Wasteland off the lake

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Tumbledown shed.

You can’t see this from the road around the lake, but if you look for a somewhat overgrown track near North Beach and follow it down a little you come across this interesting, but dilapidated area. If you follow the track (which seems to be used a lot by ATVs), it eventually goes off into the woods towards Fahnestock State Park. I have no idea what this stuff is, but I first came here almost two years ago nothing seems to have changed. I imagine that what ever it was it is now abandoned

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Old trailer with tires.

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Concrete forms.

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Was this an old playground? Or was it intended to be a playground but was never finished?

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Old recliner by a vernal pond with tree roots

Pound Ridge Nursery

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Bright, Shiny and Colorful Garden Ornaments.

Last weekend we had lunch with some friends at the Inn at Pound Ridge. Afterwards we stopped at the Pound Ridge Nursery, which is right next to the Inn. They had some nice things at the nursery, but they were rather expensive – in keeping with the “tony” nature of Pound Ridge I imagine. While my wife was checking out the merchandise I took a few pictures:

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Butterfly Garden Ornament.

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Bench.

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Monkey.

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Eirah and the tree roses.

Iris

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On the side of our driveway there is a tiny cluster of very small irises. This is a picture of the first one that bloomed. These irises are really small, but somehow the picture makes this one look much larger that it actually is.