PIEROGI SIGN

Seymour, CT - This sign in front of a church lets you know what nationality a good part of the residence in Seymour are. The Naugatuck Valley has a large immigrant population from Poland, who came here to work in the factories.

RAILS TO THE ROCKS

Naugatuck/Beacon Falls, CT - These are the railroad tracks alongside the Naugatuck River and the "rocks" I climbed to get the photos I posted earlier in the week.

LIKE NIAGARA FALLS BUT SMALLER

Seymour, CT - I was at my in-laws house last weekend and I asked if there was anything to photograph around Seymour. My father-in-law thought for a while and said there was a small waterfall just south of town on the Naugatuck River he said, "Just like Niagara...but smaller". Well, in a way, I guess it is.

OLD SCHOOL SAP COLLECTING

In these days of trees being linked together with miles of hoses and hooked up to vacuum machines it is nice to see the old sap buckets on the trees. It may not be as efficient but it looks nice, very New England.

TREES OF THE MOUNTAIN

Naugatuck/Beacon Falls, CT - I climbed up the rocks higher and got a these photos of the trees that grew out of the rocks and are shaped by the wind.

SCENIC ROUTE 8

Naugatuck/Beacon Falls, CT - Between Naugatuck and Beacon Falls Connecticut, just south of the Naugatuck Chemical, is what I think is the most scenic part of Rte.8. I think the reason why it is so nice is because it is too rocky to build so it has been spared being made into a place to put a factory. The Naugatuck River runs beside the highway and once was so polluted that the rocks on the side of the river were black from chemicals. Now it is being cleaned up and even stocked with salmon.

GRANVILLE-TOLLAND LIONS CLUB SPAGHETTI DINNER 2008

Granville, MA - Today was the Granville-Tolland Lions Club annual spaghetti dinner.

The kitchen crew at the ready.


It was a packed house, evryone showed up for the meal.


A salute to the "real work" the dishwashers; I got out of that this year. The guy in white is our Executive Chef for the meal, he also made all the sauce and meatballs.


Our Viennese Dessert Table...OK it's pie, but we had four kinds!

HOLLAND MA LIBRARY

Holland, MA - This is the Holland Library and according to the numbers on the front, was built in 1912. I checked the Holland MA website and they have a photo of the library with a caption that the photo was taken circa 1900, in the scheme of things 1900 is close to 1912.The roof is slate which is kind of cool.


On the sign is this little guy reading a book.

HOLLAND MA - WAR MEMORIAL

Holland, MA - I saw this memorial in front of the school in Holland MA. What struck me was the number of names; Holland looks to be a very small town. This must have been almost all the boys in town. If you notice there are a few with muliple last names, which must have been from the same family or at least cousins.

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH - HOLLAND MA

Holland, MA - I was driving to Holland MA to see what was happening there when I came upon this church. Most churches in this style are Congregational around here, but usually larger. It was a nice looking church and deservered a photo.

TAX PAYMENT BOX - HOLLAND MA

Holland, MA - I was in Holland MA over the weekend taking a few photos, more in the next few days, and noticed this box in front of the town offices. It is for paying your taxes. It must save on postage!


I think only in a small town you could use this method.

BOBCAT TRACKS

Today we were out walking our dogs and we came across these tracks that I believe are Bobcat tracks in the snow. Actually it appears that he walked across the snow when it was raining and they are now frozen in the ice.

SUGAR FROSTED TREES

The snow on the trees makes them seem like they are sugar frosted.

ACORN TOP AND FROZEN DROPS

I was out walking in the woods after the ice storm we had and these are the two images I came away with. I decided to post these after watching the movie, "Across the Universe", the movie was bizarre and I guess so are the photos. But the weird part is that I took them before watching the movie.

RIVERTON CT POST OFFICE - HITCHCOCKS-VILLE SIGN

Riverton, CT - This is Riverton's Post office.


If you look close, on the left of the post office is this sign explaining about the name of the town.

BIRD WATCHING TRAIL

Collinsville, CT - This is the section of the walking trail through Collinsville that goes along a calm section of the Farmington River, where I took the previous photo. Birds frequent this section of the river.



There are signs to help you identitify the birds that you see there.

SEAGULLS ON THE FOGGY FARMINGTON

Collinsville, CT - I stopped by the Farmington River this morning and took this photo of seagulls hanging out on a sandbar. As you can see it was quite foggy today.

IS THAT NORTH?

How do you know which way is North in the winter? The side with the ice. Not really; well I guess there is a hint of truth to it. In the woods the icy side is the side the shadow is on, but it could be a shadow of another tree so that doesn't work so well. Another thing, see the moss growing on both sides...I guess that blows that theory also.



The ice is the South on one tree and North on the other.

MORE FEBRUARY ICE STORM

Just a few more photos from the ice storm. Today was a high of 44 degrees and sunny.


Some Birch trees bending to the weight of the ice.


This was interesting, slabs of ice coming off of a sign.

FEBRUARY ICE STORM

February certainly came in with a vengence. We had quite the ice storm. Here is a few photos of the aftermath.


This road is just a sheet of ice, the trees are just coated with ice.


You can see how thick the ice is on these branches.

BATTERSON PARK

Farmington, CT - I had a few minutes before I had to show up for work so I stopped by Batterson Park to see what was up. The park was closed but I snapped a few photos. A few of a tree near the water and some of geese way out in the middle of the pond where there was some open water.