Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
A door in the wall.
An earlier post described our recent visit to the Gomez Mill House. Here are a few black and whites from the same trip
Old machinery. I’m not sure what this is – maybe a printing press?
Old cabinet. It was in the same area as the machinery above so I imagine they are probably connected. Maybe stored the type for the printing press?
Fork and shovel.
Grinding Stone?
According to its web site “The Oldest Jewish Dwelling in North America”:
In 1714, Early American Jewish leader, Luis Moses Gomez, built a fieldstone blockhouse to conduct trade and maintain provisions on his 6500 acre property in the Mid-Hudson region as an extension of his successful enterprises in Colonial New York. From these roots and through nearly 300 years of American history, Gomez Mill House evolved as home to American Revolutionary patriot and Orange County leader, Wolfert Acker; 19th century gentleman farmer and conservationist, William Henry Armstrong; Arts and Crafts artisan and paper historian Dard Hunter; and 20th century social activist, Martha Gruening.
Our timing was wrong an we would have had to wait some time for the next house tour so unfortunately we weren’t able to do that. I’m sure it would have been interesting. The mill is very picturesque though.
Wreath
Tulips by the entrance
Front facade of the house
Bridge to the mill
Mill Pond and Mill
Waterwheel and cascade
View from North Beach looking south.
A few more pictures taken while walking the dog around the lake.
Canoes at North Beach
New wooden bridge. Part of a project involving the new bridge, some gravel paths and a seating area with picnic table. Nicely done by the Eagle Scouts.
The house where these dogs reside is about a five minute walk from where I live. The dogs are often off-leash in the garden. They run around the garden and when they see me with our dog Jackson they start barking and they run towards us. However, they never go past a certain point in the garden. I guess there’s an invisible fence. Of course Jackson doesn’t understand this and always looks puzzled when they won’t come over to him.
Lobster Trap and Fishtail by Alexander Calder
Taken during a visit to the Museum of Modern Art, New York in August 2012.
Stairwell
Green, White and Yellow statues. Unfortunately I didn’t note down who created this and what it’s called and I can’t find it on the MOMA web site
Daphne by Renée Sintenis
Above and below. I was looking out from the upper level bookstore when I noticed that reddish/orange divider nicely split in two the upper and lower floors. The contrast between the normal (if truncated) upper level and the somewhat blurred heavily tinted lower level appealed to me.
The River by Aristide Maillol