Or maybe they’re canoes? Taken by the small beach/boat launching area in Matthiessen Park.
Taken with a Minolta XD and Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f1.7.
A walk around Irvington – Colorful Kayaks
A walk around Irvington – A Fire Truck
Who doesn’t love a bright red fire engine (as we call them in my native United Kingdom)? Certainly not me!
Taken with a Minolta XD and Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f1.7.
A walk around Irvington – A Statue
Irvington wasn’t always called Irvington. According to a very interesting piece on Irvington in Westchester Daddy:
In 1785, the state of New York confiscated the Phillipse’s land from his grandson, Frederick Philipse III, after he sided with the British in the American Revolution, and sold it to local patriot farmers who had been tenants of the Phillipse family. This is presumably how part of it came to be the farm of William Dutcher. Dutcher sold half of his farm to Justus Dearman in 1817, who then sold it to Gustavo F. Sacchi in 1848 for $26,000. Sacchi sold the parcel to John Jay – the grandson of the American Founding Father by the same name – that same year, and Jay laid it out as a village which he called “Dearman”, after Justus Dearman, and sold lots at auction in New York City starting on April 25, 1850.
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In 1854 the Dearman and Abbotsford combined, and by popular vite adopted the common name “Irvington”, to honor the American author Washington Irving, who was still alive at that time and living in nearby “Sunnyside” – which is today preserved as a museum. Influential residents of the village prevailed upon the Hudson River Railroad, which had reached the village by 1849, to change the name of the train station to “Irvington”, and also convinced the Postmaster to change the name of the local post office as well. It was thus under the name of “Irvington” that the village incorporated on April 16, 1872
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So because of the close connection to Washington Irving it’s fitting that the town should have a statue devoted to one of his creations – in this case Rip Van Winkle. The statue was sculpted by the late Richard Masloski, who passed away in July 2018.
Taken with a Minolta XD and Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f1.7.
A walk around Irvington – Red Chairs
I have a weakness for bright red objects. They always look so cheerful. So I knew when I saw these chairs in the distance that I’d have to take a picture of them. I also liked the shadows cast by the bright sun, particularly those made by the sun shining through the holes in the seats.
Taken with a Minolta XD and Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f1.7.
A walk around Irvington – Through a window
It was around lunch and I needed a toilet so I decided to stop at nearby Kiku Sushi.
While sitting there I noticed the sun shining through the window and falling on these objects. I’m not entirely sure why this appealed to me. I think it was something to do with the curved objects, mostly transparent but a few colored. And the sun picking out the highlights.
I found it calming. I’m inclined to say that there was something ‘Zen’ like about, but since I know practically nothing about this subject I might be way off.
I would have preferred it without the pole and the car in the background, but ‘c’est la vie’.
Taken with a Minolta XD and Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f1.7.