A RING OF REFLECTION

This is the most mystical and spiritual photo I have taken last year. And it is for many friends the most loved one of 2009. 

It is special and I see this photo as a gift that I was allowed to have to remind me of that moment.

I took this picture while I was on a holiday at the wild-coast on a walk along the beach during low tide when all the rock formations where exposed.

The small rock-pool shaped by the flowing water contained tiny shell pieces. 

What attracted me was the darker ring outside the rock-pool in the stone. This is not moisture. The stone has a darker color and the shape of the circle perfectly complements the nature of the rock-pool.

Only later when I was bending over to take the photo from above did I see the two amazing rings of light reflection in the water that were in perfect symmetry to each other and everything around them.

How can I be talking so much about a hole in a stone?

Cause it was a moment of enchantment.

And staying enchanted is one of the most important things for me in life.

If the elements come together with shape and structure and light it is magic. And then you have art.

Piece and serenity in the desert

This story is for my father who truly loves churches and has shown me so many over the years. Nieu Bethesda has many surprises and one of them is this old church.

And I know he would have loved to be there. When I visited Nieu Bethesda two years ago with my father the church was closed.

Standing proud and tall..... as we all should.

This time we were so lucky that the new guardian of the church is our friend. The key is approximately half a meter long.

And Doooog is really suffering at the moment......... he has been on his feet since early morning and was following us all day long through the village

The inside is serene and surprisingly spacious.

I think church windows have inspired artists and painters all over the world through all the centuries. This one has given me as a gift a new inspiration.

For the last trip. I think it has a lot of style actually. Not too shabby. I imagine four white horses...just for the contrast.

A place of beauty

Old cast iron chandeliers.

And a lot of other beautiful details.

like this old organ.

The look through the back door to the outside. Blazing sunlight and the impression this is a lost place.

The settlements on the other side of the village.

But opulence inside.