Monday, October 4, 2010

Brick and Stone and Sky

A memorial dedicated to the veterans of WWI and WWII stands nestled in the courtyard of a church community center.

I really love red brick.

RUBY TUESDAY



A close-up of the weather vane with it's bits of blue against a blue sky.

MID WEEK BLUES

23 comments:

Kim, USA said...

I love red bricks too. Great shots!
Ruby Red Tuesday

LifeRamblings said...

what a wonderful memorial and nice splashes of rubies. love the weather vane against the blue sky too.

Ralph said...

The statue seems to be a look at a friend, beckoning with his hand for us to come over for a chat. A sad reason, bit I don't feel sad looking at the cast soldiers...

I love that clock! I don't see hour clocks tha look quite like that. And it is beautiful!

Unknown said...

This is a gorgeous shot. Love that building and that amazing blue sky.

Darn, I've been forgetting about Midweek Blues. I have to try to remember this week to link up, cuz I had a post all ready to go and then forgot to link it. My mind is going...

Leora said...

I'm really enjoying the soldiers - the one offering his hand looks almost like a Puritan. They seem so noble, so sure of themselves.

The rounded architecture with clock and weather vane is splendid and crisp under that blue sky.

Maria @ LSS said...

Lovely shots! I like the red bricks as well.

Liza said...

Beautiful photos. Happy RT!

bichonpawz said...

I love the Red Bricks also! Great pictures!

Robin said...

The soldiers look so peaceful, if you can say that about a war memorial.

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Auntie E said...

Lovely lens work. Great old buildings.
My Ruby Tuesday link for you

Daryl said...

Red brick, blue skies .. perfection

dianasfaria.com said...

I love brick too & this brick has a quality about it that you don't see in all brick which makes it even more pleasing to the eye.

Anonymous said...

Lovely memorial. I like the colors and textures in your photos.

Paz

Anonymous said...

Great colors, interesting shapes and angles!

Raven said...

Lovely shots all... I especially like the middle close-up. The farm shot series below is delightful too.

EG CameraGirl said...

This is one of the nicest war memorials I have ever seen!

I like red bricks too. :)

Ellen Whyte said...

Nice statue but I was thinking: how come it's always men? It's not like these wars affected only half of the human race.

Carletta said...

This really looks like a great hue of red brick as well. Great architectural details as well.
My Grandpa was s WWII veteran so this is a special treat for me.
Lovely post Dianne!

Elizabeth Lyng said...

I love the angle of this photo and how you can see just a few of those roman numerals. Very cool.

Jim said...

That's a nice statue you found, Dianne. Here we have many, many more statues of Sam Houston (our [Texas'] first president) than we do of WW stuff.
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Everything is bigger in Texas.
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SouthernSass said...

I love the contrast in the photos -really nice!

Thanks for your kind comment!

Suburban Girl said...

What a bonus...a weather vane and a clock together!

4 Lettre Words said...

These are really lovely!