This past weekend I went out to the Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford, NY to do some snowshoeing. The GCVM is one of my favorite places in New York because their Pioneer Cabin came from our family’s property. It was also where I worked my first job. Typically the Village is closed in the winter and you can only go see the nature trails but they have now opened up the village for snow showing and cross country skiing. Saturday morning we got another couple inches of snow but by the time I got there the sun was out and it was a gorgeous day. I took about 300 pictures and loved playing around with my camera's settings to put some unique perspective on the pictures. Here are some of my favorites along with a brief description of each image.
Outdoor fish sculpture from the John L. Wehle collection
Foreground: Land Office built c. 1835, Alloway, N.Y. Background: Schoolhouse built 1822, Rush, N.Y.
Pioneer Farmstead log house - built c. 1809, interpreted 1820, Scottsville, NY
Foster-Tufts House built 1836, Pavilion, NY
Livingston-Backus House built 1827-1838, interpreted 1850s, Rochester, N.Y.
Romulus Female Seminary built 1855, Romulus, N.Y.
Thomson's Tavern and Store built 1808, Riga, N.Y.
Brooks Grove Methodist Church and Parsonage built c. 1844, Brooks Grove, N.Y.
Hamilton House built 1870, Campbell, N.Y.
Hyde House built c. 1870, Friendship, N.Y.
Flint Hill Pottery Reconstruction, c. 1845
Brewery and Hop House Reconstruction, c. 1803 built c. 1870, Greece, N.Y.
Shaker Trustees' Building built 1839, Sonyea, N.Y.
Kieffer's Place built c. 1814, Rush, NY
The Great MeadowI impressed myself so much with some of these pictures that I may enter a few in the Agricultural Society Fair come the fall. I used to enter cross stitches and baked goods when I was younger but I think I may be ready for the big leagues now. I highly recommend visiting the GCVM to everyone and if you live in the area please support them by getting a membership. Here's a link to their website for more information: http://www.gcv.org/
