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A Walk Around Town August 25, 2009

Posted by Emily in : New York, Photography , trackback

This week David has been working nights.  And by “nights” I mean all the time.

He has eight hours a day of personal time.  Six of those hours he chooses to sleep.  The other two hours are spent with us and commuting.

The only nice thing about this schedule (besides the fact that the kids and I get the car during the day when he’s home) is that he’s at the house sleeping during the mid part of the day.

Which means I have an extra person around to listen to the silence of the house while the kids snooze away in the afternoon. This gives me a rare opportunity to photograph mid-day (which still isn’t ideal on a sunny day with all the hard shadows and such, but I’m just happy to go out) without two little people hanging on my legs.

Since I’m the only one in my house who doesn’t need a mid-day power nap to continue with my day, I crept out of the house to photograph some architecture on my street.

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This is the front of our building.  We live in the orange building on the end.

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This is around the corner.  I love how historic this place is.

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It has great lines, texture, and character.

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Palmyra is a very religious town with a church on every corner. One of the roads on this particular intersection with the four large churches is aptly named “Church Street.”

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Some of the buildings are so close together, it makes me claustrophobic.  I’m not sure why I photographed this, I was taking deep breaths just looking at it.

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This door is an enigma.  I mean, why would you need a door on TOP of your roof?  Someone must love going on that roof because why else would you need a door up there?  Someone who needs frequent access.  That’s who!

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This brick building is next to the city park.  I found it interesting how people wrote their names on the bricks.  I stood there, starting at this wall, trying to think of why people would etch their names into the brick.  What ever happened to vandalism with good old spray paint?

I have certainly loved exploring this small town.  I can’t believe our stay here is almost half over!

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1. Kristina P. - August 25, 2009

YOu seriously live in the most beautiful place. And I always need a mid-day nap!

2. Kelsie - August 25, 2009

Will you please give me photography tips? PLEASE!? You are amazing!

3. Lindsay Storrs - August 25, 2009

Wow! It is so beautiful there! I’ve never been to Palmyra before, but want to go someday! I can’t believe your time there is almost over!