In lighter news, after I left my psych this afternoon, I saw an interesting church nearby and decided, despite it being an oven out there, to pause for some photo taking.
Yeah, Ms. "OMG these hot flashes are destroying me!" goes and spends 10 mins shooting during which time, not only did her iPhone start to overheat, but...why yes, a hot flash surged through her bones.
I'm one smart cookie, yes sir I is. But, I took some cool shots! 😂
@see_the_sus ❤️ I'd have done the same!! Very cool!!
The old Catholic churches out here in the Southwest have always caught my eye. Their architecture and building materials are much more interesting to me than most churches built after the 19th century. I also love old Catholic cemeteries and try to visit a new one, to me, every year.
@see_the_sus I grew up in Santa Barbara where the Queen of California Missions was my daily place to explore! I also love old cemeteries!
I've wanted to go there for a long time and photograph the missions. It'd be a first for me to take pic's of ones that are still in one piece. 😆
I understand what you mean.
I get twinges of uncomfortableness with my admiration of old Catholic churches. My mom was abused as a child by a priest and went on to sue the Archdiocese of NM in 1990. My experience with the church, here in NM, was so crappy that I decided by the age of 9 that the nuns and priest didn't know what the fuck they were talking about and I was going to go my own path. My oldest brother chose atheism & he was only 12.
@see_the_sus My mom was a recovering catholic and imposed no religion on us. She had gone to a catholic girls boarding school named Marymount and yeah, there was some wicked stuff. She told me some of the funnier stories like getting in big trouble after getting picked to be the one who hid in the bathroom to see if Mother Superior peed !
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Thankfully my brothers and I attended Catholic school for only one year but it was enough to do some serious damage to our psyche.
@see_the_sus San Luis Obispo has a beautiful one too, it's a cool sprawled out complex with a truly gorgeous "cathedral" and that would be a great adventure, I think I've seen all of them but just as result of roaming the state throughout my life! Santa Barbara will always be the Queen though! Also I hate everything about the Mission/Padre culture and horror they inflicted but I do love the architecture! Santa Barbara has a lot of it throughout the city, even the courthouse is stunning!