A vivid Independance Day sunset on a farm in Cheshire, CT.
Connecticut
Buttonwood Farm In Griswold
Sunflowers grown for charity (Make A Wish).
The Return of Rackstraw Downes
The Maine art community, myself included, never really appreciated painter Rackstraw Downes when he was a seasonal resident of the state. Though he had a summer home in rural Morrill from the 1960s until fairly recently, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Rackstraw Downes show in Maine. Now that Downes, a New York City […]
Lakes Bottom
Taken with my Pentax waterproof camera shot at Mashapaug Lake in Union, Connecticut.
Little Falls
This was taken in Middletown CT
After The Storm
This was the sky after we had a thunderstorm.6/1/10
Rhubarb’s Up!
Alongside the red barn grows a healthy patch of rhubarb…rhubarb=PIE!
Passport to Wine Trail in Connecticut
Find great wine in Connecticut with the summer passport program, sponsored by Connecticut Department of Agriculture. The goal is to visit at least 14 of the 30 vineyards participating from Connecticut’s wine trail. You get your blue passport stamped at each one, and then hand it in at the last vineyard you visit. The program […]
Peace In New England
Barn and stone wall
Tunnels At Roseledge Herb Farm
The tunnel on the left goes under the ground and into the barn, the opening on the right is a root seller and it’s filled with pottery shards. The colonial Jon Meech 1720 lived here and it’s a property filled with history!
Top 20 Connecticut Events
Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events MAY 1: COS COB, May Gardeners’ Market. Twelve juried vendors from specialty nurseries come to Montgomery Pinetum to sell their collections of annuals, perennials, wildflowers, herbs, hanging baskets, plants, and orchids. Plants […]
Connecticut Best Bargains 2010
Lunch A La Carte FOOD CARTS, New Haven An outdoor gathering of food vendors as an epicurean hot spot? If you’re in the Elm City, absolutely. The vendors, a weekday fixture in front of Yale-New Haven Hospital, offer seriously authentic street food spanning the globe: gyros, falafel, sushi, and burritos. Enjoy your lunch alfresco, accompanied […]