Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
April 30th was my birthday, and a friend invited me to lunch at 3 Westerly, a nice restaurant on the Hudson River.
Prominently featured in the photographs is a large sculpture. I’ve spoken to a number of Ossining Residents and discovered that the sculpture is almost universally hated.
It has the rather uninspired name “River Arch”, I’ve observed that some people have started to refer to it as “The Eye of Sauron”. Pity it’s blue rather than red.
Taken with a Sony RX100 IV.
The other day I visited Arden Point and Glenclyffe.
Arden Point is a peninsula on the Hudson River in Garrison, NY. The trail starts at the end of the Garrison Metro North Station. From there a wooded trail parallels the train tracks and the Hudson River. It eventually divides with one trail going over the train tracks to loop around Arden Point eventually returning to the bridge over the tracks. Although not a long walk it has some impressive views looking both to the north and the south.
After you return over the railroad tracks, turn right and the trail continues to Glenclyffe is a 93-acre parcel of land on the Hudson River. It’s now the site of the Open Space Institute (housed in a quite spectacular former monastery). There’s also what now looks like, an abandoned mansion once owned by New York Governor, US Senator and Secretary of State (under Ulysses S. Grant) Hamilton Fish. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln, both visited it. One of the trails maps the route taken by Benedict Arnold as he fled down to a dock on the river, where he took a boat to H.M.S. Vulture to escape the British.
All told I walked for about three hours.
I have more pictures. If interested, you can find them here.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV
Hudson River waves. Where I am the Hudson is actually a tidal estuary. On this particular day strong winds made the waves even more impressive.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV
I generally go for lunch by the Hudson on Sundays. After a big lunch I’m usually in need or a nap, so I usually go straight home.
It was a nice day, so I decided to sit by the river for a while and read. I ended up staying for about two hours.
By that time, I was quite hot and thirsty so since I had been sitting near 3 Westerley I decided to pop in and have something to drink: two pints of Smithwicks.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV
Interesting view of the UN Building with the World Trade Center to the right. Perhaps I found it interesting because I’m so used to seeing the view from First Avenue.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV