Lake Waramaug
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Connecticut
Scale models rarely surpass their real life counterparts, but among the countless treasures of Mystic Seaport is an impressive diorama of the area as it was in the 19th century. The 1:128-scale model represents more than 50 years’ work by one man, Arthur Payne. A surprise to many who visit the seaport, the model is […]
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The Farmington River
WATER RUSHES ALONG THE BANKS OF THE FARMINGTON RIVER.
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Autumn Leaves
A FIELD OF FALL LEAVES.
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River Loop Drive
From Main Street, head east on Hart or Marsh Street (going back toward I-91). Turn to go under the highway, and at the T intersection, turn right to continue on Great Meadow Road. Follow it past fields to an intersection with a road on the right (Second Lane, but there’s no street sign). Turn there […]
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Weekend: Old Wethersfield, CT
Just seconds from the roar of I-91 lies the tranquil center of Old Wethersfield, Connecticut’s first permanent settlement and one of New England’s prettiest villages. The sudden deceleration is disconcerting, then pleasing, like stepping through a portal into the past. The village’s improbable setting — poised between an interstate and the strip-mall blight of Silas […]
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Highland Thistle Farm
Highland Thistle Farm’s bountiful display at the Coventry Regional Farmers’ Market, Coventry, CT
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Flight By Windows
Bird unwittingly caught in flight while I took a photograph of windows against bricks for a still life shot
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Wethersfield, CT, and Onions
Yankee classic from August 1993 Plan a weekend visit to Wethersfield today. In those days, you could smell Wethersfield before you could see it. Outsiders dubbed the Connecticut village “Oniontown,” with a crosshatch of affection and derision, for this was home of the world-famous Wethersfield red onion, and its pungent scent stung the air. Wethersfield […]
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Chicken Big
This could be Chicken Little’s nemesis roosting on Yankee headquarters. Or it could be a composite of two photos I took recently.
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Memorial Day Parade
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Connecticut Foliage Driving Tour
THERE’S A PERFECTLY good reason why Nathan (“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”) Hale came from northeastern Connecticut. Settled a generation after the rest of New England’s colonizing along the coastline and the Connecticut River Valley, this area became home to many ex-Massachusetts families looking for more […]