{"id":165,"date":"2013-12-29T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=165"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:39:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:39:41","slug":"inspired-sunday-the-church-of-saint-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"InSPIREd Sunday &#8211; The Church of Saint Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8250405208\/\" title=\"Church of Saint Mary by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Church of Saint Mary\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/8250405208_56edd7a5cd_z-300x193.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">(I love that &nbsp;big massive cross. Didn&#8217;t use to but it has grown on me. My various lomography cameras throw the guys at Walgreens off sometimes. I don&#8217;t know why these images are reversed.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofsaintmary.com\/\">Church of Saint Mary<\/a> is a Catholic Church located just off Peoria in the Brookside area of Tulsa. It is close to the rec center where son has done his improv comedy workshops the last couple years or so. So I have scoured the park, the church grounds, and the surrounding neighborhood with my camera while he is in his class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8666389037\/\" title=\"IMG_4958 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4958\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/8666389037_9517a9459b_z-168x300.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"359\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">(I can&#8217;t wait for Spring when everything will be lush and green.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The grounds of the church and associated school are quite extensive and well landscaped and has a lot of interesting things to see and photograph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8666391369\/\" title=\"IMG_4956 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4956\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/8666391369_80f253d3f9_z-300x168.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Of course my favorites are the statue of Saint Mary and the bas relief carved into the bricks of one of the the walls. I also like the massive concrete cross at the front of the church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/7224883296\/\" title=\"04_1 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"04_1\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/7224883296_f1578b3ee5_z-300x201.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">(Double exposure, fisheye. I&#8217;ve posted this before.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Plus the school has a very colorful playground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8249336947\/\" title=\"Church and School of Saint Mary Playground by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Church and School of Saint Mary Playground\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/8249336947_cf412ed17d_z-300x204.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">(I&#8217;ve posted this before. Note the shadow selfie.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;ve never got tired photographing it. I&#8217;ll probably be doing it for a couple more years.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do you have an area that you return to many times to photograph?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredsundaymeme.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">InSPIREd Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(I love that &nbsp;big massive cross. Didn&#8217;t use to but it has grown on me. My various lomography cameras throw the guys at Walgreens off sometimes. I don&#8217;t know why these images are reversed.) The Church of Saint Mary is a Catholic Church located just off Peoria in the Brookside area of Tulsa. 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