Orange County Camel

Hello Friend

Peter always finds four legged friends when he's out photographing. Most of the time it's a horse or a cow, today it was a noshing camel.

Farm Today, Houses Tomorrow

Cornfields give way to new driveways

On Sunday we went to photograph from a cornfield on a hill that overlooks a large farm. Peter has photographed here a number of times and it is an area that we visit frequently. The painting, Passing Storm is based on this location. Today, we couldn't find it and we realized we drove right by it because the corn fields had been turned over, driveways laid in and three new houses stood where the field once was. We both felt the loss. I have mixed feelings. Someone is getting a new home, a builder and his crew are working, but this beautiful land in Orange County, NY is disappearing all too quickly.

Peter's painting, "Passing Storm" with corn stalks

Lucky Chance

Peter recording an extraordinary farm on a beautiful day

What a day we had on Saturday. We went out for a drive and visited a few of Peter's favorite farms over in Warwick, NY. By chance, we met the owner of a local farm who did not yell at us to get off his property like some do, but invited us to explore his family's amazing land. In a county, where the farms are turning into housing developments, it was a wonder to see this beautiful piece of land largely untouched and very much a working farm. What a great experience.

A quiet photo

Why?

Once it was red and now it is not

The world is ever changing and there's nothing you can do about it but look and remember. Trees fall, houses are built and red barns are painted beige. How much does anyone really notice unless you're always looking. This is the barn complex that inspired Peter's painting New Day January, among other paintings. Maybe it will inspire something new?

End of Summer

Peter and Paul along with Lisa and me at The Creamery in Port Jervis, NY

Beautiful Skies

Black Dirt Region, Orange County NY

Double portrait

There were tremendous thunderstorms coming through our area yesterday. Peter had a feeling the storm would break right before sunset and wanted to go out photographing after dinner. We went to a favorite spot, the sky cleared and we had a good hour of magic -- purple clouds and golden trees -- changing every second until the sun went down. We also saw an amazing rainbow over the Delaware on the way there. I'll have to get a photo of it from Peter's files.

Picture Hunting in the Rain

Peter photographing this morning in Pine Island, NY