Chichester-Silver Hollow

J.M.W. Turner's "Chichester Canal" at the Tate Gallery, London

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Christmas flood (almost, luckily not)

 Rains fell, and fell. Our local creeks swelled, but we dodged a bullet. Whew!



Saturday, November 12, 2022

After an inch and a half of rain

 Stoney Clove Creek swollen after the rains:




Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Three days before the rains

 Calm before the deluge:




Monday, October 3, 2022

Early autumn

 On Stoney Clove Creek:




Sunday, August 21, 2022

In Concert at CPOA

 On Saturday evening 20 August 2022, we were treated to a concert by the renowned artist, and our fellow CPOA member and neighbor, Robert Burke-Warren. It was a wonderful evening of music, and included a personal request of a Johnny Cash song (I walk the line).





Friday, May 27, 2022

Sweet Sue’s is open

 Finally, it has reopened. For now, only a standup and takeout area, soon the dining room, too. Looks good. A work in progress. Nice to have it back.





Saturday, April 9, 2022

Water receding

 Compare the creek today (Saturday 4/9) to yesterday, following Thursday’s rainstorm:

Friday:

Saturday:



Massive rain storm in early April

 Albany got over 2 inches of rain on Thursday 7 April. Chichester is estimated to have gotten around 4 inches. There was thunder, too. Quite a storm. Stoney Clove Creek grew, but stayed in bounds.







Our driveway:



Ostrander Bridge did fine:





Saturday, February 26, 2022

Another snowstorm

 It has been a rough winter, so far. On Friday 2/25/2022, over half a foot of snow fell in our environs. The Daily Freeman published some photos:


Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Ice Cream Sunday

 What fun, ice cream in the afternoon.






Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Phoenicia: Movie-Worthy Mountain Getaway

 Story in Upstater.com on July 19, 2021.


When he wasn’t slugging homers, Babe Ruth could be found at the Sportsman’s Bar on Main Street, slugging beers. Alcohol also brought the notorious gangster Dutch Schultz to Phoenicia, where he lived and set up stills during Prohibition. Legend has it that shortly before being gunned down in Newark by rival gangsters, Schultz buried millions of dollars in a safe by the Phoenicia railroad tracks. Or under two pine trees. Or under a skull shaped rock by the banks of the Esopus. Ok, look, there’s a lot of legends floating around about where exactly Schultz buried his loot, probably none of which are true. But that hasn’t stopped treasure hunters from continuing to show up in the Phoenicia Library on Main Street to comb through old maps, looking for clues.


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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Robert Burke Warren in concert at CPOA

 


Brandin, our 4 year old grandson, loved it, too. Great evening.

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Ach, that bridge!

late afternoon, 8 July 2021, after yet more rain:


Later, same afternoon:



Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Will it ever stop raining?

 In between rainstorms, 7 July, at Shandaken Democratic caucus, Lexington (Route 42, off Route 28)



Thursday, July 1, 2021

Summertime swimming

 July 2021










Thursday, June 24, 2021

Getting swimming hole ready

 24 June 2021





Sunday, February 7, 2021

Is Dutch Schultz’s Treasure Chest buried in Phoenicia?

 A story from the renowned Yonkers Times discusses Dutch Schultz, famed beer meister and smuggler, and his missing treasure chest. No one really knows where he buried a 2 foot by 3 foot treasure chest filled with gold, diamonds, cash and bonds as a getaway bundle of funds if he had to leave town at a moments notice. That value of the chest and it contents is now estimated between $50 Million-$150 Million. Dutch was gunned down in 1933. Thus, no one really knows where the loot is.

The long held tale was that Schultz buried the chest in the Catskills, in Phoenicia NY, a town that he spent time with. The PBS documentary mentions Phoenicia and a house in Bronxville NY, on the campus of Concordia College, as two other possible locations. 

 Tantalizing.

 

Saturday, December 26, 2020

After the storm

 From the Facebook page of the Town of Shandaken:




Friday, December 25, 2020

Rainstorm in the Catskills

 A week after 20” of snow, over 3” of rain.




Thursday, December 17, 2020

Snowstorm in the Catskills

 Forecasts called for a foot of snow, maybe a foot and a half.


It was a massive storm:



And we did get a lot of snow:






Friday, December 11, 2020

late December afternoon

 A very mild day in mid-December.