Tag: scenic CT

To me this barn is very striking.  It appears to sit abandoned in the middle of the woods with no lead in road or path.  Father time is having it’s way as the foliage creeps in around it and the paint fades.  Two things I found unique.  There is about […]

While Cheryl and I were on the hunt for barns in Southbury we stumbled upon this old gem. Which, of course, isn’t a barn.  I thought, at first, that it was some type of meeting house back in the day.  I wasn’t able to find anything on the internet about it […]

Cheryl and I set our sails to Southbury CT, in early March,  where we wanted to photograph this unique octagon barn.  There were no trespassing signs around it’s circumference leading me to believe that the owner has seen his share of visitors over the years. I very subtly parked my […]

Early in my life I spent lived 15+ years in Meriden CT.  Besides their library the one thing that I took considerable advantage of, and still do to this day, is Hubbard Park.  It’s a beautiful sprawling park at with Castle Craig looking down upon it from atop the mountain.  […]

Brooksvale Park Farm, 524 Brooksvale Ave, Hamden, CT 06518 Cheryl and I initially visited these barns/farm to take this picture: The Barn at Brooksvale Park – Journey Thru My Lens (journeysthrumylens.com) .  I returned a couple of weeks later and spent some time walking around the farm taking more images. I believe these […]

It was late August and Cheryl and I went over to the Brooksvale Park in Hamden CT to photograph this historic barn.  It was a joint effort as Cheryl framed this beautiful scene layout and I took the image. The Brooksvale Barn was built at some time in the 1700’s […]

These two barns were loated on a very narrow dirt road.  I wasn’t expecting this.  I couldn’t get far enough back to frame these shots as I would have wanted to.  I, unfortunately needed a super wide angle lens which was left home accidentally.  A neighbor came out and told […]

Rogers Orchards 336 Long Bottom Rd. Southington, CT 06489 Open 9-6 daily (at time of writing) (860) 229-4240 Cheryl needed some fresh peaches to make peach cobbler so we thought we’d try an orchard that we’d never visited before. Rogers did not disappoint. First of all, what an orchard! I […]