Dam! That's a Bald Eagle! Shepaug Dam Bald Eagle Observatory January 14, 2012 Hot dam! Who doesn't love seeing bald eagles? 1. People in Alaska where they've become a bit of a nuisance. 2. "Hot dam" makes no sense, because January 14, 2012 was single-digit cold with a biting and constant wind. After … [Read more...]
Dog, Bear, Dog Rocks (Winchester)
3 Animal Rocks in varying stages of decay Road around Highland Lake, Winsted/Winchester I see no need to separate these three rocks onto their own pages. If you're going to see one, you're going to see all three as they are only about a third of a mile or so apart. Of course, if you are purposely going to this … [Read more...]
Bethel Snake(?) Rock
Snake in the Grass Chestnut Hill Road and Gretchen Lane, Bethel So I was visiting friends in Bethel the other day and much to my surprise, there's a painted animal rock near their house. Was I surprised to find another elusive Connecticut painted animal rock? No. Was I surprised it seems fairly old and … [Read more...]
Riverview Farms
Riverview Farms Fall Festival October 2008, 2010, & 2012 2019 Update: Here I am, cleaning up old messes on this here website. Unfortunately, the folks at Robb's Farm, Robb's Ice Cream, and Riverview Farms are making a mess on top of my mess. Robb's Farm has a website. Riverview Farms has a website. They share an … [Read more...]
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Gardens
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Gardens Hartford Related CTMQ Posts: Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Museum A stop on the Underground Railroad Trail For most people, a visit to the Stowe Center means that all your pictures will be taken out here – in the gardens. Because Harriet Beecher Stowe’s house is one of the … [Read more...]
Bellamy-Ferriday Garden
Bellamy-Ferriday Garden Bethlehem June 18, 2011 Related CTMQ posts: Our visit to the Bellamy-Ferriday House Museum Oldest theological school in the US Our visit to Christmas Town Funny story... I visited the Bellamy-Ferriday House Museum in the middle of December while it was snowing. As you'd expect, the … [Read more...]
West River Fishway (Removed)
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...]
Mapleleaf Farm
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...]
Hilltop Farm
To Top off Vacation Week Hilltop Farm, Suffield September 2010 Arrgh! This is (yet another) one of the pages on this website that make me crazy when it comes to placement. It’s not a museum, but it’s so much more than a farm and has such an interesting history – and future potential – that its borderline. This … [Read more...]
Devil’s Dens: Plainfield & Sterling
Plainfield: Note: This page appears over on my Satan in Connecticut! section, so it takes on a different flavor. As if the whole Hell Hollow story wasn't enough (Here), I set out for the same evil area a month later in order to pick up some miles on the local CFPA Trails (Pachaug and Quinebaug) as noted just … [Read more...]
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