A Day of Faith

Yesterday was Good Friday, a cloudy day with possible showers. The clouds persisted, but the rain was limited to a few sprinkles early in the day.

Every year on this day the Catholic parishioners of Sacred Heart Church have a procession where they follow the Cross. It used to be just in the area around the church but, since a second church was built in Hollister, they walk from Sacred Heart to St. Benedict’s, a distance of about 4 miles, maybe more. This photo was taken at about the half-way point where they had stopped to rest. The entire procession was about two blocks long at this point. You are looking more or less west, towards the Gabilan Mountains.

I don’t remember hearing about this kind of Good Friday event before we moved to Hollister and, for many years, I had wanted to see it but wasn’t able to because of my job. So when I was on my way to the supermarket and saw all these people walking, I realized what it was and took a detour.

Sunflower Bed

Sunflower Bed
Originally uploaded by sarahjb2007

Finally got my spring planting going. I used Flickr to add notes to this photo to show what seeds I planted where. The notes don't show up in this photo but you can see them here.

This parking strip is especially difficult to grow anything because it's so dry - no irrigation system, although a couple of years ago when the city replaced the sidewalk, we laid a pipe under it so that eventually we can add one more easily.

There is another strip beyond our front walk but I'm thinking of putting dahlias in that one. They don't require too much water once they are established.