Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Also known as Bachelor’s Button, Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower (at least that’s what I think it is). The bug was an unanticipated plus that flew in just as I was taking the picture. It’s a pretty flower, but it apparently has a less than pretty past because of its association with the far right party in Austria and before that with the Nazis. See: The beautiful flower with an ugly past
Seen at the Staatsburgh State Historic Site. Another Eugene Atget “wannabe”. Why did I take this picture? Because it was there I imagine.
Seen in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, NY. According to: Stories in Stone. New York. A Field Guide to New York City Area Cemeteries and their Residents by Douglas Keister:
John Hudson Hall (October 15, 1828 – March 3, 191) was born in the United States. His ancestry was Dutch, Scottish and English. Hall began his business life in 1842 as a clerk and worked for a couple of firms before settling in with paper goods manufacturer Elliott, Burimp and Babeock. Through a series of transfers, consolidations, and partnership changes, Hall partnered with John Campbell to form the paper products firm of Campbell, Hall and Co. When Campbell retired, Hall took over the operations of the company until he retired in 1881. While he was running the paper company he also dabbled in railroad enterprises, and eventually became one of the developers of New York’s elevated railroad system. Hall was also a patron of the arts and had a large personal collection. As testament to his love of the arts, his monument is fronted by a statue of an angel crafted by famous American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
A while back I mentioned in one of these posts (see Stillwater Lake) that I had come across a sign in the woods that read “Do not pass this point after 3:30 pm”. I speculated that this might be because that was when the monsters were let out. I was back on that same trail the other day and it seems I might have been right. I found one! And it seems it’s not the only one (see Always look back for another picture taken on the same trail. Obviously before 3:30 pm they’re frozen into the shape of a dead tree, but afterwards….
I liked the strong contrast between the red berries and the green leaves.