Swallows Return
by Trudi Doyle
Title
Swallows Return
Artist
Trudi Doyle
Medium
Painting - Watercolour
Description
Watercolour of a migrating swallow flying towards the sun.
I love this story of San Juan Capistrano's Mission Swallows !
The miracle of the "Swallows" of Capistrano takes place each year at the Mission San Juan Capistano, on March 19th, St. Joseph's Day.
As the little birds wing their way back to the most famous Mission in California, the village of San Juan Capistrano takes on a fiesta air and the visitors from all parts of the world and all walks of life, gather in great numbers to witness the "miracle" of the return of the swallows.
Each year the "Scout Swallows" precede the main flock by a few days and it seems to be their chief duty to clear the way for the main flock to arrive at the "Old Mission" of Capistrano.
With the arrival of early dawn on St. Joseph's Day, the little birds begin rebuilding their mud nests, which are clinging to the ruins of the old stone church of San Juan Capistrano. The arches of the two story, high vaulted Chapel were left bare and exposed, as the roof collapsed during the earthquake of 1812.
This Chapel, said to be the largest and most ornate in any of the missions, now has a more humble destiny--that of housing the birds that St. Francis loved so well.
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April 15th, 2011
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Comments (9)
Gary F Richards 4 Days Ago
Spectacular Swallows Return composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L voted
Katherine Nutt
Revisiting and archiving in the Administrator’s Favourites discussion thread in the group Myth Magic and Spirituality. Thank you for sharing this gift of beauty!
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. l/f/pin 3/4/23
Madalena Lobao-Tello
Congratulations!! Your artwork is my today feature and favorite on Women Painters group. Shared on our WP group homepage as well as in the Favorites of the day discussion thread and also in our Facebook group.
Randy Rosenberger
Hurrah for having your artwork chosen to be a featured piece on our homepage this week. You have many fine pieces in your portfolio of your works, and I am happy you chose this one to submit for possible featuring in our group on the homepage. It now has reached that goal of being featured in our group, a family of friends and fine artists of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group. Congratulations on this fine accomplishment
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