A walk to Sparta Cemetery – Overview and a statue

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It’s been very hot and humid for the past several days, so I haven’t been getting out much. After a few days of this I was starting to get “cabin fever”. I decided that I would get up early and go for a walk while it was still fairly cool. My plan was to leave the house, walk down Scarborough Road to Route 9/Albany Post Road, which I would cross near the Presbyterian Church and go down to historic Sparta Cemetery. After that I planned to continue on the Stop and Shop, pick up some groceries and then get an Uber back home.

My first picture taking opportunity was the statue above. It’s not far from my house. I’ve tried to take pictures of it before, but it’s quite a long way away from the road on private land and I’d never been able to get a picture I was happy with…until now. I was quite satisfied with this one.

I don’t know what the subject of the statue is. I thought it might be Pan because of the pipes he’s playing, but the statue doesn’t seem to have the goat’s legs normally associated with Pan. After a bit of research, I’ve found images of similar statues called: “Boy Playing Pipers”. I thought the flowers were a nice touch, as were the frogs around the base.

Taken with a Sony DSC-H50

Lunch at Stone Fire

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I described our lunch in Mount Kisco, New York in an earlier post (See: Lunch in Mount Kisco). As we walked back to the car we noticed what looked like a mobile pizza oven (it didn’t look that interesting so I didn’t take a picture of it).

Then I noticed the piece of sculpture the brick wall of a building (I have no idea what the building was, or why the sculpture was there).

Stonefire is directly opposite Oakwood Cemetery (See: A Cemetery in Mount Kisco). These monuments were a long way away, but once again the 31-465mm (35mm equivalent) lens did a decent job.

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Taken with a Sony DSC-H50

Children in a bouncy castle

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It’s that time of year again. School’s out and the Briarcliff Manor Recreation Department organizes a variety of different summer camps. That means that there are swarms of excited children all around the village.

As I was walking into the village to have some lunch, I spotted a “bouncy castle” in the distance. I didn’t need to get too close to as the little Sony DSC-H50 that I was testing has a 31-465mm (35mm equiv) lens.

The children seemed to be having a great time.

Taken with a Sony DSC-H50