Stark

Bare branches at dusk, starkly silhouetted against a cold yet beautifully colored winter sky

I ventured out on one of the coldest days of the season to date with entirely different intentions, namely to capture a picture of the Big Duck in it's Holiday dress. I passed my turn-off and ended up turning around at a this dead-end street overlooking Flanders Bay. I was enchanted by the evening sky and picked this tree to provide a focal point. Goes to show you that you never know what to expect. The Big Duck pictures didn't come out at all, but this one's fast become one of my favorite landscape pictures of all of 2011!

Spring Springing Soon

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay Cove

Fluffy clouds traveling along blue skies, a yellow sheen on the still-bare branchbes and grass turning green again all hint at the imminent arrival of spring. I cannot wait...!

Powdered

Branches looking cotton candy pretty after snow fell all night

Yesterday morning I awoke to the classical views of a winter wonderland. Snow had fallen all night long, and it was the right kind of snow, the one that sticks. By mid morning the sun had melted most of the snow on roofs and trees so I hurried out before it all disappeared. The best spots still remaining were unfortunately the ones in the shade, so this image didn't turn out as sparkly as it could have, had I gotten myself out of the door a little earlier.

Dusted

Wintry looking canal leading into the Great South Bay

Today was the first day that really felt like winter and it even snowed. Well, it was more of a dusting but by late morning about 1 1/2 inches had accumulated. In this photograph, taken in the afternoon, most of it had already melted away, but a wintry look prevailed. This is a "beef stew for dinner" kind of day!

Branch Out

Shadow extends tree on warehouse wall

I thought this one looked kind of interesting, and it's not a collage - it's simply a tree, the sky, a wall and a shadow...

Hanging On

Raindrops and leaves

Raindrops line up like beads on a string after yesterday's rain finally stopped

Stemmed

Late afternoon at Cold Spring Harbor

There are countless bays and coves and sheltered harbors along the coastline of the North Shore. This one belongs to a sleepy yet pretty little town called "Cold Spring Harbor", a few miles west of Huntington.

First Colors

Lake in Blydenburgh County Park

Okay, it's been a while but I am back. After 40 posts I had to take a break and work myself through the loads of pictures I've been dumping onto my pc from my memory cards each day. Of course I still took some photos in the meantime, and here's one of them, taken last Sunday October 7th. You don't really see a lot of fall foliage on Long Island yet but along some of the lakes the leaves have started to turn. Given the outrageously warm weather we've had it will be a while until the trees peak though.

Strange Land

Banks of the Nissaquogue River

This is a strange and somewhat creepy place - the Nissaquogue River, deserted and swampy and eerily quiet. And yes, very buggy as well