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Cape Cod 2015

January 28, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Tilting at Windmills Brewster, MA If you happen to be looking at this page, please know that it exists simply for me and my little goofball family to look at it in the future to reminisce about family vacations back in the day. You're certainly welcome to look. Our sons were cute enough in 2015. I'm putting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Vacations

Great Pond Preserve

January 27, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Just Great Great Pond Preserve, Glastonbury December 2015 Great Pond indeed. You know what's great? Doing a meticulous scroll through old pictures on my old computer before backing them up and -- never mind all that. I'm sitting here in 2022 and just came across this set of pictures from a hike at Great Pond … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Glastonbury, Hikes with my Boys

Stamford Museum & Nature Center

January 19, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Otters, Udders, and... Light Sabers? Stamford (Google Maps location) December 2015 The Stamford Museum & Nature Center is a Connecticut Art Trail site We visited the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in 2015 and I'll state here at the outset that this is the rare Connecticut museum that I will definitely be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Art, Calvin, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Natural History, Nature Centers, Stamford, Town History

Cape Cod 2014

January 15, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Brewster's Millions Brewster, MA If you happen to be looking at this page, please know that it exists simply for me and my little goofball family to look at it in the future to reminisce about family vacations back in the day. You're certainly welcome to look. Our kids were cute enough in 2014. I'm putting this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Vacations

Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

January 4, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Purple Martins Majesty Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary and Tower, Milford August 2021 As most readers know, every hike (and "hike") I feature on CTMQ isn't great. Sometimes my hiking partner is a drag, sometimes the weather is a bummer, and sometimes the hike itself isn't impressive. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: audubon, Audubon trails, Birds, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, Milford, Observation Towers

RWA: Lake Gaillard

December 17, 2021 by Steve 5 Comments

Commune With Nature Lake Gaillard, North Branford December 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access and this particular one is not open to the public at all. Also, Gaillard is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Christmas, Hoang, North Branford, privately owned trail, RWA Trails

Hogpen Hill Farms Sculpture Park

December 9, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Statistically Significant Woodbury (Google Maps location) October 17, 2015 Are you comfortable? Good. You have clicked on what is one of my most favorite places in all of Connecticut. Large outdoor sculpture parks are always high on my list, but Hogpen Hill has the added bonus of being created and owned by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Damian, Great Views, Hoang, Outdoor Museums, Woodbury

The Stone House (Deep River Historical Society)

November 9, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ivory and Lace, In Their Rightful Place Deep River (Google Maps location) November 2015 As we Americans progress through the 21st century, some quarters are becoming "awoken" to things in their lives that have never been just or fair. We hear about "cancel culture" and all sorts of fake outrages fomented at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Deep River, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang, Industrial History, Town History

Grace Episcopal Church

November 3, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Couple of Ding-Dongs Grace Episcopal Church, Windsor October 2015 Are there (likely) dozens of churches around the state that deserve a page on CTMQ as much as this one... that won't ever appear on CTMQ? Sure. Does that bother me? Not at all. Am I sitting here staring at a blank page wondering why I took … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Calvin, churches temples & synagogues, Damian, Windsor

Connecticut Children’s Museum

October 26, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Goodnight, Moon. Goodnight, Fun. New Haven (Google Maps location) October 3, 2015 I don't know what's going on at this place. No, I don't mean I don't know what's going on with it at the time you're reading this, although it appears to have closed for the pandemic, which has no end, so I don't know if and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Children's Museums, Damian, Hoang, New Haven

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