I Love New York Travel

*sigh*

Lovely, isn’t it?

The sun is lower in the horizon now. Yellows and oranges appear not only on the tree leaves but also in the sun’s rays. I rose with the sun this morning, watching the day shift from dusky blues to pinks to an interesting orange color.

The colors were lovely, rather feminine like colors on bridal shower invitations: mauve, dusky orange- lovely, really.

Winter approaches. Soon the sun will be a white ball in a bitter, gray sky. I miss the colors then. Still, I like winter because I can concentrate on all the “inside” things I have to do. The gardening, mowing, weeding, renovating and other activities don’t distract me then.

What are your plans this winter?

I looked up this river and Wikipedia says it is a tributary of the Hudson. The Indians called it sacandaga which means “overflowed land.” Um, yeah, that names Upstate New York perfectly….

The river source is Lake Pleasant (although I didn’t know it at the time). This photo was taken only a few hundreds yards from the lake (near Speculator, NY) so we were pretty close to the source. Kinda neat. :) I like the large, smooth stones. They were enormous! The river was shallow but the water was running at a very speedy pace, the current would take you down a ways if you fell.

Also according to Wikipedia, Sacandaga River’s water power is harnessed further south for a hydro-electric power plant.

The photo was taken several weeks ago, at the beginning of October. The sun was low in the sky and it was therefore difficult to snap a really great photo. I can’t remember if we took it with the DSLR camera or one of the phones… which reminds me, the motorola phone batteries need replacement….!

I love that phones have cameras. I really dislike the bulk of the DSLR. I just wish the phones took GOOD photos.