tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post2972600737543100263..comments2023-11-02T03:52:50.948-05:00Comments on Inverness, Illinois (USA) Daily Photo: Blenko Stained GlassUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-88252252092941211642008-06-21T16:15:00.000-05:002008-06-21T16:15:00.000-05:00Stained glass is beautiful. We have it in our chu...Stained glass is beautiful. We have it in our church windows.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101946080644921763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-23290354661374705942008-06-18T14:49:00.000-05:002008-06-18T14:49:00.000-05:00Beautiful!Beautiful!sonia a. mascarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415359150944729620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-19018623400172390542008-06-18T06:42:00.000-05:002008-06-18T06:42:00.000-05:00Very cool.Very cool.George Townboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268525779445285881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-83858983852685300032008-06-18T02:03:00.000-05:002008-06-18T02:03:00.000-05:00That is beautiful stained glass. I love it too. ...That is beautiful stained glass. I love it too. My mother did quite a bit for a few years. She just gave it up recently---said her eyes were not what they used to be. She is 92. Go figure. MBSmall City Sceneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307313549480618415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-85192339746412116902008-06-17T13:48:00.000-05:002008-06-17T13:48:00.000-05:00I love stained glass too (but who doesn't love sta...I love stained glass too (but who doesn't love stain glass?)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317498718218889741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-1280279132878053982008-06-17T13:19:00.000-05:002008-06-17T13:19:00.000-05:00You wouldn't believe some of the techniques that h...You wouldn't believe some of the techniques that have been used since the 1300s to obtain color and detail on figures in glass windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-9673605539655160992008-06-17T12:31:00.000-05:002008-06-17T12:31:00.000-05:00Great post and great info about the yellowing of t...Great post and great info about the yellowing of the glass.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-19186144775641746932008-06-17T10:24:00.000-05:002008-06-17T10:24:00.000-05:00Indeed it was amazing that the windows in la Saint...Indeed it was amazing that the windows in <I>la Sainte-Chapelle</I> were not destroyed in World War II. In fact, it is a wonder the chapel itself was not destroyed. The windows had been removed, packed in straw and hidden from the Nazis, as had the windows of the cathedral at <A HREF="http://louislavache.blogspot.com/2006/10/la-cathdrale-de-chartres-tait-consacre.html" REL="nofollow"><B>Chartres</B></A>. During the liberation of Paris, some of the heaviest fighting was right across the street, literally, at the Prefecture of Police. The Resistance had effectively taken over the police and the Nazis made a determined effort to take the building: <I>Panzers</I> on the plaza! Equally endangered due to its location was Nôtre-Dame! Not only that, but Hitler had ordered <A HREF="http://louislavache.blogspot.com/2006/08/hitler-demand-est-paris-brlant-is.html" REL="nofollow">Paris destroyed</A>.<BR/><BR/>Now here's some trivia you may wish you hadn't learned. In the middle ages, pigeons were much more commonly cultivated for food than were chickens. In many of the old farms in France, you can still find <A HREF="http://frogblog-lavache.blogspot.com/2005/11/pigeonniers-pigeon-roosts.html" REL="nofollow">pigeon roosts</A>. Then they figured out that a steady diet of pigeon led to kidney failure. Voila! Prisoners were given pigeon to eat. The onset of kidney failure was marked by intensely yellow urine. This was collected and sold to the glassmakers for the yellow die used in the stained glass windows....<BR/><BR/>(Editor to "Louis": 'After that, you may leave now, "Louis".)Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-56800779000200388232008-06-17T06:25:00.000-05:002008-06-17T06:25:00.000-05:00I love looking at stained glass windows. The Churc...I love looking at stained glass windows. The Church I went to growing up had stained glass but it was pretty bland.Jim Klenkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663882561325002445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-66221497696757835472008-06-17T02:28:00.000-05:002008-06-17T02:28:00.000-05:00Popping in during my monthly tour of the blogs to ...Popping in during my monthly tour of the blogs to say HI again.<BR/><BR/>Awesome stained glass windows.Ming the Mercilesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957918533010735599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-22195661130734816552008-06-17T02:18:00.000-05:002008-06-17T02:18:00.000-05:00Oooh! "Louis" likes stained glass, too!Have you se...Oooh! "Louis" likes stained glass, too!<BR/>Have you seen this <A HREF="http://louislavache.blogspot.com/2006/10/une-gemme-gothique-la-sainte-chapelle.html" REL="nofollow">gem</A>?<BR/><BR/>Re your comment about the <A HREF="http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/2008/06/leau-placide-brume-de-matin.html" REL="nofollow">tanker</A>. It is difficult to see - the sun in the mist on the Bay that morning made the background seem like it was smogged in. (It really wasn't.) The tanker is right center in front of Angel Island.<BR/><BR/>Here's the <A HREF="http://pour-la-famille.blogspot.com/2008/06/packard-caribbean-my-dream-car.html" REL="nofollow"><B><I>polar opposite</B></I></A> to Chuck Pefley's Vespas.Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861152223805760064.post-21768918433211144582008-06-17T00:59:00.000-05:002008-06-17T00:59:00.000-05:00cette exposition de vitraux est magnifique. j'ador...cette exposition de vitraux est magnifique. j'adore.<BR/><I>this exhibition is magnificent stained glass. Very good.</I>Olivierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602980523811128510noreply@blogger.com