Thursday, August 9, 2012

Green Bay's St. Francis Xavier Cathedral - Who Knew!

I chose to spend the entirety of my summer visiting my parents in Wisconsin.  One of my goals was to see and do things I had either a) not done in a really REALLY long time or b) do things I hadn't done before.  Visiting Green Bay's very own St. Francis Xavier Cathedral was one of those things I had never done.  I figured that I had spent  a lot of money and time visiting Europe, and one of the things a person does while there is visit cathedrals and basilicas, but I had never done the same thing in my hometown.  Why was that?  Well, I wanted to change that, so I spent a few hours enjoying the murals, early 1900's Austrian stained glass windows, and architecture in this stunning house of worship.    













This one is particularly beautiful because the angle Gabriel has wings made out of peacock feathers.  
This depiction of the coronation of Mary is rare, it was explained by my guide, because it is rare for stained glass to have a depiction of all three members of the Holy Trinity.




Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Solar Eclipse - A Sight As Rare As Me Updating My Blog

Picture it:  It's May 20th.  The sun is bright.  The day is unseasonably warm.  You would normally spend the afternoon lounging in a camp chair reading a good book in your quiet one-horse town.  But not today.  Today is different.  Special.  Today, your sleepy town is, for all anyone else knows, the center of the universe.  Why?  Because today is a solar eclipse, and you just happen to be in the "sweet spot" - the best place in the whole world to see the perfect ring of that solar eclipse.  Kanarraville, UT, usually home to about 500 people, is suddenly host to an estimated additional 14,000 people from all over the country, as well as a Japanese news crew.  My friend Libby invited me to a cookout at her brother's house there, and I enjoyed not only watching the eclipse, but the people as well.










almost there...
There was an audible cheer throughout Kanarraville as the "ring of fire"  appeared when the moon reached perfect alignment with the sun.

spooky eclipse shadows
the exodus
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