Ossining has some nice old houses. Here are a few on Maurice Avenue.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
A walk to Ossining – Houses on Maurice Avenue
A walk to Ossining – Overview
Before the cold, snow and ice arrived I went for a walk to nearby Ossining, NY. From the house I walked down Holbrook Road, past the brick wall, which surrounded the former Speyer estate, up Maurice Avenue with some nice old houses. Crossing Albany Post Road (route 9), I went down Broad Avenue and over to Main Street. After exploring Main Street for a while I returned to Albany Post Road and continued back along the Old Croton Aqueduct, up Scarborough Road (past the brick wall of the Speyer Estate again), went by the former gatehouse to the Chilmark Estate and from there walked home (1 block).
Here part of the brick wall of Waldheim, the former Speyer Estate (I’ve always had a weakness for vines growing on walls) and some ruined brick pillars, which must also have been part of the estate.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.
Mazda MX-5
My late wife used to own one of these, except that hers was the earlier model with the flip up lights and it was bright red in color. She first bought it when we were living in Geneva, and was heart broken when she had to leave it there when we moved back to New York. Then one day I noticed an advertisement for an identical model, same year, same color on a notice board at the office. I drew it to her attention and of course she bought it immediately. It served her well until it finally gave up the ghost many years later and was replaced by a BMW convertible.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.
An attempt at dispelling the winter gloom
A number of the preceding posts have been quite ‘wintry’ (I’m sitting here almost shivering), so to cheer things up a bit here are some bright red berries.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.
A woodland picture
I often walk in this nearby patch of woodland. There are a number of lovely, old, large trees, but somehow I’m fascinated by this patch where the smaller trees are more densely packed. Unfortunately, as with the stone bridge mentioned in an earlier post (See: The bridge across the road revisited) I keep taking pictures of it because I haven’t been able to get one that I really like. I sense that there’s something there, but I just can’t get it.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.