Month: July 2015

Buttonwood Farms, 473 Shetucket Turnpike, Griswold, CT 06351 (860) 376-4081 From July 18th – July 26th this year Buttonwood Farms hold their annual fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish foundation. This is their 10th year holding this charity. During this week you’re able to stroll through winding paths of over (14) acres […]

These photo’s have an old feel to me but the pumps themselves look fairly modern. All the pumps have their handles on the sides and I can’t remember that in a long, long time.    I can’t exactly put a date on when these gas stations were operational.  I do like the “feel” of the […]

Nestled in a forest in the small town of Barkhamsted, CT pop. 3700, (about 20 miles northwest of Hartford), is the Saville Dam.  This is an (8) mile long reservoir, which primarily services Hartford, that will drop your jaw. It was built in 1936 and was named after Chief Engineer […]

Cheryl and I attended a “photography meet up” held by Milford Photo, mid April, at the Yale University Campus.  It was a brief hour and a half guided tour which took us through some of the interior parts of the campus that we would otherwise not have access to. After […]

It was the 4th of July weekend and Cheryl and I were travelling down a side road in Rocky Hill, CT when we saw this beautiful old barn.  The site of Old Glory hanging from it’s side made it special.  I’ve since been by this barn and the flag has […]

I like folding knives.  We used to call them “jack knives”. I like how they look, I like how they feel and I like using them. There… I said it. My fascination began with an Uncle of mine.  He would come down from Boston and visit us in the summers.  […]

A couple of nicely aging barns on S. Branford Rd. about 30 yards south of the Whirlwind Hill intersection.  They’re part of a cattle/horse farm that occupies most of the property adjacent to these four corners. At one time Whirlwind Hill was, with it’s dairy farms, a quiety and remote part of […]

This is an old abandoned mill on Railroad Ave., in Woonsocket, RI.  It’s situated a stones throw north of the Manville Dam (see attached photo).  Rhode Island was, back in the day, known for their mills, mostly textile in nature.  Like many mills of the day the town was built up […]