King Street and Ouse

A Tiny Island is visible where a busy King Street bridge once crossed the river.  The old village shops on King Street eventually became residential and the businesses are now located on Cayuga Street.   Grindstone Creek Gallery ~ noted for its beautiful brick archways ~ is the only shop on King Street today.  The owners, Kimberly and John Jeffrey appreciate the early Cayuga architecture.  They welcome historical photos and stories of the old village.

Photos:  lbw

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you;  you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."
~ James Lane Allen (1849 - 1925) American novelist.

"And, above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself.  A man should never think that.  My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning."

~Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) Victorian English novelist, ch.32, The Warden (1855)

Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees
That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees,
So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray
For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!
And the Glory of the Garden it shall never pass away!

~ Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) The Glory of the Garden.

"I keep six honest serving-men
   (They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
   And How and Where and Who."

~ Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

(Photo:  11B. Previous location of The Neat Little Bookshop on Cayuga Street.)

There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield,
   And the ricks stand grey to the sun,
Singing:~ 'Over then, come over, for the bee has quit the clover,
   And your English summer's done.'
   You have heard the beat of the off-shore wind,
   And the thresh of the deep-sea rain;
   You have heard the song~how long?  how long?
   Pull out on the trail again!
Ha' done with the Tents of Shem, dear lass,
We've seen the seasons through,
And it's time to turn on the old trail, our own trail, the out trail,
Pull out, pull out, on the Long Trail~the trail that is always new!

~Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) The Long Trail