Wordless Wednesday - Harvest Complete

The harvest is complete at the Bomba Farm in Seymour Connecticut. Winter awaits! See NC Sue at WW

Shadow Shot Sunday - Face Off

The shadowy world intrudes at many opportune times...can we spot and capture those opportunities? For Shadow Shot Sunday 2, the always lovely Patti captured this, researching for a story she wrote last week, two minor-league hockey players from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers visited a school in neighboring Seymour as a treat for successes in a book reading contest. A worthy reward...

This is a floor hockey faceoff between the players and students – and the sunburst seems to be the dropped 'puck' that the players wielding sticks are frantically competing for. A neat effect of sun, shadow, skill and luck in the gym :)

Wordless Wednesday - Beginning and Ending Pink

Pink arches brighten up the rainy day 5K - at Pounding the Pavement for Pink last Saturday. My spectacular survivor spouse Patti and her support group team were part of that sea of pink - from start to finish...
see WW and WW

Whimsical Windows - St. Augustine's

Toby hosts the architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, and we look around, sometimes incessantly, for subjects...Here is St. Augustine's Church in Seymour CT. I don't know its history, but will guess 1940-1950s as it has a classical shape and details (arches, stained glass) that evoke the days of yore. But make of a more modern brick instead of classical stone. Not so much austeure as simple and pleasing in design...

Whimsical Windows - Church Quilts

Toby's fun meme, Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors is back amidst tough times in Israel - unguided rockets are terrorizing. We hope, and (yes) pray for inhabitants who never seek wartime conditions but are forced to live through them...

We are inside the normally austere Puritan style and white Seymour (CT) Congregational Church. The view inside is less severe with Patti's capture of the quilts made by church members draping the railings along the balcony railings. Red, white and blue knitted masterpieces adorn the sanctuary - an fine antidote to Puritan sensibilities :)

Whimsical Windows - Surveying the past

Toby graciously hosts the architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, and we look for interesting portals and such. My subject today is a restored old building, Horbal Land Surveyors in our neighboring town to the north, Seymour. I always liked this, being restored to what I imagine it looked like 100+ years ago - simple, brick and functional without any adornment.

With the modern accoutrements that surround it today, such as trash containers and fire hydrants, I have attempted to "age" the building visually. I was working with Pinta software that allows me to alter the scenes a bit. Beyond the original, I used sepia, ink and pencil motifs - all merely accenting the fine lines of an honest building that has not succumbed to urban renewal...

Whimsical Windows - Seymour style

Toby hosts the fun architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, and we seek portals of interest. The picture here were captured last October by Patti - the pink motif was created by the organization Seymour Pink for the breast cancer awareness month. Here are a couple of retailers in our neighbor to the north, Seymour Connecticut. Now for the windows - the large panes are not so attractive by themselves, but with a bit of artistry including paints and stenciling, they can look much nicer. Nice enough to attract customers - at least the retailers do...

Whimsical Windows - New feeling old

Connecticut made crafts and food may be found at this charming store in Seymour Connecticut. Photo by Patti

Toby hosts the fun window/door/architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, and here is I the All-American Valley General Store in neighbor town Seymour. The lovely Patti captured the subject for this post for a newspaper article and I made the edit a light sepia edit that allows this modern iteration of an old general store look more in character - the structure was built in 1917. I haven't been here yet, but the proprietor sells only Connecticut-made products and crafts - an idea of real merit. The porch and ricking chairs evoke a long-ago gone and simpler time...