Creepy Beauty

I've been meaning to post pictures (cell phone pics) from this past weekend. Radik came into town and we went to an organ recital at the National Cathedral (my idea). He is so good about willing to do just about anything. I have to admit the National Cathedral is beautiful but I also find it's a little spooky in it's beauty and as much as I want to like organ music I've decided it's really creepy. I use to go to the Cathedral a lot and also went to the crypt to make clay gargoyles once with some friends but it's been a while since I had been back. I went to an organ recital a few years ago with Dad at the Cathedral, we arrived late and I remember thinking, "yikes! will this be over soon"! There ended up being a cool bag pipe parade that followed and it over shadowed the organ recital experience. But, this weekend I was reminded, I was TERRIFIED! Every time the music would get louder I would squeeze Radik's arm (he kept silently laughing and saying, "this was SO your idea".). I begged him if we could leave after the first song, he said he was enjoying it and wanted to stay. I still don't think he was serious and was just getting a kick out of how scared I was. I don't know why it really spooked me. It was a rainy & over cast day (I'm thinking that may had been a factor) and I kept feeling like the music was the sound track to a very scary movie and I needed to run for my life. The guy playing was amazing and that organ is so amazing but the tunes are just not for me. Since Radik did agree to leave early we walked around the back outside of the Cathedral which I had never done. It was again creepy/beautiful and I did enjoy it, but I don't think I would ever want to be there at night with the Organ playing.