{"id":5374,"date":"2013-11-23T00:25:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T00:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2018-02-05T22:13:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T11:13:35","slug":"weekly-photo-challenge-unexpected-and-fragrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=5374","title":{"rendered":"Weekly photo challenge: Unexpected and fragrant"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Wellington, New Zealand, there’s a wooden church that’s a church by name but not by nature.\u00a0 From the outside, it’s small, cream, nineteenth-century, Gothic Revival.\u00a0 Quaint.<\/p>\n

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Old St Paul’s, 1865, Wellington, NZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the ‘open’ sign is displayed, visitors are welcome.\u00a0 And when they step inside, many exclaim ‘Wow!’.\u00a0 They don’t expect to see an interior composed entirely of rich native timbers like kauri, rimu, totara and matai.\u00a0 The eye goes straight to the vault, which resembles the upturned hull of an ancient vessel.\u00a0 And visitors don’t expect an old church to smell so good.\u00a0 The timber has not lost its fragrant essence over the centuries.\u00a0 It reminded me of a small cedar box I own; I’ve had it for thirty years, yet with each opening of the lid it releases a heady fragrance forcing me to inhale deeply.\u00a0 And so it was when I entered this church.\u00a0 I wanted to return, to worship.\u00a0 But it now serves only for concerts and events like weddings.<\/p>\n

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Interior, Old St Paul’s, 1865, Wellington NZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ailsa has posted a challenge<\/a> this week for photos evoking a particular fragrance.\u00a0 For anyone who has been inside Old St Paul’s in Wellington, this photo will have you breathing and remembering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Wellington, New Zealand, there’s a wooden church that’s a church by name but not by nature.\u00a0 From the outside, it’s small, cream, nineteenth-century, Gothic Revival.\u00a0 Quaint. When the ‘open’ sign is displayed, visitors are welcome.\u00a0 And when they step inside, many exclaim ‘Wow!’.\u00a0 They don’t expect to see an interior composed entirely of rich … <\/p>\n

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