WistWeiria Wilton May 2017 Weir Farm is a lot of things beyond being "just" a museum. It was Connecticut's only National Park(ish) for years and years until Coltsville in Hartford got its NHP designation more recently. In addition to the Historic Garden and hiking trails, Weir Farm is also on the Connecticut Art … [Read more...]
Danbury Dog Rock
Thalia and Melpomene... Woof Dog Rock, Intersection of Hayestown and East Hayestown Roads, Danbury Tragedy and Comedy in one dog's face. Painted on a rock. So much emotion. So much paint. Way down at the extreme southern end of Candlewood Lake - Connecticut's largest lake, by the way - very near Lakeside Pub … [Read more...]
Garden of Ideas (Closed)
It Was a Good Idea While it Lasted Garden of Ideas, Ridgefield June 2017 The Garden of Ideas Closed in September 2019. Things open. Things close. That's just the way things work in America. However, when some things close, they continue on in some way. I imagine the Garden of Ideas, nestled in a corner of … [Read more...]
Great Falls
Sometimes Great Great Falls, Canaan/Salisbury February 2017 At some point someone dubbed Great Falls - also known as Canaan Falls - "The Niagara Falls of New England." In 2015 or so, the go-to New England waterfall resource first said, "If you are unable to make it to Niagara Falls in New York this summer, this … [Read more...]
Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens
Bart Lett's Go! Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford April 2022 One of my good friends grew up in North Stamford and over the many years of writing CTMQ, she has asked once or twice if I'd been to Bartlett Aboretum yet. She hasn't lived in the US for over a decade but this place was very close to her childhood home and I … [Read more...]
Valley Falls Falls
Fallin' Fallin' Fallin' Valley Falls Falls, Vernon March 2021 Yup, another semi-fake little waterfall gets its own page here on the mighty CTMQ dot org. A falls I've previously stood next to at least twice in my life and never felt the need to document in any meaningful way. In fact, I apparently thought … [Read more...]
Long Meadow Falls
Just Go With Me Here Long Meadow Falls, Oxford April 2016 Yeah, I know. This page is ridiculous. These falls don't appear in any guidebook and I may be the first person in history to hop out of his or her car to take not one, but two bad pictures of the unnamed falls on the unnamed stream. The stream comes … [Read more...]
(Former) National Champion: Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple Kongscut Mountain/Meshomasic State Forest, Glastonbury Big tree fans and big tree fans alike, you might want to grab a tissue for this one. Glastonbury's former national champion striped maple tree is dead. Like, snapped near the base and lying on the forest floor dead. Dead. … [Read more...]
(Former) National Champion: Poison Sumac
Toxicodendron vernix, Poison Sumac Fern Hollow Preserve, Glastonbury Height: 18 Feet Circumference: 14 inches It's always special when I meet people with pursuits similar to mine. It's also quite rare. So when Frank Kaputa from the Connecticut Notable Trees project reached out to offer to take me to a national … [Read more...]
Cathles Falls
Cathleter Cathles Falls, Simsbury December 2020 Cathles Falls on Cathles Brook isn't actually called Cathles Falls. And there's no such thing as Cathles Brook. Sorry for the swerve. These falls are officially unnamed along an unnamed seasonal flow. I have been here with no water and, well, it's just a bunch of … [Read more...]
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