I just love old, rusting equipment and the bright colors here really caught my attention particularly the way the blue on the pump picks up the blue of the planter.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
The Rockefeller property used to operate a cattle farm here, but they ceased operation in 2017.
According to an September, 2017 article in Lohud entitled Rockefeller cattle farm, Hudson Pines, comes to an end:
A Rockefeller owned farm in Pocantico Hills is set to sell its entire cattle herd, ending a breeding operation that spanned decades.
The management at Hudson Pines Farm, long owned by the late David Rockefeller, has recently posted a flier on its website, advertising the sale.
The “Forever A Legacy complete dispersal” event is scheduled for 9 a.m. Nov. 1. at the farm. The Simmental cattle will be available for viewing for prospective buyers from Oct. 28 to 31. The farm is located at 180 Bedford Road with a Sleepy Hollow zip code.
It’s a bit of a shame. The rolling landscape and the clusters of cows, always reminded me of here I grew up in the UK.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
On our return from Las Vegas we went to pick up our mail at our local post office. When we’d been there before we’d parked across the road. This time my wife parked behind the post office, in an area that I didn’t even know existed. She went in to get the mail and I took the dog for a quick pee in the parking lot. Then I spotted for the first time this old iron bridge across Peekskill Hollow Creek. It seems to be closed: the gate (see first picture) in padlocked and the far side is overgrown with vegetation.
I’ve searched for information about it, but so far haven’t been able to find anything. Maybe I’ll check with the Putnam Valley Historical Society.
Last September I went for a walk in Granite Knolls Park in Yorktown, NY. According to Geocaching:
The property has a long history, including having once been farmland, owned by the Jesuits, and part of the same property which is now the Phoenix Academy on the other side of Stony Street.
Slices of granite lie scattered near the centerpiece of the park – a large glacier erratic, also known as the “Giant Boulder”. Single track trails pass through many small quarries and remnants of quarry operations can be seen along a woods road. Rumor has it, that if you climb to the top of the “Giant Boulder” you can find the names of some of the quarry workers etched into the stone.
Scattered around the woods are a number of pieces of rusting machinery, no doubt the remains of equipment used for quarrying.
There is evidence of quarrying everywhere, but the most spectacular is the “Giant Boulder” mentioned above. Even though I didn’t see the boulder during this walk, I’ve included a picture (see picture below) from a previous visit in April, 2014. The picture doesn’t really do it justice. It’s huge and judging from the large boulders around it a lot has already been cut off. This is a view of one face of the boulder. It stretches back behind for quite some distance.
All pictures but the last one taken with a Sony RX100 M1. The last picture (of the giant boulder) was taken with a Sony RX100 M3.
Many years ago we bought this wrought iron lantern. My wife placed it on the edge of our patio and cleared a small space to plant a number of tiny rose bushes. Over the years the roses have grown to form what appears to be a single, large rose bush. When it’s in bloom (which it clearly isn’t at the moment) it has many small, red roses. Of course the lantern has also weathered, but we can live with the worn, rusted look. On the day I took this picture the light from the setting sun was particularly appealing.
Taken with a Vivitar 35ES.