Hi Dear Folk,
As you can see I did a little spring cleaning on my Blog, changed some colours and de-cluttered. The new banner represents the almost monochromatic colours of our winter.
We did get to take our walk.
I'm sure I've said before but all this ground used to belong to the State Mental Hospital going back over 150 years, therefore in a suburban area it is an oasis. Above was the old dairy area, where the patients used to work, then it became politically incorrect for patients to work, so now they just sit, smoke and drink coffee. I'm not complaining though because we get to enjoy all this beautiful park area on our door step and if it wasn't for the hospital it would surely all have been built on. And we have so much wildlife here.
Mr. B. with a cup of coffee, you can see how warm it is, just in short sleeves. I love to see teasels. At one time in NY state there was a whole teasel industry. They collected and used them to catch and fluff up woolen blankets, thus making a fluffy soft woolen blanket, that is when NY state had their own woolen mills.
Old abandoned house, there are quite a few around the property where the hospital management used to live, even doctors. Remember this hospital predates the Civil War.
This glade of grass in the trees was amazingly bright, as everywhere else was brown and grey.
Few more days off yet, enjoy your time with family and friends.
Christy
As you can see I did a little spring cleaning on my Blog, changed some colours and de-cluttered. The new banner represents the almost monochromatic colours of our winter.
We did get to take our walk.
I'm sure I've said before but all this ground used to belong to the State Mental Hospital going back over 150 years, therefore in a suburban area it is an oasis. Above was the old dairy area, where the patients used to work, then it became politically incorrect for patients to work, so now they just sit, smoke and drink coffee. I'm not complaining though because we get to enjoy all this beautiful park area on our door step and if it wasn't for the hospital it would surely all have been built on. And we have so much wildlife here.
Mr. B. with a cup of coffee, you can see how warm it is, just in short sleeves. I love to see teasels. At one time in NY state there was a whole teasel industry. They collected and used them to catch and fluff up woolen blankets, thus making a fluffy soft woolen blanket, that is when NY state had their own woolen mills.
Old abandoned house, there are quite a few around the property where the hospital management used to live, even doctors. Remember this hospital predates the Civil War.
This glade of grass in the trees was amazingly bright, as everywhere else was brown and grey.
Few more days off yet, enjoy your time with family and friends.
Christy
Happy new Year Christy. Lovely pictures. that green sure does stand.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tracy and you have a lot of changes for the New Year. Yes that green could almost be a Kelly Green.
DeleteYour park is really a little oasis. Amazing to see Mr. B in t-shirt in December. Yes the same thing happened to the residents of the home I worked in. They ran the farm and grew their own food. Now they sit around mostly watching tv.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention the watching of TV. It has been so mild, good for the fuel bill.
DeleteI really love the look of your blog. I find it very soothing and welcoming. I didn't quite understand if people still live there?
ReplyDeleteHi Nan, Thank you for visiting my blog. No the houses are not lived in but just run down and derelict. The Dairy area is done up and used by the rangers for their park offices, plus there are some wild life displays in there.
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