Category: New York

black and white challenge 5

my dad...my son

I couldn’t help myself! I am posting 2 images for my final entry in the black and white challenge that I received from the always interesting and informative Darwin on the Rocks and Around the World. Be sure to visit this blog… it’s like taking a journey to wonderful places!

The image above is very special to me. The title is “Father and Son.” That’s my father and oldest son walking on my favorite boardwalk enjoying time together. These are two of the most important, kind, loving, funny, caring men that I will ever know, and my heart was full just watching them walk side by side, hearing my dad impart his wisdom and counsel, and seeing my son listening so respectfully and attentively.

I want to challenge the AY-MAY-ZING Marcelo Leonard to participate in the black and white challenge. Rarely do I visit his blog without saying out loud, “Wow!” Take some time to appreciate his artistry and beautiful photography.

Here are the rules:

1.Post a different black and white photo of yours each day for five consecutive days.

2. Nominate a fellow blogger on each day to continue the challenge. See you tomorrow for the next post.

Finally, below is an image of the cornfield that is about a 3 minute walk from my home. It is very flat in this part of the Mid West, and I desperately miss the shore and mountains, but I have also grown to appreciate the beauty of the open sky and the many stunning sunsets that help me say good bye to the days…

cornfield

black and white challenge 3

under manhattan

Black and white challenge #3. This was taken last year beneath downtown Manhattan, NY. Be sure and visit Darwin on the Rocks and Around the World  (my challenger) where you will find stunning images from her travels around the world.  I am posting a black and white image each day for 5 days – some old and some new – and inviting another blogger to do the same.

Today I challenge the gifted Lignum Draco to join the fun. His blog is full of amazing images from the land down under. He has many delightful black and white street photography images. Check it out!

Here are the rules:

1.Post a different black and white photo of yours each day for five consecutive days.

2. Nominate a fellow blogger on each day to continue the challenge. See you tomorrow for the next post.

Cheers!

black and white challenge 1

St. Patrick's Cathedral

I have accepted a black and white challenge from the amazing Darwin on the Rocks and Around the World. Check out her beautiful images and writing here: https://beautifuliceland.wordpress.com/

My first post features the beautifully stunning St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Last year I was in NY with my oldest son and we spent a day in the city. This amazing structure is undergoing a complete restoration on the inside and out. We were greeted with a dizzying array of scaffolding all around the interior of the sanctuary.

I would like to invite Marcos Ferreiro to participate in the black and white challenge. His blog features beautiful black and white photography of a wide variety of subjects. Visit his amazing blog here: http://sietesombras.es/

There are only 2 rules to follow by accepting this challenge:

1.Post a different black and white photo of yours each day for five consecutive days.

2. Nominate a fellow blogger on each day to continue the challenge. See you tomorrow for the next post.

home church 4

home church 4

A somber, final image from the church of my childhood.

home church 3

home church 3

home church poem

home church 2

home church 2

The second image of the church building of my childhood. The structure is in the shape of an “L”,  with the altar right at the lower left corner where the horizontal and vertical lines of an “L” meet. This is taken looking towards the alter from the end of the horizontal part of the “L.” In know that the church is not a building – it is people following as disciples – still, this was very sad for me to see.

home church 1

home church 1

Moving away from the shore and back to my home town for a series  –  if 4 is a series  –  of images of the church I grew up in. This is the old St. Raphael’s Church in East Meadow, NY. The parish has built a beautiful, modern sanctuary and this is all that remains of the St. Raphael’s of my childhood. The structure is in the shape of an “L”,  with the altar right at the lower left corner where the horizontal and vertical lines of an “L” meet. This is taken from the alter looking at the longest part of the sanctuary.

if i could fly

i believe i can fly 2

if i could fly

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snow sea horses

Another image from my February trip back home to NY. Now that the mild weather has finally reached the Midwest it’s hard to believe that just a few week ago this was reality. I do, however, love the shore during the Fall and Winter. Feel free to suggest a title. Thanks for stopping by.

i believe i can fly

i believe i can fly