Snapshots from my IPhone 7 from a 6 mile walk this week around Robert H. Treman Park.
Autumn Amble
The forest floor was newly painted after leaf fall
Tag: slate
Unidentified Tree
silhouette
This branch of spent, lancate leaves with hanging seeds grows wild on the slopes above Treman Gorge in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
Assistance with identification of this tree is requested. Please leave your suggestions as comments to this post. Thank You, everyone.
Here is a series of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
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Sky Reflections
A Wall with Moss Padding
A Finger Lakes Trail footbridge crosses Fish Kill on the edge of Treman State Park.
These are images of the sky reflected on Fish Kill from that footbridge on August 24, 2022.
Robert H. Treman State Park, Enfield, Tompkins County, Finger Lakes Region, New York State
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Contemplation II
Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.
A sole individual views Lucifer Falls from the Gorge Trail footbridge.
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Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
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Contemplation I
Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.
A place for quiet contemplation within the Treman Gorge, only accessible via a 15 minute hike. Robert H. Treman New York State Park on a late October afternoon.
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Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
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From the Overlook
Autumn hills
Standing on Enfield Gorge rim above Lucifer Falls on a clear October afternoon, the slopes of the far gorge cloaked in shades of green, yellow and red.
Below, the Gorge Trail runs below a sedimentary rock cliff.
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Lucifer Falls Autumn
Anything but devilish
A full sweep of Lucifer Falls on an autumn evening, the sun hidden behind the gorge walls. Here the Gorge Trail emerges from the shelter of the gorge, emerging into a dizzying view.
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Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.
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Look Up, Then Out
Look Around
Standing on the trail alongside Lucifer Falls, crane your neck, up and up to the cliff top. Look closely to see the protective rock wall of the overlook.
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Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail
The Rim Trail includes this overlook of Lucifer Falls with, upstream, the Devil’s Kitchen waterfall, the path of the Gorge Trail in between.
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Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook
The full sweep of Lucifer Falls on an autumn evening, the sun hidden behind the gorge walls. Here the Gorge Trail emerges from the shelter of the gorge, emerging into a dizzying view.
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Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook
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Brink of Lucifer Falls -
Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail -
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook -
Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook
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On the Edge
On the way to “Devil’s Kitchen”
This trail, built into the slate/sandstone gorge wall, follows the descent of Lucifer Falls. Here we view the brink and the path alongside. Follow this trail to Devil’s Kitchen, up and around the corner.
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Quaker Settlement Series 2
Gone too soon
Joseph P. Lee, a middle aged gentleman with carvings of a mature willow flanked by urns. In the intervening 162 years the upper layers of slate flake at the edges.
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Born June 6, 1799 Died June 22, 1857 Lived 58 years and 16 Days
Rhoda Ann Mattison, a wife who died too young. What was the relationship of James and Rhoda to Catherine and John?
Born October 14, 1794 Diet April 8, 1822 Lived 27 years 5 months 20 days. Wife of James Mattison
The carving is a pineapple (for hospitality) set in a elegant vase on a plinth flanked by ionic columns, a simple arch (banded to imply a rainbow?) surmounts all. Cross hatching implies space. An implied eternal banding of stylized leaves as starbursts.
I brought out the characteristic slate coloring. There is evidence of ware from the intervening 197 years, though the carving is surprising crisp.
Slideshow of photographs in this series
Catherine A. Mattison Born 1792/1793, Death March 13, 1815. Lived 22 years. John Mattison, Death December 2, 1831, Born August 15, 1815 (5 months after Catherine’s Death), Lived 15 years, 3 months and 18 days. 
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