Albany to Watertown, NY - 19 SEP 2010

Keeping to the back roads I found more interesting sites. A different kind of lawn ornament:An old one room school house turned into a house and now abandoned.
Another interesting flower pot.
This most unusual barn is near Fonda, NY.
I stopped at the Mohawk Indian Craft Shop (which has some lovely items) and learned the barn and house (a Bed & Breakfast) is part of the Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community. Link to Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community Andy, who runs the Craft Shop on the same property, told me about a small cemetery a few blocks up the road.
It was so small and hidden; I would have missed it if he hadn't given me a heads up. I have no name for it, as it was unmarked and there is no information about it on the Internet.
I really liked the way this image came out.
Fritz G. Vogt was an itinerant folk artist who walked around the Albany area taking odd jobs, and exchanging drawings for drinking money and a place to sleep.
This is the Indian Castle Church (Little Falls, NY) build in 1769. Link to Indian Castle Church
Another rural still life:

Off Route 5 (near Frankfort), I saw a small wooden sign: St Agnes Cemetery 1911:

No impressive markers but it had a great view.

This was the only marker of interest. The short drive up a winding road through a wooded area, was beautiful.
I went speeding by this dead skunk and then I started thinking about what I had seen. White fur with a black Stripe? Skunks are black with a white stripes...never the other way around. I had to turn around after 5 miles and double back to look again. And the white was so full and pretty.

But walking to the other side, I saw it was an illusion.

And yes, photographing a dead skunk is a smelly job.