Ruby Tuesday 2 - Celebratory Cake

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns as do I after a short hiatus. We look for ruby reds whenever and wherever we can spot them...At the 25th annual meeting of my favorite non-profit Center for Disability Rights, aka: CDR. I have been a board member, employee and these days a contractor for them. Twenty-five years is quite a milestone for this, or any, non-profit, and I have been helped by them in a number of ways so we celebrated in style...the cakes were donated by a baker - however, instead of the half-sheet cakes, these were full-sheet. Way more cake for the 95-100 who attended the dinner, so doggie bags were available for all, a sweet favor to remember the event :). Patti (who wrote a newspaper story) stood on a chair to capture this sweet and stylish scene with a ruby or two for the desert course...

Ruby Tuesday - Educational rubies ca. 1900

Trap Fall School, built in 1872

The school bus of its day - who needs windows?

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back, and its rules simple: a lot or a little red. For me today, it falling into the 'little' category. Both views were taken at the father's Day car show at the Shelton (CT) History Center with cool items on its grounds. On top is the (1872) one-room Trap Fall schoolhouse, in use until 1911 or so, and moved to its current location in 1971.The bit of red is of course, the brick chimney...the second set of rubies are found on the wheels of this Carryall, the school bus of its day transporting students to school. It seems primitive to our modern eyes - but quite up to date in its day...Happy RT2

Ruby Tuesday - Parade route rubies

Red, white & blue bunting

Old fire trucks...

Dr. Seuss' creation...

Remembering why the day exists

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns - I missed last Monday's post as I was at the Memorial Day parade in our neighboring small city of Derby CT. There are obviously lots of ruby red at a parade, and I captured a mix of those rubies...a bit eclectic in that they are not related to each other as subjects but in hue - always on the lookout for a favorite color at RT2!

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Reflectively Ruby Red

Ruby Tuesday 2 has returned and in that quest of meeting the minimum red requirement, the taillight of my Grand Caravan will suffice as it sits in a  sea of what Chrysler calls Modern Blue.

Oh, the photographer in his director's chair can be seen sans ruby...a lot or a little red will do in any and all circumstances - with or without a photo artist present :)

Follow more ruby redness at RT2!

Ruby Tuesday - Celebration

Communion celebration included cake. Photo captured by Patti

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back, as am I...on Saturday, we attended the First Communion of my niece's daughter, Sophia and after the event, a celebration at a sister's home included cake. Since pink is derived from red, it is a ruby. So, pink is seen on the celebrant's sun dress, her mom's top and the butter cream roses on top of the cake. Therefore, rubies all!

Ruby Tuesday - Cornwall crossing

Covered bridge in Cornwall, Connecticut. Photo by Patti, March 2013

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns and the mere proviso of a lot or a little red is all we need. Today, Patti supplies this picture from March of the covered bridge in West Cornwall Connecticut. Crossing the Housatonic River and opened in 1841, it is one of three in Litchfield County. It actually is in use today, it being CT Route 128 - and it has had a steel frame added in 1973 for strength. It is however only one lane - so having a working horn (and not afraid to use it :) on your vehicle helps too. The barn red paint adds a period charm - and meets the requirement for RT2! 

Restored Retro Ruby Tuesday

For Ruby Tuesday 2 a little or a lot of red is okay, and given my attraction to old American cars, a bold ruby 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air is not to be ignored...full of 1950s styling art, restored in this stunning red outside, and on the engine (and even the battery is ruby). 

And it is for sale! However, with a new engine (350), and the high appraised value Chevy's from this era command, it is somewhat too rich to contemplate parking in our driveway. I'll stick with admiring its classic 1950s US car styling instead...

Ruby Tuesday - Decades of Brick

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back with its usual proviso of a lot or a little red. Such as brick. Brick seems to have changed shades of red over the years. This is Elizabeth Street in Derby Connecticut. The three buildings are styled differently in the old AT&T building from the (1920s, left), the newer AT&T (1970s, center) to the magnificent Sterling Opera House (1889). 

Note too the changes in style from the ornate in 1889 to the severely angular buildings of more recently. Although the older architecture always seems to be the the better looking...

Ruby Tuesday - Winter sky

Sunset outside our living room window...facing west-southwest, Ansonia. CT

As spring began last week, a picturesque pink late winter sky seems perfect for Ruby Tuesday. This bold pastel derives from the ruby, so the color is good. And with no leaves on the trees, the colo is not hidden. We who are tired of cold and winter cannot wait for spring...however, the cold days do have their nice points, and a great pink sunset is certainly one of those...

