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Rosslyn for Sale
Rosslyn for sale (photo credit Jason McNulty) Susan and I were driving back to Rock Harbor after visiting Rosslyn, an early 19th century home in Essex, New York, which our realtor had just shown us for...
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Lingering Longer at Rock Harbor
Rock Harbor view of Lake Champlain and Vermont shoreline Back at Rock Harbor I packed the car while Susan prepared tuna melts. The temperature had warmed to the mid seventies, and a light breeze was...
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Hickory Hill and Rosslyn
The Ross Mansion, Essex, NY I recently happened on this antique postcard of the Ross Mansion (aka Hickory Hill) which was built by the brother of W.D. Ross, Rosslyn’s original in the early 1820s....
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Postprandial Soak
Postprandial Soak After dinner Susan opted for a postprandial soak. Quiet. Languid. Sybaritic. Tasha curled up beside the bathtub, sighed and fell asleep. A breeze carried the faint smell of pine trees...
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Ed Pais visits Rosslyn Boathouse
Edward Pais was a classmate of mine at Deerfield Academy from 1986 to 1990, and he now practices architecture in Burlington, Vermont. Despite being out of touch for more than two decades we recently...
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Serene, Patinaed Fantasy
East 57th Street between First and Sutton (via Wikipedia) Accustomed to living out of a suitcase, I pendulumed back and forth between Manhattan where Susan was wrapping up a degree in interior design...
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Paris, Rome, New York City and Essex
Living Past: Paris, Rome, New York City prepared me for Essex, NY Early in the millennium I lived in Paris and Rome for a little while. Twin hardship posts! I shuffled back and forth on a roughly two...
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Demolition: Rosslyn Dedux
Rosslyn Demolition, autumn 2006 When it was built it was just right for the times. But it didn’t adapt… Rooms were shut off and fell out of use. Neglect left the paint chipped, with bare wood and...
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De-Icing the Duck Pond
Let me start by saying that we don’t have a duck pond. We have a lake. Lake Champlain. And although it pains me slightly to say it, we also don’t have any ducks. Not personally, at least. Lake...
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Essex Horse Nail Company and Wadhams Mills
Envelope from the Essex Horse Nail Co., Limited in Essex, New York. I spied this intriguing artifact in an eBay auction. It’s a canceled envelope for a letter, invoice, something… sent from the Essex...
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Contemporary Vintage Boathouse
Vintage boathouse postcard? Or not? (Source: Geo Davis) Is this a vintage postcard or a recent photograph taken from the ferry dock in Essex, New York? If you guessed that the image is contemporary,...
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