when I see your light it stains my soul with color

 

The sun shining through the stained glass window in the Old Capitol ballroom was too bright to photograph but it cast great reflections.  I borrowed the photo below from eyewanderphotoblog.com just to show you what a great place it would be for a wedding.

 

 

Old Capitol

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2.1.2017





old state capitol

 

Having visited both the Old State Capitol and the current 1930s version State Capitol, I know that the grandeur of the past trumps the modern.  Constructed between 1847 and 1852, the Old Capitol on a  Mississippi River bluff resembles a medieval fortress. The interior is decorated in marble and wood paneling, with a commanding cast-iron spiral staircase and an awesome display of stained glass in the main gallery.  And the admission was free!

 

Old State Capitol

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2.1.2017

 

stained glass

 

 

 

Lovely Lane Chapel is the oldest standing church on St. Simon Island.  The original Lovely Lane Chapel was erected in Baltimore in 1774.  The St. Simon chapel at Epworth by the Sea, part of the Methodist Conference Retreat. Epworth By The Sea is named in honor of the boyhood home of John and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism. John Wesley arrive in St. Simon in 1735 to be in charge of the religious affairs of the colony.

 

St. Simon Island, Georgia

4.23.2016

for they shall obtain mercy

 

Christ Church on St. Simon Island is Georgia's second oldest Episcopal parish.  The dilapidated 1820 church was rebuilt in 1884 and is still an active congregation.  Both Charles and James Wesley preached on the island.

 

Christ Church

St. Simon Island, Georgia

4.21.2016