With nothing to do on a superb 4th of July day, we decided to check out Olana, the home of Frederic Edwin Church, one of the major painters of the Hudson River School. This dovetailed nicely with an afternoon spent roaming the streets of Hudson. Some shots from Olana…
Looking south down the Hudson with the Catskills to the right
I don’t often get a Friday off from work, let alone a Friday with temps in the 80s with low humidity. It was a perfect summer day and I thought I’d go to the perfect spot to spend part of that day, Minnewaska State Park. Minnewaska was one of the reasons I moved to New Paltz. A couple pristine mountain top lakes and miles of carriage trail make for great bike riding and immense beauty. Here are some shots from the ride…
Lake Minnewaska
Lake Awosting
@ Castle Point
The Catskills
After indulging in a lobster at the Gilded Otter last night, I walked home and decided it was too early and too nice out to go sit in my ice box of a house. So, I grabbed my new camera bag (the jury’s still out on this one) and tripod (getting the carbon fiber tripod was the best decision ever, I can actually carry it around and really use it) and took a walk around town. As the sun went down and civil twilight set in, I slowly walked through town watching the light change and snapping pictures. Summer in New Paltz is an interesting time…something you have to be around to see. I plan on getting out on some more nights to try to get pictures of more storefronts and restaurants as the sun goes down. Here are a few.
