Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
At first, I thought it might be the structure mentioned by Caroline Curvan in a post (Ossining’s Revolutionary War Gun Emplacement? UPDATED) on her wonderful blog: Ossining History on the Run. But it clearly isn’t, so I have no idea what it is.
I’ll have to check out the structure that Caroline discovered.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV
My first stop wasn’t Cold Spring though. I’m compulsively punctual. I’ll get to a particular location an hour early, rather than risk being 1 minute late. This means that, when I’m taking a train, I often get there very early. Luckily there’s a small place next to the Ossining Metro North station where you can have coffee and/or snacks while you wait for your train. They also have a great selection of craft beers, which since it was fairly early in the morning I skipped, tempted though I was.
It’s called Here Coffee + Beer
While there I was particularly impressed by these large, metal, machines. I assume they are some kind of commercial coffee roaster. Very picturesque.
Taken with a Sony RX100 MVII
The title says it all. I woke up early after a snowfall. The light was interesting, so I braved the cold to go outside and take a few pictures.
Taken with a Sony RX100 MVII.
I’m not entirely sure why I took this picture, but something about this house caught my interest.
I think it was probably all of the little bits and pieces: the ornate metalwork (or maybe it’s some other type of material) at either end; the birdhouses, one on one of the uprights, the other on a pole on the porch; the creatures on either side of the door; the faded blue “Peace in the World Panel; The fire hydrant (is it real or merely decorative; the two blobs to the left of the stairs. The one on the right looks like some kind of wirework sheep (or maybe a bear?). The one on the left looks like a ceramic blue blob (is it some other creature that I can’t recognize? Maybe some kind of seal), or is it just some kind of abstract sculpture?); a child’s toy to the right of the stairs; and finally, the inevitable US Flag.
So many questions?
Taken with a Sony RX100 MVII.
In the preceding post I wrote about the Congregation Sons of Israel Cemetery. In it I mentioned that I had learned about the cemetery from a presentation on the synagogue organized by the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society. Shortly afterwards I realized that I had not done a post on that presentation, so here goes.
This year the Briarcliff Manor Scarborough Historical Society has organized a number of presentations on the Village’s Houses of Worship. The presentation took place, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 7:00 pm at the Congregation Sons of Israel (CSI). Mr. Irwin Kavy presented a comprehensive history of the synagogue. A highlight of the presentation was when Mr. Kavy showed a time capsule that had been found in the building that previously housed the synagogue. He also showed and described the contents. The presentation ended with a lengthy Q&A that provoked an enthusiastic response from the participants. A video of his presentation is now available courtesy of Mr. Kavy and the CSI.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Rokinon/Samyang AF 24-70 f2.8 FE