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Vintage b-day

Ruby Tuesday 2 today goes back to a child's birthday party in 1983, the guess based on the growth stage of the nieces and nephews celebrating the day. 

Some ruby is there, fulfilling the basic red required...All the kids then are parents now - great kids back then. Outstanding grown-ups now...Follow the trail of more rubies at RT2! 

Ruby Tuesday - Slight reds in a sea of green

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns for the week as I return back to last summer in the warm Ansonia Uplands. The floral growth leaves is with leaves of green. However, a little red shows up in the Stop sign, the house next door and if we stretch the definition of ruby slightly, the pink flowers. Little ruby, warm memories...

Ruby Tuesday - Bear sightng

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns and as I am not thrilled with the past weeks snowy landscape, the warmth of Summer past I where I'll drift off to today...


Awhile ago, a vacation pose by our son at a putt-putt golf course where he poses with a course hazard, a mighty bear, Cam doesn't seem scared. See sensational seasonal or serious rubies at RT2!

Ruby Tuesday - Snowy Red

Ruby Tuesday 2 occurs this week after the Blizzard of 2013 - at our home in Ansonia, we received about 35" (89cm) of the fluffy and frozen precipitation. Yet with all the monochromatic white snow all over, a pair of rubies stand out: an overmatched Toro electric snow thrower and Allegra's bold red Plymouth Neon peering out on Saturday. The kids worked very hard to clear the driveway with shovels and the small thrower, school days throughout the state cancelled through Wednesday. Cabin fever best remedied with blog posts :)

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Bed Made (back then)

Ruby Tuesday 2 takes me back to 1997, and child Cam's room picked up and the bed made up neatly.The bedding of the day of course includes a bunny, a panda, a penguin, Snoopy and a ruby tartan clad bear - a ruby reminiscence of a seven-year old's room in the day...

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Friendly fowl

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back, the mere proviso is red - a lot or a little. Today, it is a pair of chickens - rooster and hen it would appear. Friendly they seem, perhaps an item - a couple who seem to want to avail themselves in an amorous pose as they nuzzle beak-to-beak. They didn't respond to the photographer's queries...

Ruby Tuesday - Impala Run

1960 Impala Convertible

1961 Impala SS 348

Ruby Tuesday - Pinwheel tapas

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back, and the theme as simple as ever - a lot, a little or in-between reds. For my edible ruby, I refer back to the birthday dinner, prepared by Cam and myself, for of ladies Patti and Allegra. I thought an appetizer,antipasta, or tapas (as you prefer) should include mozzarella, semi-red cappicola ham and the way more obvious rubies tomatoes and roasted peppers. All together covered in olive oil, the apertif was created - and a ruby themed post. Multi-tasking that tastes great as well :)

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Christmas wrap-up

Holiday rubies and more, 24 December 2012, East Hartford, CT

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns as the Christmas holiday season has now passed. Since ruby predominates during that season, one more peek at December decorations might be in order :)

The day is Christmas Eve, 24 December at the family get together at my sister's house in East Hartford. Inside the house, gifts, food, children and this table of holiday items: the ornament tree, the angel and the lamp from the movie A Christmas Story. A fun trio of style. See more ruby from any/all seasons at the fun RT2!

Ruby Tuesday - Merry mechanics

1960 Ford F-350 tow vehicle, Sardo's Ansonia CT. Photo by Patti

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back as the Christmas holiday season moves toward January 6. Patti captured an old tow truck at Sardo's Automotive in Ansonia, the maintainer of our vehicles. It is a 1960 Ford F-350 with strings of colorful LED holiday lights. An antique work vehicle likes to relax and celebrate too...Happy New Year to all!

Ruby Tuesday - Christmas past in ruby

25 Dec 1993 - Christmas surprises

25 Dec 2002 - Broken but usable... 

For RT2, Christmas rubies remembered...are Little kids in sleepers and robes marvel at a Radio Flyer, Snow White, seven dwarfs, plastic bowling sets and tool kits. The joy of receiving is matched by the joy of parental/Santa giving...

On the right, what was to be a tree shaped lawn light decoration - however when the cheap mount broke and it would not stand in the yard, it could be stood upside down on the ramp to equal ruby effect in the swirls of snow. Christmas is made of memories...merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!