Over at the pond and down the lane

The Catskills in the distance of these Rothko like imgs.

A little history

Ok culled straight from wikipedia, but still interesting.......

Originally part of the Land Grant to the Livingston family, this area on the Roeliff-Jansen Kill was originally called "Livingston Forge" after the iron foundry on the river. Throughout the eighteenth century. the Livingston forge created metal products for the community, and the town was sometimes known as "Scotchtown" due to the immigrants of Scottish ancestry to flocked there. As the Revolution drew near, the factory produced shot, cannonballs, and perhaps most importantly, the chain which stretched across the Hudson River at West Point.

After the Revolution, the town was established from part of the Town of Livingston in 1803, but was then called the "Town of Gallatin." In 1814, the name was changed to "Ancram," after the town in Scotland where the Livingstons had their origins. Part of Ancram was taken to form a new Town of Gallatin in 1830.

Mining of iron and lead was important in the early economy, and the town of Ancramdale was originally known as "Ancram Lead Mines"

Late october and golden

Oyster mushrooms right here:

Picked from a tree right out side my house, these are huge and tasted great.

Holyhock, Bee Balm and Garlic Chives

Nice looking Garlic Chive (Allium family)



The Holyhock was wonderful this year

Ancram village

Summer

July phlox








New trellis .... I made it my self

A local pond with frog activity

The first warm day of the year, the peepers came out... ALL together and so too a couple of other frenzied frog types, you can hear them doing their mating ritual sing songs here.