Signs, Signs

"153"

A snow-covered Hopewell Junction road last January. A town equipment depot at, I assume, 153 Hosner Mt. Road.

Beacon Winter

A view looking south toward the train station from Beacon's waterfront park on the Hudson River.

Making Tracks

Winter Runoff

Winter runoff from Stormville Mountain

A River Runs Beneath It

Mid-Hudson Bridge, Poughkeepsie, NY

Another photo from the mid-winter fog on the Hudson River. No fog today...back to winter with temps in the 20's.

Morning

What are you lookin' at?

Clearly, I was disturbing their breakfast when I took this shot. The DOT recently opened a new off-ramp from the northbound Taconic St. Pkwy. at Noxon Road. The new ramp goes right past this horse-boarding farm. The light at the end of the ramp only makes you wait (I counted) nine seconds to change...it's the only time I've ever wished a traffic light was longer. Probably one of the few times development actually brought you more in touch with nature, too.

Can't tell you how many times I've been late for work in the morning, always stopping to watch the horses.

Winter

Light through the clouds on Noxon Road, Lagrangeville, NY.

Big Sky

Big Winter Sky on Rushmore Road

Snow Day

Frozen

On Thin Ice

Two fearless swans take their chances on thin ice on the Rushmore Road pond in late January.

Winter Field

Snow-covered corn field from last year. No signs of winter here this year, save the page on the calendar, I don't care what the groundhog says. He's obviously been doing too much pre-Superbowl celebrating. My daffodils are peeking through already. The moss is growing bright green on rocks and I saw a few insects flying around the other day. I kind of miss the snow. I never minded the shoveling or the snow days, the snowmen or the snowball fights. I'd rather have white than dead grey-brown on the ground anyday. On the good side, I played some basketball down at the town park the other day without a jacket, in February, in New York. I lost, but that's not the point. = )

Sprout Creek Farm

A barn from Sprout Creek Farm.

From their website:

Sprout Creek Farm is a 200 acre working farm in Dutchess County, New York that provides an integrated context for educational and spiritual development programs for young people and adults.