Albany at 5:30 AM | 07.31.2026

Albany at 5:30 AM | 07.31.2026
Albany, New York 

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Nipper in the Rain | 07.29.2026

Albany’s beloved Nipper weathering today’s record-breaking rainfall.
Jully 29, 2026 | Albany, New York 

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Albany Rural Cemetery | 04.03.2026

 

Albany Rural Cemetery |  04.03.2026
Menands, New York 

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Cohoes Falls Dawn | 04.01.2026

Cohoes Falls Dawn | 04.01.2026
Cohoes, New York 

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Albany Sunrise | March 24, 2026

Albany Sunrise | March 24, 2026
Albany, New York 

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State Street Rain | 03.23.2026

State Street Rain | 03.23.2026
Albany, New York

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Walloomsac Inn (formerly Dewey Tavern), Bennington, Vermont | 03.14.2026 | Restoration Obscura

Walloomsac Inn (formerly Dewey Tavern), Bennington, Vermont
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This building began its life in 1771 as Dewey's Tavern, erected in Old Bennington on Monument Avenue across from the Old First Church. It was built by Elijah Dewey, who only a few years later served as a captain in the local militia at the Battle of Bennington, fought nearby in August of 1777. Taverns like this served as more than roadside lodging. They were gathering places where travelers, militia, farmers, and merchants exchanged news and information as the young republic took shape. The inn also functioned as a meeting place for the Vermont Legislature during the state's years as an independent republic, and in 1791 hosted future presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who were in town to mark Vermont's acceptance into the union.

Ownership and names changed with the generations. After Elijah Dewey's death in 1818, the tavern passed to the Hicks family and became known as Hicks Tavern, continuing its role as a stopping place for travelers moving between the Hudson Valley and the Green Mountains. In 1848, as stagecoach travel was giving way to the railroad, the building was purchased by George Wadsworth Robinson, who renamed it the Walloomsac House, after the river that runs nearby, and the establishment eventually came to be known as the Walloomsac Inn.

The building is sometimes confused with the Mount Anthony Seminary, though the two were separate establishments in Old Bennington. The Walloomsac Inn occupied its prominent site on Monument Avenue, serving travelers and hosting civic life for well over a century.

Today the structure remains as a weathered survivor of that long transition. Clapboards bow outward, dormer windows lean toward the sky, and a later metal fire escape clings to the façade. Long-exposure photographs stretch the clouds overhead into slow ribbons of motion, compressing time above a building that has already witnessed more than two and a half centuries of it. As of 2025, new owners have acquired the property with plans to restore it and reopen it to the public.

Places like this become quiet historical archives. Long after the travelers have disappeared and the tavern doors have closed, the structure remains, keeping watch over the valley where roads, wars, and generations of movement once passed.

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The Nott Memorial | 03.13.2026

The Nott Memorial | 03.13.2026
Union College, Schenectaday, New York 

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Liminal | Tomhannock | 01.19.2026

Liminal | Tomhannock | 01.19.2026
Northern Lights + Light Painting  

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Sunrise in Grafton Lakes State Park | 12.26.2025

Sunrise in Grafton Lakes State Park | 12.26.2025
Grafton, New York 

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Deep Space Objects | 11.20.2025

 

Deep Space Objects | 11.20.2025
[Top] North American Nebula
[Bottom] Andromeda Galaxy 

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Easton Aurora | 11.11.2025

Easton Aurora | 11.11.2025
Easton, New York 

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Iris | 10.25.2025

Iris | 10.09.2025

Grafton Lakes State Park. Grafton, New York

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Nipper Sunrise | 08.07.2025

Nipper Sunrise | 08.07.2025

Albany, New York 

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Wildfire Sun | 08.06.2025

Wiidfire Sun | 08.05.2025

Tomhannock Reservoir, Pittstown, New York

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Wildfire Sunset | 08.04.2025

Wildfire Sunset | 08.04.2025
Washington County, New York 

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Lightning Strike | 07.12.2025

Lightning Strike | 07.12.2025
Halfmoon, New York 

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Deep Sky Objects | 07.05.2025

 Deep Sky Objects | 07.05.2025

The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023), a delicate blue reflection nebula lit by starlight scattered through dust in Cepheus.

The Sadr Region (IC 1318), a glowing red expanse of hydrogen gas surrounding the bright star Sadr in Cygnus.

The Veil Nebula (NGC 6960), a filament of an ancient supernova remnant known as the Witch’s Broom, its gossamer strands stretching across the Cygnus sky.

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Moon and Fireworks | 07.05.2025

 

Moon and Fireworks | 07.05.2025
Saratoga County, New York 

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Dill Brook Night Sky | 06.23.2025

Dill Brook Night Sky | 06.23.2025

Petersburgh, New York 

The galactic core rising over Dill Brook in Rensselaer County. Though this remote stretch offers a rare window into the night sky, light pollution from nearby Albany and Troy increasingly obscures the stars, reminding us how fragile natural darkness has become, even in rural corners of New York.

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