Waiting for the Haverstraw Ferry

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“The Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry is a passenger ferry over the Haverstraw Bay and Hudson River, which connects Haverstraw with Ossining in the U.S. state of New York. The ferry operates during rush hours on weekdays only (Update: the ferry now operates on weekends too.), primarily transporting commuters from the west side of the river to the Ossining Metro-North Railroad station on the east side, where they can transfer to Metro-North Railroad trains headed to Grand Central Terminal in New York City, or Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie, via its Hudson Line. The ferry has been in operation since September 2000.” (Wikipedia)

Taken with a Sony A6000 and Tamron 28-300mm f/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD lens.

Meeting Alexander in New York City for dinner – Overview

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My grandson, Alexander is currently living in New York City, and I recently went into the city to have dinner with him. He wasn’t available until after 5:00pm so I decided to go in early, walk around and take some pictures. My original plan was to have a walk around Central Park, but I changed my mind and instead decided to walk over to First Avenue, then up to about 54th Street where I would head towards the East River and then head north along the walkway by the river.

Once upon a time I used to spend a lot of time in this area, but I hadn’t been there for many years. After walking for a while I realized that some of the most significant events in my life happened along here. But that’s a story for another day – maybe?

Taken with a Sony RX10 IV.

The Shatte-Tug

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As you can see this boat is called “Shatte-Tug”. I often see it moored by the Shattemuc Yacht Club. Bearing in mind its name it makes sense that it’s in some way connected to the club.

However, it’s not always moored in the same spot, so I guess it moves around. I have no idea what purpose it serves: maybe from time-to-time boats from the club (and maybe other nearby marinas) get stuck and the “Shatte-Tug” has to go out and bring them in. Who knows?

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Taken with a Sony RX100 VII.

A Visit to Cold Spring, NY – Inside an “antiques” store

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Cold Spring has a number of interesting shops. Some might call them “Antique” Stores, but I fear that if you’re looking for valuable, high quality, vintage wares you might (with a few exceptions) be disappointed.

Rather than call them “Antique” stores, it might be more accurate to call them “Bric-à-brac” stores, i.e. small decorative objects of various types and of no great value. You typically find old books, records, cds, videos, photographs, old equipment (e.g. cameras) and dolls etc.

Still, some of these pieces have a certain charm of their own.

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Taken with a Sony RX10 IV.