Bright, Shiny and Colorful Garden Ornaments.

Last weekend we had lunch with some friends at the Inn at Pound Ridge. Afterwards we stopped at the Pound Ridge Nursery, which is right next to the Inn. They had some nice things at the nursery, but they were rather expensive – in keeping with the “tony” nature of Pound Ridge I imagine. While my wife was checking out the merchandise I took a few pictures:

Butterfly Garden Ornament.

Bench.

Monkey.

Eirah and the tree roses.

Docks looking south.

A week ago we spend a lazy day at home – sitting on the dock reading, talking, eating drinking and generally relaxing. All pictures taken on or from out dock.

Lunch on the dock.

Close up – wine bottle.

Close up – stopper.

Neighbours on their floating dock.

Roses in a pot.

More roses.

Park Beach. Across the lake from us.

An angel looks out over the lake.

The River Rose.

As we continued our ride back home from the Gomez Mill House my wife started to get hungry. She’s a very regular eater and if it goes past her normal time to eat she starts to get cranky. So we had to urgently find somewhere to eat. We ended up at the Newburgh waterfront. What a pleasant surprise. Much of Newburgh is run down and somewhat unpleasant looking. I suppose this is typical of many old Hudson river towns. As you drive through you come across very pleasant “enclaves”. I mentioned one in an earlier post: Washington’s Headquarters. Newburgh waterfront is another one. There are a number of interesting looking restaurants, all with spectacular views of the Hudson. We ate outside on the terrace of Torches on the Hudson. While not spectacular the food was decent lunch fare. The service was excellent and they had a nice selection of craft beers.

Watching the Hudson.

Seagulls and the River Rose.

Jetty

Hudson view looking south with the Newburgh Beacon bridge in the background.

Outdoor terrace at Torches on the Hudson.

Eirah enjoys her crabcakes.