Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
From the pet cemeteries, the carriage house, the barn and the lake the Lane Path took us eventually to the Hudson River. This is the view looking North with the Mid Hudson Bridge (officially the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge) in the background. When first proposed in 1923 there were no fixed crossings of the Hudson River south of Albany. Blue Point can be seen on the other side of the river.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3
As the title implies this was taken from not far from the River Hudson. The lake in the foreground is presumably the same one that supplied ice for the Ice House mentioned in Locust Grove – Carriage House. When I was there the leaves had not yet returned to the trees. I’m sure this view looks a lot less bare, and so a lot nicer when in full leaf.
I liked the geese in the foreground and the reflection of the house in the lake.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3
Not far from the entrance to the trails you come across this barn-like structure. I liked all the contrasts: the greenish-blues and the red/orange bricks, even the yellow notice. I also found the textures appealing: of the old leaves, the wooden doors, the metal fixtures and the bricks and other masonry.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3
The Carriage House forms part of a cluster of buildings called the The Service Courtyard. A nearby sign explains:
This group of buildings, including the Carriage House, Wagon Barn, Stable and Ice House, was built on this location for the Morse family in the 1850s, but the present appearance of the buildings dates from renovations for the Young family in 1901.
The Youngs kept both riding and driving horses in the Stable’s four stalls, as many as five carriages and a sleigh i the Carriage House, and an ever-changing variety of maintenance equipment, from carts to lawn mowers, in the Wagon Barn.
The second floor of the Carriage House includes a dormitory for the grooms and a hayloft. Built fifteen feet deep into the hillside is the Ice House, where ice cut on Locust Grove’s own Lake was stored for use in the summer.
I liked the pastel yellows and greens and the lovely textures. But most of all I was struck by the “rikkety” feel of the whole building. Everything seems a little twisted, bent or leaning. At a quick glance it looks like it could fall over at any moment. However, since it’s been standing for over 100 hundred I don’t suppose it’s likely to.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
By the entrance to the trails at Locust Grove are not one, but two pet cemeteries. The first one (see picture above and first picture below) consists of what appear to be recently painted simple (i.e. just the pet’s name) wooden markers. The second one (see second picture below) looks older – with stone markers and more extensive inscriptions. My wife did the house tour and told me that there are all kinds of animals in the two cemeteries – including horses. The owners must really have loved their pets. I have no idea what kind of pet Pinky Winky was.
First two pictures were taken with a Sony RX-100 M3 and the final one with a Canon EOS 650.
