police headquarters, but it is a court building and it's beautiful both outside and inside.

In the same general area as the above building is a Mission Museum with a small cemetery.  

All three of these images were put through photomatix.

It was a beautiful day and the "icing on the cake" was that there was a hot dog vendor selling Sabrett's hot dogs at lunch time.  Yum!