Tag: Adirondack Chair
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Hand-me-down Haiku
As the oldest of three children, I recognize that my association with hand-me-downs is far from universal. Perhaps my brother and sister would offer a different perspective, recollecting with less enthusiasm having been the beneficiaries of my outgrown clothing and playthings during the 1970s and 1980s. And yet I remember my excitement when a box…
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Icehouse Flashback
Now that Rosslyn’s icehouse rehabilitation has crossed the finish line it can be difficult to recognize how far it’s come. It’s time for a reality check. It’s time for an icehouse flashback to December 23, 2017. Exactly six years ago. Today’s photo essay is a somewhat arbitrary reminder since the icehouse fulfilled the same purpose…
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Framing an Icon
This afternoon I return to a recurring theme: framing (literal and figurative). Whether framing an icon like the quintessential Adirondack chair, local vintage artifacts, or Rosslyn’s buildings and grounds, composing a structural context, framework, or enclosure for supporting or enclosing intrigues me. I’m moved to contemplate the many ways framing structures, directs focus, and defines.…
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Catalpa
A few weeks ago I received a question from a friend visiting ADK Oasis Highlawn: What’s the tree in the front yard with exotic white blossoms and enormous heart-shaped leaves? I stopped by to verify that a catalpa (aka catawba, cigar tree) was blooming. The catalpa tree is pretty exotic for these parts, planted by…
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Iconic Adirondack Chair
So many sweet moments as I re-enter our Adirondack Coast orbit, and this one is less verbal than visual rumination. I’m thinking of the iconic Adirondack chair that appears all around the world. And all around the world is not an exaggeration. In fact, the iconic Adirondack chairs in this post were photographed by me…
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Adirondack Autumn 2012: Part III
Adirondack autumn is sliding stealthily into winter. I’d better accelerate my fall iPhonography retrospective so that I’m ready to chronicle Rosslyn’s soon-to-be-snowy winter. In order to fast track the process, I’ll [almost] skip the textual annotations that I included in Adirondack Autumn 2012: Part I and Adirondack Autumn 2012: Part II. The video slide show…
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Adirondack Autumn 2012: Part II
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Geo Davis (@virtualdavis) It’s time for another installment of the Adirondack Autumn retrospective I launched last week. I’ll change gears from Rosslyn boathouse and waterfront snapshots to a few garden harvest memories. We had enormous luck with melons this season despite a slow start. Actually, our luck…
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Photo of the Week: Hurricane Isaac
Wondering why Hurricane Isaac is the title for this entry and photo? Or better yet, what Hurricane Isaac and Instacanv.as have in common? I’ll explain (and encourage you to vote for this Photo of the Week) in just a moment. But first, let me tell the story behind the picture. The photo to the right was…
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Adirondack Autumn 2012: Part I
As I mentioned recently, Adirondack autumn invites retrospection and introspection. But don’t fret, today’s lilt is less wistful. Levity is restored and whimsical iPhoneography is the flavor or the day. With September and October skulking away and November slithering in, I’m dishing up a photographic retrospective, a parade of annotated images gathered “on the fly”…
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Leaf Peeping in the High Peaks
On Wednesday afternoon my bride and I departed Essex and headed south on Interstate 87. Driving one of the Adirondack highway’s most handsome stretches always affords decadent views, but yesterday spoiled us with near peak Adirondack fall foliage. It was breathtaking despite overcast conditions. The flat light desaturated autumn’s cacophonous palette, rendering a landscape more nuanced…
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2011 Lake Champlain Flood Retrospective
We are lucky. In so many ways we are lucky. But this spring we are especially fortunate because Rosslyn boathouse is dry. Lake Champlain water levels are low. Our waterfront weathered winter — what winter there was — and spring without incurring the destructive flooding which tormented us a year ago. The dock is in.…