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 p.1 #11 · My recent visit to the finger lakes area (C+C please) | |
Great pics, especially the first... brings back many memories for me.
I didn't grow up there, but my folks grew up in Ithaca, and I spent a lot of time there visiting my grandmother when I was younger.
Not sure if you're familiar with Forrest Home Drive (in Ithaca), and the old stone houses (4 in a row) that were built by my great grandfather William Mitchell, but I have always wanted to make a trip back there since getting into photography to do some shots of those houses. He was a stone-mason, and did a lot of work at Cornell, and it's interesting to note that a large portion of the stone that he used to build the houses were leftovers from his work, and in some cases, you can see where he used things like counter-tops (with sink/faucet holes) as stones in the construction of the homes.
One of the houses, in particular, was built as a memorial to my great grandmother, and many of the exterior stones were carved with inscriptions of poetry and quotes.
Thanks for posting those!
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