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Animals, Farms, Gardens, Plants, Trees, Rocks, Waterfalls, & Caves

Garden of Ideas (Closed)

July 19, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Fairfield County, Gardens, Ridgefield

Great Falls

June 14, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Appalachian Trail, Calvin, Canaan, Canals and Dams, Damian, Litchfield County, Salisbury, Waterfalls

Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens

April 19, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Arboreta, Fairfield County, Gardens, Stamford

Valley Falls Falls

March 8, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Tolland County, valley falls park, Vernon, Waterfalls

Long Meadow Falls

February 16, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Oxford, Waterfalls

(Former) National Champion: Striped Maple

November 10, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Glastonbury, Hartford County, meshomasic state forest, National Champion Trees, Trees

(Former) National Champion: Poison Sumac

October 14, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Glastonbury, Hartford County, Kongscut Land Trust, National Champion Trees, national Champions, Trees

Cathles Falls

September 15, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hartford County, Justin Coleman Photography, Simsbury, Waterfalls

Mad River Cascades

July 8, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World Mad River Cascades, Wolcott In case you are unfamiliar with my list of Connecticut waterfalls, it is largely taken from a guidebook of Connecticut waterfalls. A guidebook which includes several "cascades" which the authors know are not waterfalls in any traditional sense. I'm fine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Waterfalls, Wolcott

Diana’s Pool Falls & Trail

June 21, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Pull of Diana Diana's Pool Falls & Trail, Chaplin March 2021 Chaplin is a funny town. There it is, quietly existing in eastern Connecticut... no one bothers Chaplin, Chaplin doesn't bother anyone. Aside from a few trails coursing through town, there's really not much in town bringing in people from elsewhere. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, chaplin, Hikes with my Boys, Waterfalls, Windham County

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