In 1900 some of the best farmland in Rensselaer County was flooded to create the Tomhannock Reservoir. Some farms were moved by horse teams over greased logs, many of them remain to this day. Some farms were abandoned to the flood. Today, when the waters of the reservoir cry out under the burden of thick winter ice, local legends say that it's the sounds of the ghost farms under 12.3 billion gallons of dark water.
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Happy New Year 2021!
Thanksgiving 2020
It’s been a year we will never forget. And we shouldn’t.
This year I am thankful for the lessons that 2020 taught me. Taught us. Hard lessons in love and loss. 2020 has been devastating in so many ways and goodness still exists. Even now. After all that.
We watched our country lose so much, shut down, and spin back up slowly, only to begin to shut down again. We tried to flatten curves by living life inside six-foot spheres. We saw our cities emptied. We saw the places that make up the routine of our daily lives go dark only come back and look very different. Our friends and loved ones were reduced to postage-stamp-sized boxes in video chat apps. We have all been touched by the loss that COVID-19 brings. Some of us have lost so much more. The families of 270,00 Americans will have a tragically different holiday season this year. 2020 was a year when a once-in-a-century pandemic fueled social and political unrest, an economy and job market in freefall, and increasingly severe weather events producing headlines rivaling any dystopian movie. Today, for all of us, life is much different than one year ago. We have lived a decade’s worth of history crammed into 12 months. This Thanksgiving feels different because it is different. For some, this year, it’s impossible to muster any thanks on a holiday centered around gratitude.
But 2020 has taught us that we are more capable than we ever knew. I don’t believe that an arbitrary date on a calendar will reset the course of events that have come to define 2020, but I am thankful for hope. We’ve made it this far. Winston Churchill famously said: ”if you’re going through hell, keep going”. Let’s all keep going.
I am immensely thankful for all the people I have worked with and for in 2020. The people in your network, your friends, and family are everything, and I am truly blessed. Happy Thanksgiving and here’s to brighter days.
Autumn Texture
Autumn Texture
Fall Vibes
There is nowhere in the world like New England in the Autumn.
Foliage may be past peak, but the backlit yellows and golds that mark the late season are pretty special, especially when they filter warm light though the entire forest. Location: Hopkins Memorial Forest, Petersburg, New York
Hopkins Foliage
Red Sun, Red Leaf
Red Sun, Red Leaf
First light over the Tomhannock Reservoir, 10.01.2020
On-location in the White Mountains
On-location in the White Mountains
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Greenwich, New York | May 29, 2020
Severe storm outside of Greenwich, New York on May 29, 2020
Washington County Severe Thunderstorm Flow | May 15, 2020
Tornado-warned Thunderstorm in Washington County, New York, May 15, 2020
Desert Night in Zion National Park, Utah
Desert Night | Zion, National Park
Daybreak over the hills of Rensselaer County, New York
Daybreak
Vorticity
Leading edge of a thunderstorm moving through Halfmoon, New York on July 6, 2019
Albany By Air
Albany By Air: An Aerial Tour of Downtown
Sunrise over the Southern Adirondacks and Lake George.
Sunrise over the Southern Adirondacks
Shooting on location on the Boquet River, Adirondack Mountains
On Location: Boquet River, ADK
Lightning strike associated with a line of severe storms passing through Southern Saratoga County, New york on April 9, 2019.
Lightning Strike | April 9, 2019
Waves of Late Day Sun | Tomhannock
Waves of Late Day Sun
Meltwater | Grafton Lakes State Park
Spring Meltwater | Grafton Lakes State Park | Grafton, New York