inSPIREd Sunday - Lafayette

March 2014 - Lafayette LA

The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in downtown Lafayette, is the third church built on the site donated by Jean Mouton in 1821, when Lafayette was the town of Vermilionville. The present Dutch Romanesque landmark, completed in 1916, is on the National Registry of Historic Properties. Massive brick walls contrast with graceful arches and delicate red and white brickwork. Turrets flank the octagonal steeple above, from which the bells toll.

I didn't take any photos inside as I didn't think it looked that impressive. I was more intrigued by the cemetery outside. 

Ornamental wrought iron gates topped with a cross and sunburst frame the entrance to the ancient cemetery. Inscribed in the arch above the gate is a scriptural text in French: "Il essuiera toute l'arme" translates to "He will wipe away every tear", Apoc. III.

St. John Cemetery is the oldest in the city of Lafayette. The high water table inSouth Louisiana makes above ground burial almost a necessity. The tomb of Jean Mouton, who donated the property for the church, is in this cemetery. Along with his son, Alexandre Mouton, governor of Louisiana from l843 to l846, and his grandson, J. Alfred Mouton, a West Point graduate and general in the Civil War.

The ancient, majestic St. John Oak Tree located to the right of the church, is the third oldest member of the Live Oak Society, an organization dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of mature live oak trees in the United States.

Many speculate that the first pastor (Michel Bernard Barriere) selected the specific plot of land for the church parish due to the grand oak tree, which would have been 275 years old at that time (1821).  The near five-century-old tree measures 9 feet in diameter, with a circumference of 28 feet 8 inches; it stands approximately 126 high with a spread of 210 feet across.

Sepia Saturday - Apr 5

I'm posting at Sepia Saturday today. This week's challenge:

Danger is an odd thing. In our moments of sanity we all steer well clear of danger, but in those moments of exuberant insanity, we sometimes search it out in order to experience the thrill of the challenge. Why else would you get people sky-diving or sailing blindfold across the Pacific Ocean or cultivating nettles? But one man or woman's danger is another man's relaxing lunchtime drink. Here is a photograph from the Dextra photostream on Flickr Commons which I would really like to tell you more about but I am constrained by my lack of - I suspect - Norwegian. Given the international flavour of the Sepia Brotherhood (Sisterhood), I am sure someone will let me have a translation of the  Flickr description. It doesn't really matter because we are concerned with images rather than words and what this image says to me is danger. So your challenge this week is to somehow link an old photograph with the concept of danger (or anything else you can find in the picture) - and, as usual, the links may be as direct or as obtuse as you wish. 

I couldn't really think of anything for this challenge so I decided to be silly instead. The photo above reminds me of this famous photo of the construction workers taking a break on a beam of the Rockefeller Center.

So I decided to use the souvenir photo that we had taken last September before we went to the Top of the Rock.

Downtown Myrtle Beach Skywheel

April 2014 - Myrtle Beach SC

SkyWheel is a 187-foot tall (57.0 m) Ferris wheel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
When it opened on 20 May 2011 it was the second-tallest extant Ferris wheel in North America, after the 212-foot (64.6 m) Texas Star in Dallas, and the tallest wheel in the United States east of the Mississippi River

Skywheel website.

British Isles Friday - Camden Market

Joy's Book Blog is hosting this weekly meme.

May 2010 - London England

I really enjoyed looking through some of our photos from Camden Market.
The Camden markets are a number of adjoining large retail markets in Camden Town near the Hampstead Road Lock of the Regent's Canal (popularly referred to as Camden Lock), often collectively named "Camden Market" or "Camden Lock". Among products sold on the stalls are crafts, clothing, bric-a-brac, and fast food. It is the fourth-most popular visitor attraction in London, attracting approximately 100,000 people each weekend.

Weekend Reflections and Photo Friday - Disney

Posting at Weekend Reflections. Photo Friday's challenge was also REFLECTIONS.

November 2013 - Orlando FL

Taken at the Polynesian Resort as we were heading to our character breakfast.

Friday My Town Shoot Out - Out and About

I'm posting over here this week.

April 4: Out and About - Take us on a walk through your town. What are the sights you see when you are out doing your daily or weekly chores, or when you are out for some leisure? 


We are still down south as we spent the winter away from Toronto. So my photos are from my archives but are pretty typical of a day around town.

I look out our window (facing west) and enjoy seeing all those commuters on their daily drive into the city knowing I don't have to go to work!

 I take the shuttle bus from our condo and it drops me off behind Union Station near the Air Canada Centre.
The shuttle bus gets diverted when there is a concert at the ACC, such as the Miley Cyrus tour last Monday.
It would have been a zoo around here around rush hour!!

There's always something being built, this is around the corner from the shuttle stop.

I might walk uptown towards city hall passing by this building The Royal Bank of Canada.

 

 Toronto City Hall which houses the offices of the infamous Rob Ford, our mayor...

A street car passing in from of city hall and the Eaton Centre.

 Dundas Square near the Eaton Centre.

 

Disney Wordless Wednesday - April Calendar Shot

I'm linking up here this week!
The theme this week is: APRIL CALENDAR SHOT


November 2013 - Orlando FL