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gtractorfan
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If it is and there's a rope hanging underneath it might be a bad idea to pull on it. Wouldn't it be fun for whoever wants to to post a favorite picture? I like Hank ABAB's.
Nice job Hank!
Someone mentioned the bell. Our little country church has a "death knell" bell. It has the normal clapper that hangs inside, and another clapper that is on the outside. I had never seen one like that until the first time I had to replace the bell rope. The regular rope wraps around a big circle, and when you pull it, the bell rocks back and forth and says "ding dong". The "death knell" rope hooks to a lever, and when you pull it the bell stays stationary, and it just says "dong". I asked the old timers in the church about the bell, and they said that it used to be a custom when someone in the neighborhood died, to ring the bell one stroke for each year of the deceased person's age. It's real hard to control the number of strokes with the regular bell rope, but the other rope rings only one time per pull. One old guy was 90 at the time and said he remembered plowing with a team and stopping to count the strokes, then mentally trying to figure out who in the neighborhood had passed away. The church sits on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River bottoms, and I'm told the church bell can be heard over in Missouri, across the river. Sorry to ramble - I like old country churches.
Someone mentioned the bell. Our little country church has a "death knell" bell. It has the normal clapper that hangs inside, and another clapper that is on the outside. I had never seen one like that until the first time I had to replace the bell rope. The regular rope wraps around a big circle, and when you pull it, the bell rocks back and forth and says "ding dong". The "death knell" rope hooks to a lever, and when you pull it the bell stays stationary, and it just says "dong". I asked the old timers in the church about the bell, and they said that it used to be a custom when someone in the neighborhood died, to ring the bell one stroke for each year of the deceased person's age. It's real hard to control the number of strokes with the regular bell rope, but the other rope rings only one time per pull. One old guy was 90 at the time and said he remembered plowing with a team and stopping to count the strokes, then mentally trying to figure out who in the neighborhood had passed away. The church sits on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River bottoms, and I'm told the church bell can be heard over in Missouri, across the river. Sorry to ramble - I like old country churches.
SweetFeet
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Beautiful photo!!
I can envision her in her glory days:
- the sound of the bell calling the neighborhood to worship.
- the smiles and handshakes as folks arrived before the service.
- the pastor standing in the pulpit in a flowing robe with a colorful sash.
- the windows open in May, bringing the distractions of spring to capture the attention of children.
- the heat during the dog days of August, with nary a breeze and a sermon too long for a little child.
- the church ladies fanning themselves with a church bulletin to keep cool.
- the mothers "shushing" their fidgety children.
- the passing of the offering plate by solemn looking ushers.
- the sound of the pump organ in the balcony and the congregation singing.
- the congregants kneeling at the rail around the altar for communion.
- the quilting ladies sewing away in the basement.
- the Sunday school Christmas Eve program.
- the countless potluck dinners in celebration of this or that.
- the joyous laughter of children playing outside during break at vacation Bible school.
Thanks for the memories!
I can envision her in her glory days:
- the sound of the bell calling the neighborhood to worship.
- the smiles and handshakes as folks arrived before the service.
- the pastor standing in the pulpit in a flowing robe with a colorful sash.
- the windows open in May, bringing the distractions of spring to capture the attention of children.
- the heat during the dog days of August, with nary a breeze and a sermon too long for a little child.
- the church ladies fanning themselves with a church bulletin to keep cool.
- the mothers "shushing" their fidgety children.
- the passing of the offering plate by solemn looking ushers.
- the sound of the pump organ in the balcony and the congregation singing.
- the congregants kneeling at the rail around the altar for communion.
- the quilting ladies sewing away in the basement.
- the Sunday school Christmas Eve program.
- the countless potluck dinners in celebration of this or that.
- the joyous laughter of children playing outside during break at vacation Bible school.
Thanks for the memories!
Brian G. NY
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Hank, That is a beautiful picture.
Definitely calendar worthy.
PJH, That was an interesting story... never heard of that before.
