A Visit to Lasden Park
On this Thursday, April 3, 2014, the sun was shining, there were few clouds in the sky, and the temperature was hovering around 50 degrees at 11:00 AM when I pulled into the driveway of Lasden Park Gardens and Arboretum near Katona, NY. It has been such a long, cold, and dreary winter, I thought perhaps the park, which is naturally beautiful in the warm summer, might have a head start on showing some springtime color. I was wrong. The place was mostly brown with some green Pachysandra making its usual encroachment. You could just begin to see some of the bulbs beginning to rise from the ground, but there were so few colors. I was lucky to find the purple flower all by its lonesome blooming in a very brown patch of mulch and early spring growth. Although green does not always appeal to my camera, I found a leaf shot that caused me some interest. There are many ponds and quiet areas for sitting and contemplation around the park, but the one shown above was the only one that suggested a spring time ambiance. The photo of the China Pavilion demonstrates how little color was present in the park, but the reflection of the pagoda in the water does provide some subtle hues. I also experimented with a ten second timed "Selfie" where I perched the camera on a stone bench aimed at the wooden bench in the photo. I ran the 20 or so feet to get comfortably seated on the bench, just as the camera released the shutter. I have been to this park when the colors are brilliant and the walk along the paths calming and regenerating. There were not so many colors today, but I still felt a calmness and the assurance that Spring would once again renew the beauty of our surroundings.
On this Thursday, April 3, 2014, the sun was shining, there were few clouds in the sky, and the temperature was hovering around 50 degrees at 11:00 AM when I pulled into the driveway of Lasden Park Gardens and Arboretum near Katona, NY. It has been such a long, cold, and dreary winter, I thought perhaps the park, which is naturally beautiful in the warm summer, might have a head start on showing some springtime color. I was wrong. The place was mostly brown with some green Pachysandra making its usual encroachment. You could just begin to see some of the bulbs beginning to rise from the ground, but there were so few colors. I was lucky to find the purple flower all by its lonesome blooming in a very brown patch of mulch and early spring growth. Although green does not always appeal to my camera, I found a leaf shot that caused me some interest. There are many ponds and quiet areas for sitting and contemplation around the park, but the one shown above was the only one that suggested a spring time ambiance. The photo of the China Pavilion demonstrates how little color was present in the park, but the reflection of the pagoda in the water does provide some subtle hues. I also experimented with a ten second timed "Selfie" where I perched the camera on a stone bench aimed at the wooden bench in the photo. I ran the 20 or so feet to get comfortably seated on the bench, just as the camera released the shutter. I have been to this park when the colors are brilliant and the walk along the paths calming and regenerating. There were not so many colors today, but I still felt a calmness and the assurance that Spring would once again renew the beauty of our surroundings.
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