CIMG6034, originally uploaded by leathej1. Being at a higher elevation than the surrounding area meant that it was harder to explain to your lowland employer why you couldn’t make it to work when it snowed – seeing as how it snowed double the amount. But the reward is the silence near the end of...
Read more →CIMG5862, originally uploaded by leathej1. It looks like preparations for winter are taking place back on the farm. I used to hate getting the wood in. My grandfather would drag me out into the forest, he’d cut down a tree, and we’d tow it down to the field for cutting and splitting. Usually, the...
Read more →CIMG5473, originally uploaded by leathej1. Looks like a very old fashioned snowy Christmas season on the mountain. Follow the pic for more snowy scenes.
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Read more →October in Upstate NY is magical. The sun is steady and friendly, the grasses pull back to reveal fall flowers, and the poplar trees rattle with extra gusto. I won’t be able to make it back East this year, and that is especially heartbreaking when there is such beautiful foliage. On the farm, the...
Read more →CIMG3453, originally uploaded by leathej1. My mom sent me a few pics from the farm in NY – I have only seen this much drifting once before, in 1993. On that day, I had convinced myself that I was going to drive 150 miles to Syracuse to get back to school. My buddy and...
Read more →Today the USS Intrepid was unstuck from the mud that it mired in for the past several weeks. I have been watching this story only because visitig it was my favorite thing to do when in the city when I was a kid. Where else can you walk on the deck of an aircraft...
Read more →Ah, to be in East Durham, NY on Memorial Day. Back in the 90′s, we’d go out to Erin’s Melody in my buddy’s Chevelle, drink lots of beer and dance to the sounds of Celtic Cross with girls from downstate. I have never again had the experience of a band who could keep a...
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