Interesting tree roots alongside the Hudson.
Tree Roots
Red Leaves
I was walking around and looked back down the trail and saw the light shining on these bright red leaves.
Beavers at Work
At Pelton Pond
I’ve never actually seen a beaver in the wild, but there are signs of them all over the place. They seem to be very industrious little creatures. What amazes me is that they bring down trees that don’t seem to be very close to the water. Are they really going to find a way of dragging these sometimes fairly large, heavy trees some distance? Do organized groups of beavers come out, maybe at night, to combine their efforts?
At John Allen Pond. In this case they’ve taken down one of the trees with trail markers on it.
Some Putnam County Churches
Browsing through my pictures I noticed that I have quite a few of our local churches. So here are some of them:
St. Philip’s Church in the Highlands, Garrison, New York
Presbyterian Church, Patterson, NY.
Former Tompkins Corners United Methodist Church – presently vacant and for sale.
Reconstructed Red Mills Baptist Church, Carmel, NY
Christ Episcopal Church, Patterson, NY.
Bannerman’s Castle
Bannerman’s castle – now in ruins – on Pollepel Island in the middle of the Hudson River, just north of Cold Spring. Looks impressive, but was never more than a very fancy military surplus warehouse (although a smaller structure was used as a residence).
It’s quite hard to get close enough to take a picture. The metro north train lines get in the way. The last picture was taken from a metro north train on a separate occasion. There is an overlook, but it’s quite hard to find and even when you do (as I did) the views are not particularly good. I imagine that the you would get the best pictures from a boat, which unfortunately I don’t possess. There are tours to the island, but they finish at the end of October so I don’t see me going this year.
