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Bedding Plant Capital of Connecticut

November 13, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sleep Tight Knowing This Bedding Plant Capital of Connecticut, Cheshire Normally something like this wouldn’t rate a CTMQ page. But over the years, I’ve come to learn that people often confuse Cheshire’s town motto with what it means – and what they think it means. I actually lived in Cheshire for about 10 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Cheshire, Dubious Claims, New Haven County, Plants, superlatives

422. Talcott Mountain Science Center & Academy

June 15, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Night of a Quadrillion Stars Avon (Google Maps location) May 24, 2019 It's funny that it took me nearly 13 years into this CTMQ adventure to get up to the closest entity on CTMQ to my house. (Maybe Westmoor Park or Crown Market is closer, but not by much. Why am I even qualifying this? You certainly don't care. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Astronomy, Avon, Calvin, Great Views, Hartford County, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, planetarium, Private School, superlatives

Cheney Rail Trail

December 21, 2016 by Steve 1 Comment

Yup, There are Hobos Here Manchester Land Cons. Trust Trails (MLCT): Cheney Rail 1.2 miles one way, December 2016 2.5 mile one way, May 2020 I revisited this trail in 2020 with Calvin on our bikes. The trail has been extended on its southern end and improved elsewhere. Below you'll first read the original 2016 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, cheney Brothers historic district, cycling, Damian, Hartford County, Manchester, manchester land conservation trust, rails-to-trails, superlatives

Elizabeth Park Gardens

October 16, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

‘Lizbeth?! I’m Comin! This the Big One! Elizabeth Park Tour, Hartford/West Hartford June 5, 2010 I finally did something on an impossibly hot day that everyone in the Hartford area should do at least once: Took the History Tour of Elizabeth Park. You’ve all been there. You’ve toured the rose garden and walked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Damian, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Gardens, Greenhouses, Hartford, Hartford County, Hoang, Plants, superlatives, West Hartford

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