Taken with a Nikon D40 and Nikon Nikkor 70-300mm f4.5-5.6
9/11 Memorial in Ossining, NY
Crossing the road
I was walking from my house along Main Street, Ossining, NY down to the Hudson where I would have my usual Sunday lunch by the river. I was a bit early, and the restaurant would not be open for a while, so I decided to sit and watch the world go by. I found somewhere to sit that was somewhat higher than usual. I thought it might give me something different from my usual eye level (sometimes low to the ground) perspective.
At a certain point a woman drove across this crossing on a…well, I don’t exactly what to call the things she was riding on – maybe some kind of scooter. I thought it might make a nice picture. I liked the diagonal line of the crossing, and the man on the other side of the road.
Taken with a Sony RX100 MVII.
Lost cat
My cat is a creature of habit. When I wake up, she jumps onto the bed (if she’s not already on the bed) and wails for her treats, which I dutifully give to her. Then, when I go down to make my coffee, she follows me and demands her food.
This morning was different. When I woke there was no cat. I rattled the container for her treats. That usually brings her out, but not this time. She’s not a young cat and as I searched the house, I feared that maybe she had passed away during the night. However, the house was devoid of cat corpses. I looked everywhere…nothing, until I noticed that on the lower level of my house a door was open. That’s where her cat litter is. I’d opened the door and closed the screen door to get some of the smell out. My house cleaner was coming that day and I didn’t want to subject her to the smell of the cat litter.
What I think had happened was that, for some reason, the cleaner had opened the screen and forgotten to close it. The cat had probably gone out through there. She’s a house cat and until very recently had shown no interest in going out. However, just lately she has taken to going out onto the deck outside my bedroom. Maybe this had given a taste of the outdoors, and she now wanted to explore further.
This calmed me down a lot. I’ve had outdoor cats before (one of which would disappear for days at a time) and discovered that eventually the come home, usually when they’re hungry! I figured that unless a bald eagle or a coyote (we have both in my neighborhood) got her she’d be fine.
Sure enough a few hours later I happened to open the front door and there she was sitting nonchalantly outside as if nothing unusual had happened. Typical cat behavior!
So, all’s well that ends well.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Rokinon/Samyang AF 75mm f1.8 FE
A metal sculpture
A view of Main Street, Ossining through a metal sculpture. A plaque on the sculpture reads:
“Let’s Roll” by James Havens. Installed as a part of the “Ossining in 3d” Sculpture Exhibition and purchased through the generous crowd funding donations of residents and friends in honor of the Village of Ossining Bicentennial 2013 celebration.
Taken with a Sony RX100 VII
Lucy’s Pizza
They don’t make pizzerias like this anymore!
According to one of Ossining’s Museum in the Streets information boards:
The Union Hotel, built in 1800, once stood on this site. It was for many years the official Village “stage house” for the York and Albany turnpike Stage Company. Many important persons stopped at the hotel, including Emperor Napoleon III of France, who dined there serval times on visits to America. Next to the hotel was the J.E. Buckhout Blacksmith Shop, which took care of the needs of the stagecoaches and horses. In 1887 the property was purchased by Dr. Edward B. Sherwood, a dentist, who demolished the hotel and built his grand residence. Dr. Sherwood served the Village as its president, the predecessor to the office of mayor. The Cynthard Building, which presently occupies the site, was built in Renaissance Revival style in 1929.
Taken with a Sony RX100 VII