Otherwise known as primrose.
Taken with a Sony Alpha 500 with Tamron A18 AF 18-250mm f3.5-6.3.
In our garden – Primula
In our garden – Daffodil
We have a few clumps of daffodils – all of which have yellow petals. But I came across this single, lonely white daffodil in one of the flower beds. I wonder why it was there all by itself?
Taken with a Sony Alpha 500 with Tamron A18 AF 18-250mm f3.5-6.3.
In our garden – Bicycle garden ornament, blue and white pot against daffodils
My wife loves blue and white pottery so I guess it was inevitable that something blue and white would end up in the garden.
Taken with a Sony Alpha 500 with Tamron A18 AF 18-250mm f3.5-6.3.
In our garden – tulips
This is the first of a series of posts taken early in May, 2018. My wife planted these tulips last year.
We haven’t had tulips for a while. Many years ago, not long after we bought our house in Briarcliff Manor my wife planted a large number of them. They all came up the following year, the buds formed and we were looking forward to seeing them flower. The next day we came out to find a sea of stalks – no flowers, no buds. The deer had gotten the lot! As a result of this experience we fenced off the entire property. We haven’t had a problem with deer since.
This, however, is a different house and it’s not fenced, so instead we have a motion activated sprinkler, which also seems to do a decent job – as long as we remember to keep it turned on. Unfortunately, we tend to leave it off a lot of the time as tends to “sprinkle” us if we leave it on.
Taken with a Sony Alpha 500 with Tamron A18 AF 18-250mm f3.5-6.3.
Rockefeller Preserve, Brook Trail – Rustic Rusting Gate
The Rockefeller property used to operate a cattle farm here, but they ceased operation in 2017.
According to an September, 2017 article in Lohud entitled Rockefeller cattle farm, Hudson Pines, comes to an end:
A Rockefeller owned farm in Pocantico Hills is set to sell its entire cattle herd, ending a breeding operation that spanned decades.
The management at Hudson Pines Farm, long owned by the late David Rockefeller, has recently posted a flier on its website, advertising the sale.
The “Forever A Legacy complete dispersal” event is scheduled for 9 a.m. Nov. 1. at the farm. The Simmental cattle will be available for viewing for prospective buyers from Oct. 28 to 31. The farm is located at 180 Bedford Road with a Sleepy Hollow zip code.
It’s a bit of a shame. The rolling landscape and the clusters of cows, always reminded me of here I grew up in the UK.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.