Castle-Church

Rebuilt

Yesterday Maria and I went to a home education seminar, at which Maria gave a speech. Afterward we went to see these historic constructions.

The one that looks like a castle used to be just that. It was built in 1230 by the free lord Gerhard von Göskon as his primary residence. But his family heirs were robber barons, which annoyed the local populace to no end, until the family line got its comeuppance and died out. The castle went then to House of Falkenstein . The castle was burnt down by the Bernese and Solothurners in the Zürich war of  1444, because the then lord of the castle had wreaked havoc on  the little town of Brugg. Then the place was bought for 8200 Gulden and sometime later re-built as an administrative seat. As the French Revolution in 1798 swept into Switzerland, the castle was burnt again. This time it remained as a picturesque ruin for over a century. At the end of the 19th century, in the late Romantic period the Catholic church had a split, and a group decided to rebuild the ruin as a church. At the turn of the century, they did so, with a church architect from St. Gallen in charge, and plaster work by some Tiroleans, and the organ by a Swiss builder. It has seen a couple of major renovations, and an un-renovations, in which the "updating" of the 1950's, in which everything was painted over in a uniform cream color, was returned to its soft Rococo pastel tones. The church is considered the finest example of Neo-Baroque in Switzerland.

The courtyard below

The inner courtyard

likewise

The clergy graveyard

The open interior of the nave and chancel

Old Baptismal font

One of two side altars

A window in the chancel

Marble and plasterwork pulpit

Pulpit details

A holy water basin

My not-favourite Swiss saint, Niklaus von Flüe. He left his wife and ten children and trotted off down the hill to be a hermit. The Swiss are glad that he saved the day with some good advice, but I say that is no excuse for leaving one's family to fend for themselves. 

An angel on the altar

The front medallion of the altar, the mother swan sacrificing herself for her young.

Altar

A very old woodwork Door frame in the chancel

Chancel flowers

A narrow walkway runs around the church overlooking the courtyard below and the town.

A nearby village farmstead

The Schloss restaurant where can have a very fine dinner

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An Evening

Next up, D.v., a castle/church

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Dressed for Winter

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Not Fall

These are sort of spring colors, but winter is coming soon enough. This is a sort-of-copy of somebody else’s work. 

Sarah Y. - Thank you for staying with us here! It’s good to hear you are keeping up the creative endeavors. And yes, holidays are coming fast, and the year is closing down quickly. 

November BuJo Page

FIRST of all, instead of finding the different comments where they were made and replying to them individually, I would like to take a little space here to thank every one who was an encouraging gem and suggested I keep posting even though I am boring, haha! Warms me right up like a fresh-baked cinnamon roll with tea. :) *hugs*

On that note, here's another little oddball ramble!

Haha, what else were we expecting, really?

Is my preeetty November Bullet Journal page. Even though I hardly use these things, they're my favorite to set up each month, haha!

Inktober is officially complete. I finished it all. On time, even. I is so proud of me for that.

Did I mention that we finally finished painting those picture frames? Yep. They're all pretty and navy blue(-ish) now. Just a matter of figuring out which of our artworks to put inside the frames and where to hang them in the apartment...

Crocheted myself a pair of legwarmers to wear with my boots, from a pattern I found online. The same site I got the monkey pattern from, actually. I'll see if I can get a picture of them for next week, if that is interesting.

I've taken the NaNoWriMo advice, and have started writing on a webcomic project. So we'll see how that goes! (Am a little afraid... *nervous laughter*)

Otherwise, still stressing about finding another second job.

Mostly, just getting excited about the holidays coming up, and freaking out because the year is almost over already.

But God is good.

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Colors Above and Below

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Sky and Water

This is a very tiny sketch, Palm size.

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Water and Sky

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Waterway

All Saints Day Blessings

Rain, Busyness, and No Art

But we still give thanks for the blessings of those who went before and kept the faith, and passed it down to us.

Pam, we are not attending the Reformation Retreat in Wittenberg this year, because of family coming home here soon, and other previously scheduled commitments (like speaking at a home education conference).