Skywatch Friday

I took this picture yesterday afternoon at the Sisters of Saint Francis abbey, where there is a large church and a separate facility for parties and events. Interestingly, the abbey is located on the former grounds of the Woodmen Sanatorium (click HERE for the fascinating history on that!). I am going to be shooting a company holiday party there tonight, so I went there yesterday to have a look at the banquet room (which I've never worked in before). This is the view from their parking lot. Quite nice! If you look closely, you can see large homes in the distance.  All of this very beautiful property once belonged to the parish and it was remote and wild, but about 20 years ago the parish sold off large swaths of land to developers, and many, many homes have since filled the space. It's a nice place to live, but I kind of pine for the days when you could drive through this part of town and see nothing but trees and deer.

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