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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

West River Fishway (Removed)

February 22, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Dam, Yo! West River Fishway Behind a Walgreens on Whalley Ave, New Haven In 2015, the dam and fishway were removed - which is a good thing! Fish now have a direct path to get to where they're going. The fish ladder was moved to another river in Connecticut. This is still an interesting story, so I'm not deleting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Closed/Gone/Former, Fish, Fishways & Lifts & Ladders, New Haven

Orange Green

February 18, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Orange You Glad I Do This Stuff? Orange Green I've wanted to do this page for years. That tells you all you need to know about me and my parenting skills, but so be it. Drive my kid an hour away dressed like a carrot to take a few fleeting pictures in the middle of the Orange Green because Orange Green just sounds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Damian, Orange, Town Greens

Rosedale Farm

February 10, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Coming Up Rosedales Simsbury Land Trust's Rosedale Farms Trail, Simsbury February 2012 As this was my first official hike of the Simsbury Land Trust list of hikes, I figured I'd jump in slowly. And easily. And flat. And close by. Hello Rosedale Farms! Rosedale Farms might be more familiar to you as a stop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Farms, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

Simsbury Land Trust Trails

February 7, 2012 by Steve 4 Comments

Simsbury Land Trust Trails I can point directly to the Simsbury Land Trust as the sole reason I decided one day to expand my hiking horizons past the CFPA trails. Heck, I can point to the exact date, time and place it happened. October 12, 2008, late morning on the Cathles Trail in northwest Simsbury. I can’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

Mapleleaf Farm

February 5, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Mooooo-vin' on Through the Farmer's Cow Farms Mapleleaf Farm, Hebron June 11, 2011 Mapleleaf Farm is part of the wonderful Farmer’s Cow. The Farmer’s Cow is a group of six Connecticut family dairy farms working for the future of our families and dairy businesses. They produce milk, half and half, eggs and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Calvin, Damian, Farmers Cow, Farms, Hebron, Hoang

NHL: Capt. Nathaniel Palmer House

February 4, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark Captain Nathaniel Palmer House 40 Palmer Street, Stonington (Museum) Since the Palmer house is a full-fledged museum, and since I have had the pleasure of visiting it, this NHL page will be somewhat truncated. After all, you certainly should want to read about Palmer’s whole story … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, historic house museums, Historic Houses, National Historic Landmarks, Ships & Boats & Submarines, Stonington

186. Nathaniel B. Palmer House Museum

February 4, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

The World in the Palmer of His Hand Stonington (Google Maps location) September 3, 2010 I’ve been known in these very pages to whine about the fact that there are so many historic house museums in Connecticut for me to visit. It’s not even the visits themselves I whine about – it’s the process of writing about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, National Historic Landmarks, Nautical History, Stonington, stonington historical society

The Concrete Factory (Closed)

February 2, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

You'd Hard Ice Cream... The Concrete Factory, Ashford November 2011 The Concrete Factory closed in 2013. Let's dispense with the obvious first: This is a very oddly named ice cream boutique. Ashford doesn't have too many attractions. It was late November yet we got ice cream. Now that you've wrapped your head … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Ashford, Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang

Mystic Seaport Lighthouse

January 25, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mystic Seaport Lighthouse Stonington Our visit to Mystic Seaport is here. As with most of these lighthouse pages within this particular section of the website, I’m simply going to cut and paste information from Lighthouse Friends and only add to it if I have something to add. In this case, I’m only adding the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Lighthouses, Mystic, Mystic Seaport, Stonington

Stonington Harbor Lighthouse

January 25, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stonington Harbor Lighthouse 30 feet high, at sea level, Stonington September 3, 2010 *As with many of the lighthouse pages, I'm going to cut and paste information from Lighthouse Friends , below my own accounting. This lighthouse is open with your Old Lighthouse Museum admission and requires no water passage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Lighthouses, Observation Towers, Stonington

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