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Entries from September 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013

Saturday
Sep282013

diptych # 44 ~ more Rite Aid

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Rite Aid ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
2 more pictures from my Rite Aid series.

Friday
Sep272013

civilized ku # 2609 ~ entre chien et loup

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After sunset / Rist Camp ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Since my return from Rist Camp, I've been busy, amongst other things, processing many of the picture I've made over the past 5 weeks. About 50 of them are finished with another 20-30 awaiting my attention. And, of course, I continue making more pictures.

In any event, I'm getting back into the blog posting thing and will be posting more pictures along with some of current thoughts on the medium and its apparatus.

Friday
Sep202013

ku # 1276 ~ the last hurrah

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Harris Lake / Santanoni Mountain sunset ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Autumn has arrived and presented us with a wonderful going away gift during our last night at Rist Camp.

Friday
Sep202013

civilized ku # 2607-08 ~ obsession + jazz

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Rite Aid ~ North Creek, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Jazz quartet - BarVino ~ North Creek, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Wednesday evening, the wife and I went down the road a bit to the nice little hamlet of North Creek to fetch some post-surgery meds and have dinner.

FYI, North Creek is a small-scale version of Lake Placid inasmuch as it is a ski mountain (Gore Mountain) village. However, unlike Lake Placid which is dressed up to the nines, North Creek is authentically early 20th Century Adirondack - old store fronts which, with few exceptions, house mom and pop businesses. The most obvious exceptions are a thriving upscale inn/hotel and a now-defunct attempt at introducing a modern 5 store strip shopping center, one just like you'd find in suburban New Jersey.

In any event, while the wife was in Rite Aid, I became utterly fascinated by the front of the store and the way in which the light was falling upon it. The cumulative visual effect was that of a Hopper painting. Consequently, I made quite a number of pictures of the store front. In fact, more pictures than I have made of any non-moving/living referent in a very long time.

The one presented here is the one which I believe captures the essence of what I saw. Nevertheless, upon my return home this weekend, I'll process some of the other pictures and post them so you can be the judge of which one is "best".

BTW, dinner was outstanding and accompanied by live jazz music.

Wednesday
Sep182013

civilized ku # 2606 / ku # 1275 ~ if haste makes waste, what does waste make?

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Apples in tree / on ground ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Apples in bowl ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
When the wife and I arrived at Rist Camp, it would have been impossible to ignore the apple trees - long unattended - behind the camp. Some apples had fallen on the ground and our main concern was to park the cars in spots where apples wouldn't fall on them. Eating them was not even on the radar.

Fast forward to my good friend Robert - a professional chef in NYC - showing up and what appeared to the wife and me as "bad apples" turned into some very galumptious applesauce. During the same week as Robert's visit, the wife's good friend, Ann (from Denver), was also visiting and, lo and behold, the next thing we know we're all savoring some of her equally galumptious apple crisp made from the same "bad apples".

Just goes to show how there are some amongst us who have the vision to turn shit into shinola.

Tuesday
Sep172013

civilized ku # 2605 / ku # 1271-74 ~ hard working

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Serious picture maker ~ Tawahus / Adirondac, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Hudson River rocks / overhang ~ Tawahus / Adirondac, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Hudson River rocks - small/large ~ Tawahus / Adirondac, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Hudson River cedar tree ~ Tawahus / Adirondac, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Hudson River cedar branch overhang ~ Tawahus / Adirondac, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Even while on vacation/holiday I'm always working hard to bring you an excellent picture viewing experience.

FYI, picture of me was made by my brother.

Saturday
Sep142013

civilized ku # 2602-04 / ku # 1267-70 ~ Adirondacks by air

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Tom's seaplane ~ Long Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Hugo and Carter ~ Long Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Over Long Lake ~ Long Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Marsh ~ Long Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Newcomb Lake / Santanoni Mountain / Great Camp Santanoni ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Great Camp Santanoni ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Tom, Hugo, Carter ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Yesterday dawned cloudy and overcast but by 11AM the overcast had given way to blue sky and fluffy clouds. By the same time, Hugo and his hockey linemate Carter had also arrived and I deemed it a perfect day for a seaplane trip. So I called my friend Tom to see if he was available to fly us around. The answer was "yes" so he flew us around and it turned out to be a perfect day for seeing parts of the Adirondacks by air.

Thursday
Sep122013

civilized ku # 2599-2601 ~ Rist Camp tableau vivant

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Morning peaches ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Lamp and chair w raccoon ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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Small bedroom ~ Newcomb, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen