Praha Texas Catholic Church.....for InSPIREd Sunday

 

Recently renovated, St. Mary's Church,

 is part of the famous "Painted Churches of Texas"

 

It is located in the community of Praha,

 the Czech spelling of Prague.

 

 

Established in 1865, the parish had a small beginning,

 that eventually grew to 200 families.

The current stone edifice was started in 1892.

 

 

This is the view when you first enter.

 

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Immediately your eyes are drawn to the beautiful hand-painted ceilings,

 by Swiss born fresco artist, Gottfried Flurry.

 

 

 

 

The organ pipes are visible from the choir loft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It renews my faith,

each and every time I enter one of our Painted Churches.

During the day, you will always find

 an open door.....

Meggie Mac 

 

 

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to view other churches, synagogues,

 cemeteries, and other religious buildings

 from around the world.

 

Also, if you would like to view some of my postings

 (including a previous post about St Mary's)

 on the Painted Churches, 

Click HERE

 

Rust in Peace...for Friday Fences

 

Truly a beauty, surrounding an old grave...

 

Having survived many years on this hilltop cemetery,

a small bit of green paint remains on the rusty fence.

Meggie Mac

 

 

Linking today with Theresa at Run A Round Ranch

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More wonderful fences to enjoy from around the world 

Down My Garden Path Wednesday.....Cleomes Mixed with Purple Verbenas

 

Have you ever tried growing Cleomes ?

 

There are many good reasons to give them a try.

The flowers are quite showy, as they grow through-out the summer,

 to 8" size balls of blossoms. 

They seem to be quite at home with shrubs and perennials.

 

And, the best news is......

 Humming Birds love them. 

 

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Another flower that does well in my Texas Flower Garden, is the verbena.

With purple being one of my favorite colors, I always include several of these plants.

 

 

What I like about them is their ability to grow,

 trailing and intertwining, in the nearby plants.

 

 

Blue Daze is another plant

 that looks so nice grown near Artemisia.

 

 

Even though my purple salvia has taken a beating from the recent hard rains,

you can see how beautiful it is mixed with the gray-green color of Artemisia.

 

If you enjoyed my Garden Path post today,

look for updates next Wednesday....

Meggie Mac

 

"Give me odorous at sunrise

a garden of beautiful flowers

where I can walk undisturbed."

Walt Whitman

 

Memorial Day Remembrance....

 

"Our first obligation to them and ourselves is plain enough: The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper.

Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply."

 

A quote from Memorial Day Ceremonies,

1982

Arlington National Cemetery

by

President Ronald Reagan

 

 

 

Meggie Mac

 

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to read some of my previous

 Memorial Day Posts

Rain Drops Keep Falling....on the Bungalow Garden

 

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

Claude Monet

 

                                      With each move I have made in the last few years,
                                                             I've said to myself....

 "Maybe this time I will keep the garden simple"

 

The statement is laughable.

I have a green thumb,

but most especially...

 a true love of flowers and gardening.

The daylily is a top producer of that kind of love.

 

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and it will take you to my recent post on

 Bungalow Living with Meggie

Meggie Mac

 

Old Barn Nestled in the Shade of Trees....for Country Back Roads

 

I decided to heed the warning on the weathered sign

"Private Property"

 Meggie Mac

 

Linking with The Barn Collective on

Tom The Backroads Traveller

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for barns from around the world.

After the Rain....for Friday Fences

 

You must experience it to believe it...

It takes only a day or two, after a rain in the Spring or early Summer,

for Rain Lilies to pop up

 along the roadsides and the pasture land.

 

click on photo

The slender, trumpet-like bloom, begins to open at dusk...

greeting you in the morning, fully opened.

Meggie Mac

 

 

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to enjoy other fences from

around the world.

Linking with Theresa at Run A Round Ranch