Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
This pleasant old church stands about two blocks away from my house. All Saints’ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Briarcliff Manor, New York. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. John David Ogilby, whose summer estate and family home in Ireland were the namesakes of Briarcliff Manor,…
Taken just after Easter Sunday. It was the flowery cross that caught my attention. The rabbit statue didn’t appear because it was Easter. It’s been there for ages and is a regular feature in the church garden. Taken with a Fuji X-E1 and Fuji XF 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
The rectory is not located on the site of the church, but it’s not too far away – just a short walk down Scarborough Road. I’ve read that it’s a Stick Style rectory dated to 1883. Apparently the Stick style was a late-19th-century American architectural style, transitional between the Carpenter Gothic style of the mid-19th…
It appears that the church also produces its own honey. Above the rector’s wife (on the left) and an unnamed fried (on the right). I don’t usually ask people if I can take their picture, but in this case I couldn’t miss the opportunity. I asked and they were kind enough to give me their…
The church also has it’s own enclosed vegetable garden. I didn’t feel I should go inside to check it out so I took a few pictures from the outside. I noticed pumpkins and tomatoes. There may have been a greater variety that I couldn’t see from my vantage point. Taken with a Sony A6000 and…