The Diptych Project: Churches

The Diptych Project: two friends (once neighbors & now an ocean apart), one theme

Top photo: Evie, bottom photo: Ann

This week's theme could also be phone photos as both Evie and my photos were taken on our very smart phones!  I took my photo while on a walk along the mall in downtown Indianapolis.  There is a beautiful meridian which contains several war memorials and is landscaped beautifully with fountains and flowers.  Adrian and I were out on a date (so incredibly thankful for a monthly babysitting swap with our neighbors!),the weather was warm, the sun was shining and everything looked pretty rosy!  It was perfect night for a stroll and stroll we did taking in many of the sites of downtown and walking for a bit on the Cultural Trail.  We happened upon this church just before sunset and I love how the sun rays look like they are almost burning through the church walls, illuminating the building one last time before tucking itself away for the night

Please visit Evie's blog to learn more about what inspired her photo.

You can see our previous diptychs here.

Glimpses

   

photos of some of our recent happenings: so much to be thankful for...

(left to right/top to bottom: homemade birthday cake, Samuel at my college's homecoming, 
my darling lion, care package from england, him + me enjoying a night out)

The Patch

Autumn is America’s time to shine.  The beauty of the leaves changing, pick your own pumpkin patches, hay rides, hot apple cider and cinnamon donuts…. Just writing this is making me so hungry! 

You could find pumpkins in the grocery stores in London but there were certainly no “pumpkin, spiced lattes.”  After six years living outside the states, as you can imagine, I am very excited about participating in fall festivities this year.

We decided to visit a pumpkin patch over the weekend.  This wasn’t just any pumpkin patch.  We are talking about a fall extravaganza.  There was a hay ride to the pumpkin patch and pony rides and a petting zoo and a maze through a corn field.  But the most surprising, unexpected figure of all was the pumpkin eating dinosaur!  There was an enormous, growling, sharp toothed dinosaur whose neck strained and pulled and when he was hungry, lowered itself towards his trainer who risked his life and limb to hand him a real pumpkin.  The dinosaur chewed on the pumpkin until it was reduced into a pumpkin puree.  As I looked around the crowd, children were looking on with a mixture of fear and awe and I realized I needed to check to see how Samuel felt about it all. When I asked him what he thought of it all, my unfazed little guy said “I want to go in there!”!  Something tells me he is going to be a big fan of fall, too.

City glimpses

Here are some glimpses of our new city.  We love the eclectic mix of homes and art and shops downtown.  There is so much to explore and discover: from first Friday art events to farmers markets to canals to walk along.  We are looking forward to trying new restaurants, going to festivals (there is even a covered bridge festival nearby!), meeting local artists and investing in this community.  I look forward to sharing with you what we discover!