Category Archives: Daily Catskills

Daily Catskills: 06/08/16

55F at 8.30am, sinking to 52F by mid-afternoon, cloudy, chilly with afternoon rain and down to 48F by the evening. A cold snap.

© J.N. Urbanski 6.20am

© J.N. Urbanski 6.20am

Daily Catskill: 06/07/16

63F at 8.30am with rolling clouds, light breeze and brief periods of sunshine.

© J.N. Urbanski 9.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 9.30am

Daily Catskills: 06/06/16

58F at 8.30am, cloudy with light breeze.

© J.N. Urbanski 8.15am

© J.N. Urbanski 8.15am

Daily Catskills: 06/05/16

65F by mid-morning, overcast with heavy rain.

© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm

Daily Catskills: 06/04/16

77F by mid-morning, humid and cloudy. 87F by mid-afternoon and sunny.

© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm

 

Daily Catskills: 06/03/16

66F by mid-morning, humid, overcast after overnight rain and a bit gloomy. 73F by 2pm and muggy.

© J.N. Urbanski 2.20pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2.20pm

Daily Catskills: 06/02/16

65F at 8.30am, clear and sunny.

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© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am

Daily Catskills: 06/01/16

71F at 8.30am, quickly rising to 81F by 10.30am, clear and sunny.

© J.N. Urbanski 9.20am

© J.N. Urbanski 9.20am

 

Daily Catskills: 05/31/16

59F at 7.30am, sun rising through a shroud of mist. Update: 84F by mid-afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 7.50am

© J.N. Urbanski 7.50am

Daily Catskills: 05/30/16

61F by 8am, still humid after overnight rain with mist rising off the mountains. 82F by mid-afternoon with very hazy sunshine and early evening rain.

© J.N. Urbanski 2.45pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2.45pm

Daily Catskills: 05/29/16

85F by mid-morning, hazily overcast, very humid with a light breeze and isolated showers.

© J.N. Urbanski 4.50pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4.50pm

Daily Catskills: 05/28/16

69F at 8am with hazy sunshine, rising to 86F by mid-morning with scattered clouds. Scorcher.

© J.N. Urbanski 11.15am

© J.N. Urbanski 11.15am

Daily Catskills: 05/27/16

81F by 11am, overcast but scorching in the brief periods of sunshine. Late afternoon rain and humidity. Steamy.

© J.N. Urbanski 4.40pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4.40pm

Daily Catskills: 05/26/16

82F by noon, with hazy sunshine.

© J.N. Urbanski 5pm

© J.N. Urbanski 5pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 5/17/16

© J.N. Urbanski 7pm

© J.N. Urbanski 7pm

Daily Catskills: 05/22/16

63F by mid-morning, dark, humid, overcast with a dash of rain. 66F by mid-afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

Daily Catskills: 05/21/16

63F by mid-afternoon, humid and overcast with some rain.

© J.N. Urbanski 4.50pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4.50pm

Daily Catskills: 05/20/16

63F by 9am, clear and sunny. 73F by mid-afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

 

Daily Catskills: 05/19/16

60F at 8am, clear, warm and sunny with rolling clouds. 70F by 1pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 5pm

© J.N. Urbanski 5pm

 

Daily Catskills: 05/18/16

57F by 9am, with hazy sunshine, rising to 66F by 2pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

Daily Catskills: 05/17/16

55F at 9am and overcast rising to 61F by mid-afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 7pm

© J.N. Urbanski 7pm

Daily Catskills: 05/16/16

36F at 7am, clear skies and cold with blustery winds. Blossoms still hanging in there despite the cold snap. 54F by 1pm and windy.

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

Daily Catskills: 05/15/16

45F at 9am with a morning mixture of cloud and snow and brief dashes of sun.

© J.N. Urbanski 11.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 11.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 7.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 7.30pm

Daily Catskills: 05/14/16

66F by noon, with hazy sunshine.

© J.N. Urbanski 9.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 9.30am

Daily Catskills: 05/13/16

63F at 8am, humid and misty with light rain. Rain for most of the day.

© J.N. Urbanski

© J.N. Urbanski

Daily Catskills: 05/12/16

54F at 7.30am rising to 81F by 2pm. Clear, warm and sunny.

© J.N. Urbanski 2.20pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2.20pm

Daily Catskills: 05/11/16

A whopping 75F by noon, clear skies and hot on the peaks.

© J.N. Urbanski 10am

© J.N. Urbanski 10am

Daily Catskills: 05/10/16

61F by the afternoon and bright with wispy cloud cover.

