We have been drawn to old historic homes for a long time now. In Manhattan, we lived in an 1870’s brownstone. In Brooklyn, it was a 1920 eclectic brick house in a designated historic district. Even in Massachusetts, our house, contemporary in appearance, had originally served as a workshop, connected to an old Victorian house [...]
Our Twin House
For an area that is suburban at best — I think of it mostly as living in the country — the county has a wonderful town historian. She maintains an excellent website entitled Penn Yan & how it got that way.
On the website, the historian has many homes and other buildings mapped with [...]
from the Chronicle Express, Penn Yan, NY. 29 September 1949
Book Printed in 1714 Wins Contest at Potter Library
Judges Advise Saving Unique Entries For Posterity
The $12 cash prize and distinction of owning the oldest book in the Town of Potter went to Mrs. Harrison Sawyer for a copy of The Spectator printed in 1714, making her [...]
Finger Lakes Life
Just wanted to mention we acquired a $5 copy of Finger Lakes Life by Dr. Robert E. Doran. Llewellyn spotted it in the musty basement of the store where we acquired the desk (mentioned in the previous post).
The book is a series of articles “Reprinted from The Finger Lakes Times, May 25, 1976 [...]
at a hangout in my hood with the sun dropping below my knees and spring just days away…
©Llewellyn Lafford@Zapix
Originally uploaded by LlewellynL
On a back road west of Geneva, chasing the setting sun toward Penn Yan, Laurel and I spotted this cat snoozing in the high window of a stone barn. Still warm in the fresh shadows, he appeared intent on completing his nap and remained supremely unintimidated by my approach and mumbles and clickings.
Originally uploaded by LlewellynL
–Ah, Nature!
–A gently meandering stream, its glassy surface reflects the verdant boughs and cirrus wisps of a late summer afternoon.
–Within its cool bosom: flitting minnows, marine ferns, mossy rocks, lily pads, semi-drowned shopping cart.
