My wife and our visiting friend from Bangkok

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Our friend’s wife transferred to Bangkok, Thailand about a year ago and of course he went with her. But they retain a house here (presently rented) and return frequently to make sure everything is OK. He’s here at the moment and staying in our house in Briarcliff Manor (which is right next to his house). On his first night back we took him to a local restaurant, Goldfish where this picture was taken. It’s a bit too posed for me, but I so rarely take pictures of people that when I get one that’s half way decent I feel a need to post it.

Briarcliff sunset

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This was taken in November 2011 but I remember it well. I’d stepped into the garden of our house in Briarcliff Manor (probably to let out the dog) when I saw this amazing sunset. The colors are enhanced a touch, but not too much. I even went back to the original file and reset it to see if it really was as colorful as I remembered it – and it was! This picture reminds me a little of a Turner painting (although of course nowhere near as good).

Roaring Brook Lake monster???

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Walking along Lake Shore Road in the past few weeks I’ve noticed a fin cutting through the surface of the water in the cove. Imagine the typical image of a sharks fin, but in miniature and you’ve about got it. I took a few pictures, but the fin was quite distant and the camera I had with me didn’t have a very long zoom. However, you get a sense of what I’m talking about in the picture. You can see the fin and a vague impression of the fish itself beneath the surface. I’m not good at guessing the size of a far away fish, but I’d say it was somewhere between one and two feet. It seems that 500 sterile grass carp were released in the lake in 2011 for aquatic weed control. I imagine this is one of hem. I must have made a noise because suddenly about 10+ of these fish suddenly took off causing quite a commotion. The carp seem to be doing well.

The title of the post comes from a fellow walker who noticed the disturbance in the water and remarked: “Roaring Brook Lake Monster?”

Statue revisisted

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I recently posted (Union cemetery) this picture in black and white. The other three pictures that accompanied it worked best in black and white so I also gave this one the B&W treatment for consistency.

However, looking at the picture again I see that although the black and white conversion works pretty well it’s at the cost of losing the wonderful colors of the lichens (or whatever they are).

So here’s the color version.