Avery Point Lighthouse Groton What a charming li’l lighthouse. When you think about lighthouses, you realized they pretty much only exist for nostalgia’s sake anymore. Ships no longer need warning lights to tell them of rocky bottoms and approaching shorelines... so why do we keep them? Because they’re … [Read more...]
328. Alexey von Schlippe Art Gallery
What's the (Avery) Point? Groton (Google Maps location) June 14, 2016 The Gallery was closed "for good" in 2016 but is now open again, so the below may be confusing. However, I don't feel like rewriting it. Here I am, skimming through my mail in May of 2018. "Oh! A new issue of Connecticut Woodlands!" I say, … [Read more...]
Sweet Cioccolata
Sweeeet, Bro Sweet Cioccolata, Wallingford May 19, 2018 I joked before that downtown Wallingford must have the most bars per capita in the state. I have no idea if that’s even close to being true, but at least one Walli-World resident noted, “Yeah, there are a lot.” So there you have it. Data Science at its … [Read more...]
NHL: James Merrill House
CT National Historic Landmark James Merrill House 107 Water Street, Stonington (Museum) Since the Merrill house is a museum, and since I have had the pleasure of visiting it, this NHL page will be somewhat truncated. After all, you certainly should want to read about Merrill’s whole story and MY story of my, um, … [Read more...]
James Merrill House
Hello? Helloooooo? Stonington (Google Maps location) June 14, 2016 Stonington is one of Connecticut’s most beautiful towns. I love it myself. And Stonington Borough within Stonington? It’s a real, live, New England seafaring movie set town. Museums, restaurants, jetties, history, curio shops, tree-lined … [Read more...]
364. Chatfield Hollow Nature Center
An Open Window Into Local Wildlife Killingworth (Google Maps location) July 22, 2017 I have a weird feeling about Killingworth. And it’s not just because it’s named Killingworth. As of this writing, I have six museums listed for the town: Black Rock Schoolhouse Chatfield Hollow SP Nature … [Read more...]
FLT: Canal Aquaduct & Henry Mason Trail
I Think I Can(al), I Think I Can(al)... Farmington Land Trust: Canal Aqueduct Trail ~1 Mile, March 2018 Hiking with my older son Damian is a total crapshoot. His unique brand of special needs is such that I have no idea how the outing is going to go until we get going. This hike was one of those rare and beautiful … [Read more...]
OLLT: Watch Rock Preserve
Rocking Rock Watching at Watch Rock Old Lyme Land Trust: Elizabeth B. Karter Watch Rock Preserve ~1 Mile, March 2018 I’ve been poking around Connecticut and writing about my adventures for over a decade. And if I’m to “complete” this project, I have decades ahead of me. You may find it suprising to read that I’m … [Read more...]
291. Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds
Frenetic and Kinetic Old Lyme (Google Maps location) April 16, 2015 We are nothing if not intrepid. Having visited the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Gallery next door in early March, we attempted to walk the grounds here. Unfortunately, the two feet of snow on the ground made that rather difficult. … [Read more...]
Enders Falls
This is No Game Enders Falls, Granby Multiple visits A stairway has been built along the trail since my visits below. An alternate title for this page is “Wiggin Out.” That’s for all you sci-fi nerds out there. “This is Not Game”... “Wiggin Out”... both refer to Orson Scott Card’s seminal novel Ender’s Game of … [Read more...]
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