St. John the Divine Cathedral

One day, we had most of the day to ourselves to use as we pleased. Our appointment with the newlyweds were for dinner that night. And dinner was around 9 pm. We had plenty of time to sightsee. So we took the subway bound for Manhattan. We always wanted to see St. Paul church. With very little planning and because we didn't think we had time to go anywhere, we were reduced to following the map and took a subway stop that was indicated on the map for us to reach our destination. We walked a little bit and couldn't find a church. Finally we asked somebody to point us towards the direction of the church.
From afar, we could see the gothic church. So walked some more until we reached it. On that particular April day, the sun was in full blast. The temp was in the 90s, so it was not a leisurely walk as the pavement gets really hot too. When we reached the church, we found out that this was not St. Paul's Cathedral (a Catholic church), but St. John the Diving Cathedral (the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the seat of its bishop.
Details on the arch on the doorway. I am not going to show you the inside of the church although I took some photos. I didn't think the images were good enough for show *wink*. But here's some information on the church from wikipedia:

~ the cathedral is claimed to be the largest Anglican cathedral and fourth largest Christian Church. the inside covers more than half a city block with 121,000 sf.

Look at the size of this cathedral! The address of this cathedral is 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, NY. I hope next time I go there, I would be well equipped (top notch camera and those expensive lenses too *wink*).

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A little church I saw and passed by on the way to St. John the Divine Cathedral. Somewhere in Manhattan.

On a different note, Congratulations are in order for the wonderful and unexpected second place finish of the American soccer (football) team at the recently concluded FIFA Confederation Cup. It was an exciting game. But Brazil is Brazil. That was a good showing for the Americans. I may just consider Donovan a good contender for a name when I get a dog.

Also my apologies for not visiting your blogs as often as before. I am extremely busy and the fact that I am not at work during this week (away from computer screen all day) means I have no time to surf and bloghop.

Photo Hunt #44: Flags

After two weeks of being away from Photo Hunt, I am back with my find for the theme FLAGS.

A series of images I took of flags and other sights at the UN headquarters in NYC. On the first image, the building was too big, my point and shoot couldn't handle the size. I shot the first image while standing on the steps here on the second image.

I was leaning against the banister when I took the shot of the building seen on the first image. Then I realized that the iron work was so pretty with the pink blossoms in the background and that the shadow it cast was just as beautiful. You can see some flags in the background.

American Flags. We came from up there after walking a few blocks from Grand Central Station to reach UN headquarters. As you can see, it was all blue skies.

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Sky Watch #49

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It was blue skies all throughout our brief stay in New York. Blue skies, hot temps, and a little humidity.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is this is the city hall. Still running NY series.

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Belvedere Views (My New York Minutes 6)

Lovely views of the Great Lawn.
Twilight casts a beautiful glow to Turtle Pond.

Belvedere Castle (My New York Minutes 5)

If there was one place I wanted to see in Central Park, it was the Belvedere Castle. It was as you know a place where Julia Robert's character in Stepmom did a photo shoot while baby sitting both her stepchildren.
Belvedere Castle sits atop Vista Rock (the second highest natural elevation in the park, don't ask what's the first coz I don't know :). It was smaller than I expected. It was close when we got there. It was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould in 1865 to provide as an overlook to the beautiful sights around it.

The castle serves as a weather station. Whenever you see a local news broadcast of temperatures of Central Park, the readings are taken at Belvedere Castle.

My New York Minutes were taken from April 25 to 28, 2009.

Happy Father's Day

Two photos snapped by husband during our recent camping trip of a tender moment between father and daughter.

A Father's Day Prayer

Our Father in heaven
We thank you for the fathers
You give us here on earth
And we ask your blessing on them
And on all fathers and men everywhere.
Guide them to model their parenting
On your embracing love
Give them patience and wisdom
As they care for their children
And help them teach their children
To follow and love our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.