Showing posts with label Connecticut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Connecticut. Show all posts

Friday, August 21, 2009

Baird's

233/365: The general store is up there with the covered bridge as a classic New England icon; this one, in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, is a popular stop with thru-hikers on the nearby Appalachian Trail.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Independence Day

185/365: Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull's War Office was the headquarters for the Revolutionary War-era Council of Safety.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Revolutionary Road

184/365: The DreamWorks film Revolutionary Road brought director Sam Mendes and star Leonardo DiCaprio to Thomaston in 2007 to film scenes at its 19th-century train station. Today the Railroad Museum of New England offers scenic excursions on this 1920's-era passenger train.


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Elizabeth Park

181/365: America's first public rose garden is in Hartford's Elizabeth Park. The 15,000 rose bushes include more than 900 varieties of roses.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Bear Mountain

108/365: Brian, Maggie, and Truman on the Appalachian Trail.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Bantam River 2


36/365: More mallards on the Bantam River.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Bantam River

24/365: A friendly mallard wintering on the river's open water.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

One Tree Hill

15/365: A favorite summertime picnic spot

Monday, January 12, 2009

Brrrrrr

12/365: Spruce Brook in Mattatuck State Forest, Litchfield CT

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Blackberry River

3/365: In the 19th century, these falls powered Beckley Furnace in Canaan.