Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
This garden is outside a popular Japanese restaurant: Sushi Mikes. I’ve heard its very good, but have never eaten there. I think what caught my eye was the eclectic mix of objects in the garden: the car; the empty gumball machine; whatever that thing is with the US flag design that’s behind the car. There were other objects including a grouping of small dog statues, but I couldn’t fit them all in.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
I’ve often passed this garden during my regular walks. It’s always fascinated me, but I’m not sure exactly why. Maybe it’s because it’s a sort of oasis of lush vegetation in the middle of the desert of the lawn?
Taken with a Nikon D800 and Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80 f3.3-5.6
A final set of pictures from the Armour-Stiner house in Irvington, NY. The grounds are not large and there’s not much in the way of flower beds, but there are a number of interesting structures. I found the greenhouse to be particularly interesting. A number of the buildings are replicas of those that once existed, but the greenhouse is apparently a restored Lord & Burnham Greenhouse.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 24mm f2.8 G.
From 2012 to late 2021 we owned a house on Roaring Brook Lake in Putnam County, NY. My late wife was a very active member of the community’s garden club (she loved gardening). The garden club maintains a small garden by the entrance to the lake and a few years ago they decided to place memorial stones for lake residents who had recently passed away. One of those was my late wife, Eirah who now has a stone there inscribed with her name.
One of my daughters recently came to visit with her family and she wanted to take her two daughters to see the garden. So off we went. Above: Colorful sign by the garden at the entrance to the community.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
I was walking along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail when I saw this garden. I found it quite appealing, although I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe it’s because I was looking down on it. Most of my pictures are taken at eye level, down low, or looking up. I don’t often take pictures looking down.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 24mm f2.8 G.