Thursday, October 21, 2010

Autumn in Oxford

Last weekend, my sister Bonnie and I visited the little town of Oxford, Maryland, situated on the Tred Avon River.   Here are a few photos to help us remember that beautiful day ....

Before arriving in Oxford, we passed through the not-as-tiny-as-I-thought town of Trappe.  We parked the car and walked a couple of blocks.  The owner of this beautiful yellow house was working in her yard, and we stood and chatted with her for a few moments

This little dog belonged to the lady in the yellow house .... quite the yapper!

We stopped at this produce stand, and the owner gave us permission to walk through his flowers and take as many photos as we wanted. 

Standing in the midst of a flowering vine just like ones Bonnie has admired in Lancaster.  The gentleman told us the name of the vine but my poor brain doesn't remember it.

Zinnias, still in bloom .... they always remind me of my Aunt B. and my growing-up days on the farm.

This mockingbird was keeping an eye on us as we walked through the flowers


Beautiful porches in Oxford ....

The marina ....

A door on a tiny building down by the ferry ....

A white birch tree at the River's edge, with the ferry in the background ...

Beautiful architectural detail ... love the lace curtains and the old lamp in the window....


Golden leaves .....

Autumn colors on the street where we parked ....

Beautiful trim ....

Who can resist taking pictures of berries .... not me!

And what better way to end a photo journey than with another picture of someone's beloved dog.  This dog's name is Ellie and her mother works in an oncologist's office and was wearing a "Fight Like A Girl" t-shirt.   I would have included her in the photo, but I got the impression she preferred that I just capture her Ellie.

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."   ~George Eliot

(Click on each photo to view in larger sizes ......)

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Angel of Grief

This past Saturday, Gary and I took our annual bus trip to New York City.  The first thing we did when we left the bus was to hail a taxi to drive us to Brooklyn to re-visit the Green-Wood Cemetery.   After our first visit there last June, I discovered the beautiful blog http://millefiorifavoriti.blogspot.com/ , so lovingly put together by Pat, "a lifelong New Yorker" and a volunteer at Green-Wood for the past several years.   Pat includes such amazing photography in her postings ... and in one of her entries about the Green-Wood Cemetery, she posted pictures of two "Angel of Grief" statues.   As soon as I saw her photos, I KNEW I had to return to the Cemetery and find at least one of the stones.    And that is what I did on Saturday.  I found the O'Donohue sculpture, located near the Eastern Entrance.   There are no words to describe how moving it was to see this right before my eyes.   Here are a few of my photos ....













































The photos are so much more impressive if you click on each one to enlarge (and then click once more to enlarge even more) .... you will see so much more detail.  

If you are ever in the Brooklyn area, you MUST devote a few hours to walking through this Cemetery and viewing the other amazing statues and sculptures.    You will be overwhelmed by the intensity of the love and the sorrow.   I plan to return in the Spring and spend an entire day.

Here is a link to view four of Pat's postings showing various angel statues at Green-Wood, including the O'Donohue one

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