17 August 2014

In the details

St. John's Lutheran Church, Charleston, S.C.
Look at the incredible detail work in these old tombstones. I walked yesterday from the Unitarian Church into St. John's Lutheran churchyard and that is where I found this selection. They are amazing works of art.

In other news, I had a nice healthy salmon caesar salad for dinner and then ate a piece of caramel pie at O'Charley's. I am close to being a sugar coma.


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6 comments:

  1. William Kendall8:30 PM

    Beautiful details!

    There's such a thing as caramel pie?

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    1. Charlestonjoan8:37 PM

      It is wicked, wicked, wicked. Thick rich caramel. It should be shared by two or three people.

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  2. Cotton Boll Conspiracy9:24 PM

    Incredible craftsmanship - both the tombstones and, from the sounds of it, the caramel pie.

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    1. Charlestonjoan9:22 PM

      Who knew they had such a treat at O'Charley's? When I was a kid we used to boil a can of sweetened condensed milk under water for three hours. When you opened the can it had turned to dark, thick caramel. That is what this pie is like.

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  3. Marcheline7:21 AM

    Joan - I am a fellow boneyard photographer from way back, and these are some jewels! The first photo reminds me of a quote from Hamlet - when Queen Gertrude tells Laertes that Ophelia has drowned... it starts:

    "There is a willow grows aslant a brook,
    That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream..."

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    1. Charlestonjoan9:23 PM

      These are great ones, aren't they? You probably walked through this cemetery here.

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