Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
A week or so ago we had some more snow. The prediction was for 6-9 inches. Turned out to be 5 at most. Didn’t seem to bother the deer.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and another approx. 50-year-old Canon 300mm f5.6
I’ve posted pictures of Sparta Cemetery a number of times before. On this occasion I was trying out a vintage lens that I’d had for some time but hadn’t used much. It’s an approx. 50-year-old Minolta Rokkor-X MD 45mm f2.
“Two hundred yards north of the intersection of Rte. 9 and Revolutionary Rd. lies a two-acre parcel of land where some of Ossining’s earliest history is buried. Sparta Cemetery is the oldest organized burial ground in Ossining, begun before the Revolutionary War. It is the final resting place of many of Ossining’s first settlers of English, Dutch, and French Huguenot heritage, Revolutionary War through World War II veterans, and the Old Leather Man. The oldest legible tombstone is that of five-year-old Sarah Ladew from 1764. The most recent interment was in 2007.
A key point of interest is the Ladew family plot. It is the only plot that is enclosed by a brick wall, the west façade of which incorporates all five headstones in the wall. Two of the most famous tombstones are those of Abraham and Anna Ladew’s children—five-year-old Sarah and seven-year-old Abraham. Sarah’s stone is noted as the oldest legible in the cemetery, but Abraham’s is even more famous for another reason: a hole in the surface. Legend has it that in 1780 the headstone was pierced by cannon fire from the British war ship Vulture, patrolling the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War. A plaque has been installed in its place.” (Martha Mesiti writing about Sparta Cemetery on the Ossining Historic Cemeteries website).
It’s also the last resting place of the “The Leatherman“. (Below).
Taken with a Sony A7IV and another approx. 50-year-old Minolta Rokkor-X MD 45mm f2.
We don’t get much fog where I live. I live on top of a hill, so it’s quite possible that there may be fog down by the river. It’s also possible that I don’t get up early enough to catch the fog before it burns off.
However, we recently had a rather foggy day, so I picked up my camera and took a few shots. I think that the ancient lens that was attached to my camera was not a good choice for this type of picture. Still, c’est la vie.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and an approx. 50-year-old Canon 300mm f5.6 lens.
My sunroom has a flat roof with a deck on top accessible from my bedroom. I like to sit there on warm evenings and watch the world go by. As flat roofs tend to do, it recently developed a leak. I contacted some people to fix it and the first question they asked was: did I want them to just fix the leak or replace the whole roof. I told them to replace the roof. They started last Tuesday.
Unfortunately, a couple of days later after they had taken up the old roof, one of them slipped and put his feet through the sunroom ceiling! Even more unfortunately I was directly underneath when it happened, and a chunk of sheetrock bounced off my head. Luckily, it was thin and very light. After the initial shock I took stock and no loss of consciousness; no blood; no bumps; not a trace of any pain. So, all’s well. He said he will fix the ceiling, which I would probably have had to do anyway.
He’s very thorough. He removed all the debris and fixed the ceiling. Even brought his wife to clean and vacuum everything afterwards. Now I just have to repaint the ceiling.
All’s well that ends well.
Taken with an iPhone SE II.
We’ve recently had a couple of 5″ plus snow falls. I had some visitors over Christmas and in between the two snow falls (actually the day of the second) we went into New York City to see “MJ The Musical“. In case you’re not familiar with it the “MJ” refers to Michael Jackson. It was very good (especially the Tony winning choreography) and we had a great time. We walked back to Grand Central and on the way, I took pictures of Radio City Music Hall and the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
Even though my friend would be driving, I don’t like being out on the roads when it’s snowing, so I rushed everyone to try to make it back home before the snow started. We failed and when we got back to the Ossining train station around 2-3 inches had already fallen.
Unfortunately, my friend had a craving for Thai food and the closest Thai restaurant to the train station/home was in Croton-on-Hudson: D Thai Kitchen (recently moved from Thornwood). In normal conditions it’s about 10 minutes’ drive away. Of course, these were not normal conditions, and it took much longer. However, we got home safely eventually.
How was the food? My friend seemed to like it. It appears that one of the reasons she wanted Thai was because there aren’t any Thai restaurants near where she lives. I love Thai food, and I’ve been to Thailand several times and perhaps I’m a bit more demanding. To me it was OK, but nothing special.
Taken with a Sony RX100 VII