Adirondack Autumn Scenery

These are just a few of the pictures I took on our drive through the Adirondack Mountains this past weekend.

Athol, NY Cemetery

While on our excursion through small Adirondack towns yesterday, we stopped at a small old cemetery in Athol. I have ancestors from the towns of Athol, Thurman and Stony Creek. I was wondering if there may have been any of them buried in this particular place. We stopped and were lucky enough to find ancestors with the names Frost, Aldrich and Larkin. I think they are brothers and sisters of my direct ancestors, but it was still exciting to find a connection to my family history in one of these beautiful old towns.

Great Antique Shop in Hadley, NY

On our drive around little Adirondack towns, we stumbled on this great antique shop in Hadley. We loved the milk bottle display! We collect milk bottles that my husband has dug up himself. We never buy bottles. We might take this idea of the bottle display and make our own version of it since Eddie can make metal do anything. There is definitely something for everyone in this shop, but we managed to leave it all there for someone else to buy!

Wildlife Project

MINK

RABBITS

MINK


RACCOON

SKUNK

We allowed a Graduate Research Assistant to place a camera on our property this past winter. He wanted to study what wildlife may be in this area. They did it last year and plan to do it again next year too. He was able to get pictures of several things. These are pictures of some of the animals that he found. He did not get pictures of the many others that we have seen or taken pictures of ourselves. We have also seen: deer, beaver, groundhog, muskrat, geese, blue heron, mallard ducks, fox, squirrel, hawk, owl and many different varieties of birds. This beats the city any day!

One of My Favorite Photos from 2008

Fawn in our Pasture

One of my passions is photography. I have always wanted to work as a photographer or at least have pictures published. Does this count as published? I will start sharing the photos that I feel are worth sharing. I have many good ones that may not upload because of my dial-up service, but I want to share what I can. This photo of the baby deer is one I love. My husband and son noticed two deer leaping across the pasture as they were walking down to our pond. On the way, my son almost stepped on this little guy who was doing what his mother told him to do. They hollered for me to get the camera and we captured a few shots of him before we left him alone. He was gone later, so we know his mom came back and let him get up. I love the wildlife on our property here in upstate New York.