Definitely calendar worthy.
PJH, That was an interesting story... never heard of that before.
TomH in PA
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I like the picture. If it was mine (and the contest allowed it) I would retouch out the wires on top and maybe the gate. But it depends on what pleases you. Pretty much every picture you see published today has had some manipulation - even Ansel Adams was considered a wizard in the darkroom.
Thanks, TomH in PA.
You did a fine job.
There were 3 things that I would have felt better about, if they were not there in the photo.
1. The power line wires (you took care of that)
2. The "modern" gate (you took care of that)
3. The Date Stamp
I guess the guidelines for the Photo Contest were pretty loosey goosey!
What program did you use for the touch-up, if I may ask?
You did a fine job.
There were 3 things that I would have felt better about, if they were not there in the photo.
1. The power line wires (you took care of that)
2. The "modern" gate (you took care of that)
3. The Date Stamp
I guess the guidelines for the Photo Contest were pretty loosey goosey!
What program did you use for the touch-up, if I may ask?
K Effective
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When we rebuilt our 1899 Lutheran Church in 1972, we re-installed the swinging bell from the belfry to an exterior bell tower, complete with electric ringer. There were two switches by the breaker box, one a push button to provide the three rings during the Lord's Prayer, and a regular light switch to toll the bell for the age of a decedent. Somewhere this century, one of the "elite" made the decision for all of us to switch over to some crappy, electronic bell system with speakers on the roof that plays lots of different songs. I always enjoy the one week every two years or so when the electronic thing malfunctions and we have to resort to the good ole' standby 117 year-old bell.
Ivan in Mich
Member
I wonder why it is that in the state we have to have all new building where as in Europe they are still using the churches that were built in the late 1500 or early 1600's. When I lived in Germany I lived across the street from a church that was built in the 1600's. The town had 3 churches just as huge and old as this one. O Sunday morning I would sit on our balcony to listen to the bells ringing. You could feel them through you body and they rang them for about 5 minutes. On New Years they would ring them for 20 mins to half hour. No electric bells for them. I went in the one across the street once and the priest showed me around. I always wished that I would have taken my camera as the inside was better than the outside. This town was flattened in WW2 and I alway gave our plane a big hands up for not hitting the churches.
TomH in PA
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I used a program call Photosuite 7 - it's good for simple retouching and resizing (I think they're up to version 10 now, but 7 still works for me). There are better photo editing programs out there, but most are too complicated for me to remember how to do anything.
They all can do what's call "cloning" where you copy one part of a picture to another part; that's the easiest way to remove things like wires and litter.
cloning
They all can do what's call "cloning" where you copy one part of a picture to another part; that's the easiest way to remove things like wires and litter.
cloning
TomH in PA
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Datestamp hidden by cloning grass over it
fixerupper
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I share your thoughts Sweetfeet.
dr sportster
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You won because you took a really good photo. Congratulations.
i hate to see these old churches and other buildings not being used. there are several old cemeteries near me most of them had a church near them no sign of a church now. > we are going to get a new roof on our barn built in 1926. not real old i know still being used. we will put garden tractor some other stuff in it. i hope Saturday
Married2Allis
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Millworker houses lined up in a row
Another southern sunday's morning glow
Beneath the steeple all the people had begun
Shaking hands with the man who grips the gospel gun
While the quiet prayer, the smell of dinner on the ground
Fills up the morning air, ain't nothing sweeter around
I can almost hear my mama pray ... Oh Lord forgive us when we doubt
Another sacred sunday in the south, alright
Shenandoah - Sunday In The South
Another southern sunday's morning glow
Beneath the steeple all the people had begun
Shaking hands with the man who grips the gospel gun
While the quiet prayer, the smell of dinner on the ground
Fills up the morning air, ain't nothing sweeter around
I can almost hear my mama pray ... Oh Lord forgive us when we doubt
Another sacred sunday in the south, alright
Shenandoah - Sunday In The South
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