Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Ansonia Lodge. One of the few remaining vestiges of early 1900s Mohegan Lake architecture. The house is formerly Mrs. Billings Seminary, a boarding house used at the turn of the century.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
Abandoned digger. At least it doesn’t seem to have moved in quite some time. These things always remind me of some kind of prehistoric animal.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
A while ago I took the dog for a walk along Route 6 in Mohegan Lake. At this point Route 6 is mostly strip malls and car dealerships. You’d wouldn’t think there’d be much to photograph, but you might be surprised.
Above – Mohegan Lake. I’ve been through this area many times but had never actually seen the lake. It’s a couple of blocks to the east of Route 6.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
The divergent messages of the two signs caught my attention: The large sign proclaiming that the store is “Now Open” and the smaller sign on the door, which says that the store is “Closed”. It’s not only temporarily closed e.g. for lunch or something. The interior is completely bare suggesting that the store is closed permanently.
In fact I know that this is the case. The store is next a filipino store that we frequent for prepared food and necessary cooking ingredients and we’ve heard from the owner the sad story behind the store closing. Apparently the owner had been sick for some time, but despite his illness continued to operate the store. Unfortunately, he recently passed away.
Taken with a Apple iphone 5s (the only camera I had with me).
Back in April 2018 I posted about an old farm store that I came across in Poughkeepsie, NY (See: Lewis Country Farms). I also noted an article that said that it would be turned into luxury condominiums. Somehow, mistakenly as it turned out, assumed that somehow the old structures would be re-purposed. How could I have been so stupid!
We passed this area the other day and the old buildings have all been razed and new townhouse like structures are coming up. How could I have expected anything else.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.