It needs a lot of work

This old Dutch barn belongs to a dear friend who purchased along with a beautiful colonial house and a large tract of land.  Fixing it is extremely expensive and there are really no carpenters capable of doing the needed repairs. Too bad.

Have a wonderful Sunday

Orchids

The Planting Fields Arboretum on Long Island's north shore is a wonderful place to visit especially on cold wintry days. Besides it's superb collection of camellias and it's magnificent green house, it sports a varied collection of orchids.

Have a wonderful week

Sometimes it only takes a fogged up lens

This image was just shot at the Planting Fields Arboretum where we go on our annual camellia trip. Alas, the  camellia green house was closed due to emergency repair, too much ice has broken some glass panes, so we had to settle for the larger green house where there's a very large variety of plants.  The lens was cold and the green house was super humid and so the lens got fogged; but I do like this image and hope you will too. The trick was to wipe the lens and wait for the right amount of fog to build up. 
                                                                                         

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