© J.N. Urbanski 5pm

© J.N. Urbanski 5pm

Daily Catskills: 05/09/16

47F at 8am rising to 62F by 2pm. Clear and sunny all day with a light breeze.

© J.N. Urbanski 2,.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2,.30pm

Daily Catskills: 05/08/16

55F by 1pm, sunny, breezy with an armada of passing clouds.

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

Daily Catskills: 05/07/16

44F at 9.30am rising to 61F at noon with brief periods of sunshine.

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

Daily Catskills: 05/06/16

46F at 9am, heavily raining and misty.

© J.N. Urbanski 8.45am

© J.N. Urbanski 8.45am

Daily Catskills: 05/05/16

44F at 9am with mist over mountains and drier than yesterday. 52F at 2pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

Daily Catskills: 05/04/16

44F at 9am, misty, humid and soaked with overnight rain. More rain in the afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

Daily Catskills Exhibition at Union Grove Distillery

© J.N. Urbanski

© J.N. Urbanski

Come celebrate the Catskills with us at Union Grove Distillery in Arkville at the opening party of the Daily Catskills Exhibition on Friday May 20th at 6pm.

If you’re only just joining us, Upstate Dispatch is a website started in September 2014 by J.N. Urbanski, focusing on the Catskills featuring interviews, memoir, photography and reviews of food, art, farming and the local economy.

Every day, for a period of 18 months, Upstate Dispatch published an image of the Catskills taken on that day. This exhibition will start at the distillery and continue throughout the Catskills at various locations over the summer. All prints are available for purchase, framed or unframed. For the last month,  we’ve been editing, printing, packing, matting (and picking out a nice print for Larry who probably is wondering where his free 11 x 14 print is).

Union Grove Distillery is a local distillery and tasting room currently brewing their third batch of local vodka from wheat and apples named Vly Creek Vodka.

 

Daily Catskills: 05/03/16

44F at 9am, soggy ground, peaks shrouded in mist and humid.

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

Daily Catskills: 05/02/16

42F at 8am with heavy rain all morning, and rising to 52F by mid-afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 3pm

© J.N. Urbanski 3pm

Daily Catskills: 05/01/16

42F at 9.30am, overcast, misty and raining for most of the day.

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 04/30/15

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 04/29/15

© J.N. Urbanski 9.25am

© J.N. Urbanski 9.25am

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 04/28/15

© J.N. Urbanski 1.20pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1.20pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 04/27/15

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 04/26/15

© J.N. Urbanski 04/26/15 Noon

© J.N. Urbanski 04/26/15 Noon

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 05/06/15

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 3/11/16

© J.N. Urbanski 1.20pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1.20pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 9/18/14

© J.N. Urbanski 7.45am

© J.N. Urbanski 7.45am

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 12/13/15

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 08/12/15

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

Daily Catskills: 04/17/16

© J.N. Urbanski 4.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4.30pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 4/17/15

© J.N. Urbanski 4/17/15 Noon

© J.N. Urbanski 4/17/15 Noon

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 04/09/16

© J.N. Urbanski 4/9/16 1.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4/9/16 1.30pm

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 04/13/15

Sculpture at the Maurice D. Hinchey Interpretive Center.

© J.N. Urbanski 4/13/15 10.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 4/13/15 10.30am

 

Daily Catskills Lightbox: Country Dog

© J.N. Urbanski

© J.N. Urbanski

Alfie, the black lab/shepherd mix, was found in the Kingston ASPCA and is not only gorgeous, but the most charismatic, noble, extraverted, well-mannered and strong dog I have ever known. He was picked up as a stray puppy in Louisiana and I can imagine him now, having decided to break for freedom as early as possible, quickly making his escape and never looking back. He was driven north with a car full of other dogs to the Catskills by animal rescuers. He’s the best model a photographer ever had and is extraordinarily protective, but is slightly bossy and master of a very effective side-eye. When we left him in the shelter to wait for our references to be checked, I could hear him barking at us from the front door. Showing hardly any signs of shelter anxiety common in other rescued dogs, he bounced back like the trouper he is and has doubled in size in the two years we have had him. We rescued a 38lb puppy and now we have a 80lb bruiser. He’s now a card-carrying country dog.

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 05/28/15

A gorgeous glimpse of weather to come… fingers crossed.

© J.N. Urbanski 5/28/15 7.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 5/28/15 7.30am

Daily Catskills Lightbox: 05/25/15

Hand picking worms off the organic apple trees in a young orchard. Last year was a banner year for apples in the Catskills.

© J.N. Urbanski 5/25/15 1.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 5/25/15 1.30pm