A Short Walk along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

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I went for brunch at DD’s Diner one day. The last time I was there was when I visited Crawbuckie Preserve. From the diner I walked south along the Old Croton Aqueduct (OCA) Trail, through Ossining and back home. This time I planned to go north along the OCA to Mariandale, so it was quite a short walk, but not without interest.

Above the Kane House.

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Taken with a Sony A77II and Minolta 35-105 f3.5-4.5.

Wisteria

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Wisteria is lovely to look at. When we first came to live here there was a lot of it. But over time it seemed to disappear. Actually, it was still there and still growing, but it didn’t bloom. In the last couple of years, it’s started to bloom again.

The first picture was taken of a Wisteria actually growing up the side of my house. The second is growing over a tree in the meadow (actually it’s more like an incipient forest nowadays) in front of my house.

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The only problem is that if you don’t like and/or don’t want it, it’s extremely difficult to get rid of.

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Tamron Di III VXD A056SF 70-180mm f2.8.