The Grange in the Snow

I actually got out of the house today and hit the streets, many of which are still not cleared from the storm on Saturday. I have never seen the NY roads in such a state. Whoever is in charge of them should be really embarrassed by the work that wasn't done. There are many people in the area whose streets still haven't seen a snow plow. Luckily I live right off a main road, but even that isn't completely cleared. Yesterday's rain helped in some respects, but now there is a lot of slush and water that can't get down the blocked drain....but enough of my complaining.

I headed down to the Islip Grange which is about 5 minutes from me. It is a group of 19th century building replicas in a very nice park. This is the little white church. I was afraid of driving too far into the park and getting stuck or not being able to turn my car around. Instead I sat across the street in a restaurant parking lot to paint.
It was actually warm enough to sit with the windows open. This was done in my Stillmann & Birn journal and is about 7 x 8.