The power was out for several hours yesterday. While there were strong winds I don’t think they were the source of the problem. Coned (for those outside the New York that’s the local electricity provider) trims trees that could possibly fall on their power lines. They were doing this yesterday. Around 5:00pm I heard two very loud bangs. So, I went out to see what was going on. One of the Coned guys looked as if he was in shock. I suspect that something had gone wrong and he had nearly been hit by a falling tree trunk. The power eventually came back on around midnight. The Coned guy was fine; there was no damage to my property. All’s well that ends well.

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Samyang 45mm f1.8

Last Saturday I went to visit a friend who had had a recent fall and I wanted to see how she was doing. I walked around the village for a couple of hours taking pictures of all and sundry. I had a little time to kill so I walked down a road which runs parallel to the Pocantico River to see if I could find some pictures there.

As I was taking a picture, I heard a voice saying, “what are you doing?” (or something like that). At first, I wondered if I was in some kind of trouble. Was I somewhere where I should not have been taking pictures, so I walked over to the car to explain what I was doing. Have you ever had the experience of seeing someone you know in a context where you’re not used to seeing them. That’s what happened here, and as I got closer, I realized that I knew the person in the car.

Her name is Allie, and she works in the Village of Briarcliff Manor Recreation Department, which is located right next to the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society where I volunteer. I see her all the time.

Anyway, we had a quick chat, and I took this picture before she went off to “do Hallowe’en things”.

Taken with a Nikon D200 and 50mm f1.8 D.

The two men above were sitting quite close to some the trucks emblazoned with the words “Atlantic Recovery Services” (the same trucks as mentioned in the previous post). My path towards Ossining station went right past them. I was a little concerned that they might not like me taking pictures of their trucks. How did I know that they were their trucks? Other than the fact that they were sitting near to the trucks, they also had the words Atlantic Recovery Services on their hats and their shirts. As I went by, I could tell they were going to speak to me. Imagine my surprise when they expressed concern that they might be doing something wrong. Why else would I be taking pictures? I reassured them that I walk around taking pictures of anything that interests me and that as far as I knew they were doing nothing wrong.

We had a little chat and asked them what they were waiting for. It seems that some construction was taking place in the vicinity, and in the course of this a large hole was dug. The hole had filled with water, and it was their job to pump it all out. They were waiting for someone to come and let them into the building site so they could do their job.

I was now feeling quite comfortable with them and asked if I could take a picture of them. They agreed and afterwards the guy on the left asked if I would email him a copy. Of course I agreed. He seemed to like it.

Taken with a Nikon D40 and Nikon Nikkor 70-300mm f4.5-5.6

During a recent walk I came across this guy and his partner/wife/girlfriend. I didn’t know what her exact status was, and I didn’t want to ask.

As I walked by, I was very impressed by his beard. Then I did something I don’t usually do: I turned around, walked back and asked him if I could take a picture. He graciously agreed and told me that this wasn’t the first time he had been asked. I wasn’t surprised.

Taken with a Sony RX100 VII

Sorry. I couldn’t resist taking this when I spotted the mirror.

Taken with a Sony RX10 IV