My family took a trip to the Capitol last week, as part of a protest against some content in S.B. 291. You can read all about it
here. Here are a select few photos from the day :)
For anyone who is wondering, yes, this is the capitol building. Now granted, that is probably none of you, but I just had to make sure.
First there were a few...
Then a few more!
This one is just a classic sort of picture.
On the way inside, I stopped to capture some cool stone-work.
Here we are all moving inside to make a lap of the 3rd floor...there were to many people to fit us all inside for 7 laps...
After the 3rd floor walk, we stopped by the offices of our Representative and Senator. Senator Scott was kind enough to spend a good deal of time talking with us about the bill.
After stopping to speak with our elected officials, we went and got seats in the gallery to watch the proceedings on the house floor. We were able to see them discuss, vote on and pass S.B. 291. No cameras were allowed in the gallery so we had to settle for a shot through the window...much later on...of an empty room :(
After we were done with our political endeavors, we took a self-led tour of the capitol...which ended up with us finding a guide to take us farther...to the VERY top!!
Where the view was lovely.
And some people just couldn't settle for the fact that a CLOSE look was to be saved for the ground.
Others of us tried to capture come cool artsy shots from that wonderful height!
Some of us looked UP instead of down...and saw cool things that way as well.
Still others were happy just to have made the climb...(she looks great, doesn't she!)
And then we made our way back down...and some of us tried to dissappear?!
Ah, forget disappearing...how about find some cool things to take pictures of?
Mm yes, it IS a lamp. A rather pretty one, don't you think?
And yes, this IS the ceiling. And yes, I DO know that I take pictures of rather odd things sometimes. I was just fascinated by the variety of patterns I found above my head...where I imagine few people ever look.
And at long last, on the way out, I found an almost empty hall :)
Once outside, we stopped yet again for a few more fun pictures...by the way, those three girls on the left are some of the most amazing young women you will ever meet!!!
...is my special time to wake up and spend some time with the Father before I charge headlong into each day. A time of stillness, quiet, time to just worship and commune with the Lord. In the morning when it is so still, the world is just waking and the glory of God's creation comes alive as the lights bursts forth from the sun. In that vastness and glory, it is easy to lose oneself in the strength of God, it is easy to lay everything down before the day begins.
And finally the diploma and a handshake.
The graduate and her wonderful parents!
and then thinks it over some more...
and picks a pose and forgets to smile...
and then remembers that you can't smile without funny faces...
and then gets composed for a very brief moment...
before the best picture of all.
First there were a few...
Then a few more!
This one is just a classic sort of picture.
On the way inside, I stopped to capture some cool stone-work.
Here we are all moving inside to make a lap of the 3rd floor...there were to many people to fit us all inside for 7 laps...
After the 3rd floor walk, we stopped by the offices of our Representative and Senator. Senator Scott was kind enough to spend a good deal of time talking with us about the bill.
After stopping to speak with our elected officials, we went and got seats in the gallery to watch the proceedings on the house floor. We were able to see them discuss, vote on and pass S.B. 291. No cameras were allowed in the gallery so we had to settle for a shot through the window...much later on...of an empty room :(
After we were done with our political endeavors, we took a self-led tour of the capitol...which ended up with us finding a guide to take us farther...to the VERY top!!
Where the view was lovely.
And some people just couldn't settle for the fact that a CLOSE look was to be saved for the ground.
Others of us tried to capture come cool artsy shots from that wonderful height!
Some of us looked UP instead of down...and saw cool things that way as well.
Still others were happy just to have made the climb...(she looks great, doesn't she!)
And then we made our way back down...and some of us tried to dissappear?!
Ah, forget disappearing...how about find some cool things to take pictures of?
Mm yes, it IS a lamp. A rather pretty one, don't you think?
And yes, this IS the ceiling. And yes, I DO know that I take pictures of rather odd things sometimes. I was just fascinated by the variety of patterns I found above my head...where I imagine few people ever look.
And at long last, on the way out, I found an almost empty hall :)
Once outside, we stopped yet again for a few more fun pictures...by the way, those three girls on the left are some of the most amazing young women you will ever meet!!!
