I was forced to take this photo from the "pagan side" of the fence as I find that I can not, under any circumstances, touch holy ground for fear of spontaneous combustion.
This is the church of St. John the Evangelist at Omata, just west of New Plymouth, and it was nowhere near as photogenic as I had hoped while driving past earlier this week - probably not helped by a very dull grey sky and high wind, but at least I didn't have to suffer the indignity of bursting into flames.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
@darylo thanks very much, I couldn't even bring myself to touch the gate! @golftragic thanks very much, I was hoping for the dramatic clouds we had this morning but alas!
The latch on the gate lying across the post makes the sign of the cross!!! Now I wonder why? Have there been examples of spontaneous combustion in the past, or did it know you were coming! Joking aside the framing is fabulous. Darn sky, dramatic clouds would have been wonderful but that even greyness adds a stillness and moodiness. Fav
Fabulous! Have I even mentioned that my Mom, who does go inside the gate on a regular basis... and is following my 365... said to me one day ... "did you notice that the person who takes the images of the tied up teddy bears and things on fire often comments on your photos"? :p
Life...is FAR stranger than fiction.
Pact?! ... YOU stay outside the gate... and I'LL do my best NOT to stay inside the lines :)
@lisatown You have my complete and utter agreement on that - I had no intention of going inside the gate! As far as I'm aware you can't get SPF15000 sun cream, which is what it would take for me to be protected enough...and say hi to your Mum from me!
@lilminimonka thanks very much, I felt no need to work on my tan... @tracelee thanks very much @gigiflower thanks - I'd spent the day moving furniture and boxes into the in-laws new house, so I was suitably exhausted rather than heavily sedated. There were times during the day when it seemed like a viable option though. @andy3168 thanks very much @lynnilou thanks - it was the only POV I could go for, any closer and I'd be toast... @wearing0 thanks very much
@claireuk Thanks very much...it's a definite risk @semjaja Thanks very much, I just smolder gently @rachelwithey Thanks very much @taffy Thanks very much
@golftragic thanks very much, I was hoping for the dramatic clouds we had this morning but alas!
Life...is FAR stranger than fiction.
Pact?! ... YOU stay outside the gate... and I'LL do my best NOT to stay inside the lines :)
@tracelee thanks very much
@gigiflower thanks - I'd spent the day moving furniture and boxes into the in-laws new house, so I was suitably exhausted rather than heavily sedated. There were times during the day when it seemed like a viable option though.
@andy3168 thanks very much
@lynnilou thanks - it was the only POV I could go for, any closer and I'd be toast...
@wearing0 thanks very much
cool shot
@semjaja Thanks very much, I just smolder gently
@rachelwithey Thanks very much
@taffy Thanks very much