Lawrence Beck
I can't add much to what the others have said. This is a wonderful, sharply drawn vignette.
2015-07-05

Jamsbo Rockda
A wonderful piece. I could smell the lavender and see her in the dress :)
2015-07-05

Elle
Reminds me of childhood and the ritual, which wasn't a ritual as such - we all had shawls given to us at confirmation, hand made lace or crochet - I still have mine, not worn, just in tissue in an old wardrobe

Elle x
2015-07-03

countryfog
What a beautiful and evocative picture Joe, such poignant sensibility to capture a vision in a place and a moment that is also timeless . . . each line is a delicate brushstroke, a Manet portrait perhaps. A sense of enduring faith and religiosity that hasn't changed in a thousand years.
2015-07-03

ah la provence, c'est marcel pagnol
2015-07-03

The image so delicately described to form a portrait in the mind.
This is beautiful!
~Ashe
2015-07-02

josephus
Thanks, Clare, much appreciated.

Joe
2015-07-02

This is a beautiful portrait and the reader cannot help but see the old,dark shadowed walls of the chapel and inhale the wondrous aromas:)
2015-07-02