Dyckman House in Harlem NY

The last farmhouse on Manhattan dates from 1700's and was occupied by William Dyckman who was a farmer and businessman in Northern Manhattan, Harlem...but what is now Spanish Harlem.

This area is very overbuilt with tenement houses now surrounding the old farmhouse. The street that it is on (Broadway) has been flattened and straightened over the centuries and now is 10 feet or more lower than the front entrance of the farmhouse.

The land around the house is very peaceful as being now 10-20 feet higher than the local traffic, has a lower noise level, plus many trees are planted around the terrain affording extra sound dampening.

A picture below shows the look at the turn of the previous century, (over 100 years ago).

There is a website for this museum which is www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org

spray and wash from Newfoundland Ferry

Cap Rouge Bridge from moving train (Cap Rouge, QC)

Wreckhouse area in West Newfoundland...winds coming off Gulf of St.Lawrence was responsible for blowing the Newfie Bullet (Newfoundland train know for its lack of speed) off its tracks at this location

Train through Montreal

wild poppy in rain

interconnected garden

interconnected garden, peas ask for support from bean leaf

pink corn ear

Mr Bee  coming in for a landing

Mr Bee on the rose bush

Pollen for the taking

tiny wild strawberries in lawn

Here are some photos from the summer garden composed of peas, beans, zucchini squash, and some roses for visuals.

Doors

Double door, well used, Quebec City, Canada

Elegant Door, Montreal

St Denis Street Door, Montreal

St Denis Street Door, Montreal, not in use (other than a graffti canvas)

(Below) Doors for Montreal Bath House, Maison de bain, Montréal.

Moon rising over Calgary Tower, May 2012, People's Lunch in back alley off of the exclusive Hôtel St-Germain in Calgary.

Newfoundland in May

enjoyed fine Newfoundland hospitality with all my 'buddies' down on the West Coast (of Newfoundland), plus a wonderful cruise on the Blue Puttees of the Marine Atlantic fleet which crosses between Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Port-aux-Basques, NL. The total crossing time one way is between 6-7 hours depending on the time of day (night crossings seem to be longer, or maybe its the time change??....left slightly before midnight NL Time and arrived about 7 or 730 am Atlantic Time, guess that is more than 7 hours).

West Coast of Newfoundland is misty and moody sometimes, warm and inviting others. Within 24 hours there were both. The coast range of mountains holds the low clouds and also they are high enough to capture snow (in May/April).



cloud layers over St John's NL



small village at sunset

ski hill outside of Corner Brook NL

Roadbed of the Newfoundland Railway

Steam train from NFLD Railway, Newfie Bullet

raining in Port-aux-Basques harbour

morning sun and propellor effects

WRECKHOUSE site....home of 200km/hr winds which used to blow the Newfoundland Railway trains off the tracks

Riopelle at UNION STATION in Toronto, Via Rail lounge

Quiche Festival (HOMEMADE) chez nous

Place des Arts Salle Wilfred Pelletier from a loge

The images that follow provide a brief snapshot of these conditions and the empty landscape.

Corner Brook NL, Railway Museum...NFLD Railway was a narrow gauge (3' 6")
 which doomed it when it was to be integrated with North American Standard Gauge (4'8')