Stowe Away to This Museum Hartford (Google Maps location) September 25, 2010 Warning: Before you read any further, I want to let you know you will be complicit in aiding and abetting a crime. The crime? That of my taking pictures inside the Harriet Beecher Stowe and Katherine Seymour Day houses. Granted, my … [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...]
NHL: Buttolph-Williams House
CT National Historic Landmark Buttolph-Williams House 249 Broad Street, Wethersfield I visited this place in the middle of a full day of CTMQ adventures while being profiled for Connecticut Magazine. No, not because I was one of their “40 under 40” people but rather for a much better article all about goofy ol’ … [Read more...]
NHL: Charles H. Norton House
CT National Historic Landmark Charles H. Norton House 132 Redstone Hill, Plainville (Private Residence) Over the years I’ve come to learn that every town and city in Connecticut has a nice (read: "wealthier") area. Yes, even New Britain and even Bridgeport and Bristol. And it took me some time, but I finally … [Read more...]
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Ain’t Nobody Like the Peabody I Got New Haven (Google Maps location) September 11, 2010 The Peabody was closed for three years from 2021-2024 for a full refresh. This page will be updated at some point. Here I am again. Staring at a blank screen and 150 photos of a huge and wonderful museum wondering how in … [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...]
Orange Green
Orange You Glad I Do This Stuff? Orange Green I've wanted to do this page for years. That tells you all you need to know about me and my parenting skills, but so be it. Drive my kid an hour away dressed like a carrot to take a few fleeting pictures in the middle of the Orange Green because Orange Green just sounds … [Read more...]
Rosedale Farm
Rosedale Farms Trail Simsbury Land Trust February 2012 As this was my first official hike of the Simsbury Land Trust list of hikes, I figured I'd jump in slowly. And easily. And flat. And close by. Hello Rosedale Farms! Rosedale Farms might be more familiar to you as a stop on the Connecticut Wine Trail, … [Read more...]
Simsbury Land Trust Trails
Simsbury Land Trust Trails I can point directly to the Simsbury Land Trust as the sole reason I decided one day to expand my hiking horizons past the CFPA trails. Heck, I can point to the exact date, time and place it happened. October 12, 2008, late morning on the Cathles Trail in northwest Simsbury. I can’t … [Read more...]
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