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Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer - Ry Cooder
One Less Bell To Answer - The Fifth Dimension

Put on your shoes - An Island Walk

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Click to Play:
Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer - Ry Cooder
One Less Bell To Answer - The Fifth Dimension

Put on your shoes - An Island Walk

comments (16)

  • Jewlya
  • United States
  • 10 Jan 2008, 00:21
The red door and the red in the weeds go really beautifully together.
Mary MacADNski: I loved tat weedy unkempt look here. It was what made me stop more than the church.
  • Ginnie
  • United States
  • 10 Jan 2008, 02:03
So you have these old, abandoned churches there, too, I see, Mary. I never quite know how to feel about them (remember that I was a preacher's kid!)...new wine in old wineskins and all that. But they do make for a great photo op!
Mary MacADNski: Lots of abandoned church and more coming. The Catholic diocese is going to be combining parishes and selling off some churches due to lack of priests.
  • Aussie
  • Brisbane
  • 10 Jan 2008, 03:29
Lovely composition and colours Mary. Love the red door.
Mary MacADNski: Very different colours for a church.
  • Tracy
  • Stoke on Trent UK
  • 10 Jan 2008, 07:56
This could be lovely if some one gave it a lick of paint.smile
Great compositon Mary..smile
Mary MacADNski: It looks pretty well abandoned.
  • Astrid
  • Netherlands
  • 10 Jan 2008, 09:49
Nicely cropped here Mary, love the door and the colors of the weeds!! very well captured
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Astrid. I got quite a few shots here. It was a good spot.
  • Louis
  • South Africa
  • 10 Jan 2008, 10:30
The telephone line again. I think you should link an instrument inside and phone me. We will be able to chat the whole day at nobody's cost smile

Great composition.
Mary MacADNski: My guess is they may run a furnace so need electricity. Thanks, Louis.
  • Ann
  • Sucé sur Erdre - France
  • 10 Jan 2008, 11:33
Nice frame, colours and composition. I like it !!!
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Ann. It's a compelling site.
Very nice composition Mary. I like the pattern
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Richard.
  • ray
  • Thailand
  • 10 Jan 2008, 12:57
Nice!

Big red doors for the sinners to enter through.

Nice little window on high for the gawd to come and go...looks like she drank a bit too much of the red wine, though, and put her foot through the glass on her way out last time.
Mary MacADNski: Maybe there weren't enough sinners in this community.
  • mickyboy
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 10 Jan 2008, 15:08
Like this. I only ever see churches like these on the films. love the comment about the red door for the sinners, from ray
Mary MacADNski: Ray is definitely our funny guy and sometimes cracks me up.

You might like this shot for the 'only in movies' theme.
http://www.justpictureit.shutterchance.com/photoblog/Falling_In_/
I thought we'd seen this before. It's a lovely church I hope somebody restores it. How's the shoulder coming on?
Mary MacADNski: We saw a different view. I won't know how the shoulder is doing until I see a Dr. It still hurts.
  • Pops
  • United Kingdom
  • 10 Jan 2008, 18:13
Old and quaint with no sign of graffiti smile...........
but I do wish folk would be a bit more discreet when wiring up these old buildings.
Mary MacADNski: We don't really have much of a graffiti problem thankfully.
  • anniedog
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 10 Jan 2008, 18:16
What a lovely looking church - we don't have wooden churches here. I like the fact that it is all overgrown and seen better days. It has an air of nostalgia about it. And of course, a lovely red door!
Ingrid
Mary MacADNski: Someone will probably buy it and fix it up for a home or shop. There are lots about and more coming. I'd love to have one myself.
  • Ellie
  • England
  • 10 Jan 2008, 23:43
Nice idea, but if I'm honest I think I'd prefer the whole window at the top *blush*
Mary MacADNski: I took lots of shots so probably have one of that window too.
  • Dave Wilkins
  • Recovering from surgery in Ireland
  • 17 Jan 2008, 11:35
Again, the tones in your gallery are beautifully soft like nature is subduing their extremes. Speaking of, the Church looks like it could do with a lick of paint smile
Mary MacADNski: This is an abandoned church. A page or so back in the archives shows another shot that shows the weedy grounds.
  • Kat
  • United States
  • 28 Mar 2008, 01:34
Thank you for sending me to this picture. The tall grass frames perfectly the sense of abandonment, but the red door says it yet has life.
Mary MacADNski: Now this is the lazy way, but if you like abandoned buildings, here is another. In the post of this text are the links to other photos of the same building. I plan to go back soon on a blue sky day to see if it has survived the winter.

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