Friday Getaway

Here's the Park City, one of the ferries in Port Jefferson, waiting to take you away.

Starfish and Crocs

Gift shop window in the Harbor Square Mall in Port Jefferson. (This time I have an excuse for a blurry picture--the crocs had me trembling with fear.)

Bamboo Forest

Did you know we have a bamboo forest? It's way back in Melville Park next to a field. There's a path going through it and if you enter and look up (middle pic) you can see how high the stems go. The other day when I was there it was very breezy and the sound of the small branches clicking and rustling high up was quite amazing. If you are a connoisseur of sounds you must hear this one. And such a bright green in mid-February!

New trail

Wonderful new walking/biking trail in East Setauket off Gnarled Hollow Road. A few smidges of snow remained in the shady areas yesterday. How nice to be able to walk along a smooth road like this and not worry about cars (But they need to remove that Path Closed sign.).

New Building at SUNY

This is the new Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technology located off Stony Brook Road. I'm not sure what kind of research goes on there -- maybe it's to do with deterring those Nigerian scammers. Interesting architecture. The entrance is on the far right in this view.
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Monastery of the Holy Cross

On Main Street, East Setauket, the Monastery of the Holy Cross, Jerusalem Patriarchate, holds services of Matins, Vespers, and Liturgy. Click here for some wonderful pictures of the interior.

Cornstalk motif

When the Setauket Post Office was spruced up last year they removed layers of old paint revealing the sharp detail of the cornstalk capitals. The plaque credits Benjamin Latrobe with this American motif. A picture of the whole building was on my post of Dec. 3rd.