Showing posts with label The Plains_Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Plains_Virginia. Show all posts

Friday, December 13, 2019

STILL IN THE PLAINS, VIRGINIA




This is one of the pretty homes on Main Street, in The Plains, Virginia.  I have been turning my photos into art lately, but I will share the original photo sometime.  

As mentioned yesterday, the iPad art app that I have is called 'ArtCard'.  I have been enjoying all the various effects, styles.  I never know when the mood hits when I want to turn my photos into art.

The process of putting our house in order after all the upheaval is making headway, albeit a little slowly.  But slow and steady wins the race.  



Thursday, December 12, 2019

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE PLAINS



Grace Episcopal Church, Main Street, The Plains, Virginia.  This beautiful church is built on the lines of a 13th century rural English Gothic design.  

In 1917 the building of the first part of the present church was begun.  A silver trowel originally used by George Washington to lay the corner stone of the Capitol Building, was also used to lay the cornerstone of the church.  Many Italian stone masons were brought over to build the church, which was designed by local H. W. Irwin Fleming.  Stone from the surrounding countryside was used for the original structure.  The bell from that original structure still rings before services held to this day.  

This link will share a page that tells you what you can find in The Plains.

I turned a couple of my photos into 'art', this one and also in the next post.  I will share the originals sometime.  I used an app I downloaded on my iPAD called 'ArtCard'.  There are several artistic effects but this one was my personal favorite at this point in time.