In March I went to Long Island, New York to visit my son. On one lovely, cold winter day we went for a drive to the end of the island.
We were quite surprised to find a large…5.5 metres wide, 9.1 metres long and 5.1 metres high…white duck beside the road in Flanders.
It was built in 1930/31 in Riverhead, Long Island and moved to Flanders near the barns and marshes of a duck farm where it was used to sell ducks and eggs. There were once about 90 duck farms in the area. Now it is a souvenir shop selling very cute duck items. I doubt that you will leave without at least one.
A little further on, at the most easterly point of Long Island, we came to the Montauk Point Lighthouse. It sits magnificently on Turtle Point. It was the very first lighthouse built in New York State and is the 4th oldest active lighthouse in USA.
Construction was authorized by the Second United States Congress under President George Washington on April 1792. Building began on June 7, 1796 and was completed November 5th of the same year. The light flashes every 5 seconds and can be seen a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The area is beautiful, even in winter.
I would love to go back in the summer, when the trees are looking gorgeous and the towns spring to life.
Beautiful color palette…white and gray…wintery. I love the ocean in the wintertime. I gotta ask: which is bigger? The goose or the lighthouse?
By: The Daily Cure on September 24, 2013
at 7:48 am
The lighthouse is bigger, but the duck makes a good effort.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:17 pm
Nice story telling.. and great blogsite! w/ amazing photos too!!! 🙂
By: alexsioson on September 24, 2013
at 8:36 am
Thank you.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:18 pm
Most Welcome Debra! 🙂
By: alexsioson on September 26, 2013
at 12:03 pm
Wow the duck is beautiful.
Ranu
By: ranu802 on September 24, 2013
at 8:57 am
I thunk he is am very cute duck.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:18 pm
Nice. I love lighthouses.
By: Eagle-Eyed Editor on September 24, 2013
at 11:14 am
I do too. It wasn’t open the day we were there, which is a pity.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:18 pm
Lighthouses have a kind of magic…
By: maru clavier on September 24, 2013
at 4:42 pm
This one is very attractive indeed.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:19 pm
Yes, the beach can be beautiful, even in the winter. And, goodness, that is one BIG DUCK!
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
By: Kathryn McCullough on September 24, 2013
at 10:32 pm
The beach was very desolate the day we visited, but it was still beautiful.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:19 pm
that is a very ugly duck
By: paul on September 25, 2013
at 4:29 am
How can you say that Paul??? I think he is lovely.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:20 pm
I absolutely love winter landscapes and I really like the architecture in that part of the world. Love the duck – you couldn’t ever pass it without smiling could you.
By: Jan on September 25, 2013
at 11:00 am
Long Island is very beautiful at any time of the year.
By: Debra Kolkka on September 25, 2013
at 8:20 pm
Oh I do love lighthouses! There’s something that draws me to them! 😀
By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on September 26, 2013
at 2:38 am
What a lovely place to visit – it looks so inviting!
By: Jim & Kerry on September 26, 2013
at 8:02 pm
Well at long last we will be spending a few days in the Hampton’s in the Fall so will also have some gorgeous photos from another season of this fabulous area. x
By: Dianne Cant on August 23, 2014
at 9:40 am