BEACHCOMBING AT LOW TIDE

Stonington, CT - These are two photos that I took in Stonington during low tide. The sandy beach is on the other side of the road.


Beachcombers


Rocky place for a dock.

STONINGTON CEMETERY - STATUES

Stonington, CT - These are some of the statues in the cemetery.


This first one is atop a large gravestone.


This one is beside the one above.

STONINGTON CEMETERY - BILLINGS MAUSOLEUM

Stonington, CT - Stonington Cemetery was Incorporated in 1849. Local leaders got together and designed a, "significant horticultural and aesthetic landscape site responding to the "rural" or "garden" movement of the time". This movement transformed churchyards into cultural destinations.
The Stonington Cemetery erected a receiving tomb to be used for funeral ceremonies but is overshadowed by the large Gothic Billings Mausoleum designed by and showcasing the art glass of the J&R Lambs studios.
The windows appeared to be boarded up from the outside so I didn't see the glass.

Information from Stonington Cemetery pamphlet I picked up at the cemetery.

NEW APARTMENTS FROM OLD BUILDING

Stonington, CT - This building looked like it could have been a municipal building at one time. Now it is an apartment building or condos. Nice recycling job!

STONINGTON CT - OCEAN VIEW

Stonington, CT - This is the view of the ocean from Stonington, CT.

STONINGTON STREET

Stonington, CT - This is a typical street in downtown Stonington; lined with 18th and early 19th century homes.

CAPT. AMOS PALMER HOUSE

Stonington, CT - The Whistler family lived here at least for a while. Mr. Whistler was a great railroad builder. (I wrote about him when I posted about "Chester On Track"). And yes his wife was THE "Whistler's Mother".

I also notice on the Smithsonian website there was mention of this house having a fantastic garden which was not visible from my vantage point.

FAMILY TRAGEDY

Stonington, CT - I saw these grave stones which are all siblings from the same family. Notice the broken flower carved into the gravestones. All these children died before they were two, all but one before they were one. Illness inherited from the parents? Hard life in 1800's? Were there any children that lived?

I noticed today that the right two stones have a different mother, so the mother must have died also.

STONINGTON LOBSTER BOATS

Stonington, CT - Lobster boats are docked in Stonington.


Wire lobster pots(traps)are sitting next to the dock waiting to be set out.

HOUSE ON THE POINT

Stonington, CT - I saw this house out on the point and I could imagine a sea captain's wife looking out the window waiting for her husband to come back from sea. I wonder if she thinks, "I can't wait to see my true love" or "I wonder what he brought me, silver from Spain, pearls from the Orient; I hope not more spices."

WAITING FOR HIS MASTER

Stonington, CT - This dog is patiently waiting for his master to come out of the coffee shop.

My wife cannot resist a dog that needs petting.

TOM'S NEWS AND GENERAL STORE

Stonington, CT - I saw Tom's News and General Store and I just had to go in, it was a general store.



The inside was packed with all kinds of stuff, the papers were from Norwich, CT, Hartford, Providence, New York, and Washington DC. The woman behind the counter was not keen on getting her photo taken, it was not like I was going to post it on the Internet or something...oh, never mind.


The sign out front...cool squirrel

HORSE CHESTNUT?

Stonington, CT - While I was in Stonington I saw this tree which I thought might be a Chestnut. It looked in bad shape, the leaves were starting to wilt and the nuts look like they had seen better days. When I got home and did some research I noticed that the leaves did not match. The closest thing I could find was Horse Chestnut but I think that only grows in Europe. Can someone identify this tree? Anyone...anyone?



Closeup of leaves and nuts.

WOMEN WITH HATS

Stonington, CT - These two women were just sitting on this Stonehenge looking bench relaxing in the morning sun.

BENCH WITH A VIEW

I was at the Capt.Nathaniel B. Palmer House and I followed a trail and found this bench over looking the water. It looked like a great place to just chill out. Only thing that has to be done is to trim out some bushes for a better view.



The View

CAPTAIN NATHANIEL B. PALMER HOUSE

Stonington, CT - This the home of Capt.Nathaniel B. Palmer which was built in 1852. Capt. Palmer and his crew discovered Antarctica when looking for seals. He has a peninsula in Antarctica named after him. The photo on the bottom has the story.




Stonington, CT - This the home of Capt.Nathaniel B. Palmer which was built in 1852. Capt. Palmer and his crew discovered Antartica when looking for seals. He has a peninsula in Antartica named after him. The photo on the bottom has the story.

LONELY FISHERMAN

I photographed this fisherman in Stonington CT. I think the trees look kind of exotic, I believe this gentleman is Asian, so you can imagine that this could be off the coast Thailand. (Or do i just have a vivid imagination?)