mackenzie with her burgundy scriptures

At the Kumbh Mela, a sadhu reads the scriptures.

John 16 : 20

The rusty fonts of either Polish or Lithuanian scripture on the 1970 gravesite of Mykola's Krupavicius.

This all welded steel structure marks the grave of Mykola’s Krupavicius - (1885-1970). All the letters that are inside the arc shaped structure are welded to hollow steel tubes which are welded in place between each piece of vertical square tube.

The base at the bottom of the structure has more letters that may have threaded studs welded on the backside so they could possibly be bolted down.

I am also not sure if the entire structure was ever painted. There is no evidence of any paint. The structure is rusty. The letters inside the arc show faded & worn paint as does part of the base under the individual letters.

I'm going to have to reshoot this when the sun is lined up dead center so all the letters are bathed in sunlight or wait for a cloudy day.

Saint Casimir Lutheran Cemetery

4401 W 111th Street

Chicago, Illinois

Cook County, USA

I like this jacket.

St. John's Lutheran Church; Ladysmith, Quebec.

Tibetan writings engraved in stones.

I found some TINY antique salt and and pepper shakers and although I didn't know what I was going to do with them, I knew I just had to get them!

Soooooo this necklace features the tiny salt shaker measuring not even two inches tall and a brass wire looped securely through two of the holes.

I LOVE this verse in Psalms that reads...

"God keeps track of all my sorrows. He collects all my tears in His bottle"

I was thinking about this verse when I thought how adorable and sweet it would be to fill this little bottle with "tears". The tears are GORGEOUS faceted glass beads that change with the light...mostly purple, greens and blues.

I glued the top on and then decided I needed to actually put the verse....or at least part of the verse....somewhere on the bottle. I found a small silver button with a hold in the middle so I glued the button to the bottom with a little wire to hold the bauble. I used a brass lace edged bezel and placed the tiny scripture inside and then covered it with a glass cabochon. There is one tiny tear that escaped and is dripping down the very bottom of the bottle.

The silver chain measures 30" with the pendant adding another 3" and the pendant portion adds another 3" or so. I added two lovly "grape" beads, brass spacers and the same glass beads inbetween the chain for added BLING!

I made these scripture bookmarks with stamps from Our Daily Bread Design, and used the a punch for the Dove. These will be given to my Sunday School class.