Sepia Scenes - East Hartford Easter

For Mary's Sepia Scenes, the past is always the allure. Memories of past times and days, people, places and things seem to work with this monochrome - they feel like the past.

• The year is 1968, the day Easter Sunday
• The person an almost four-year old brother Chris
• The place our home in East Hartford. The vehicle, a 1964 VW Beetle, with a mere 40 horsepower, old CT license plate and the label for the long gone dealer, the alliterative Ted Trudon in Talcottville

The photo is of a fuzzy and faded color print that has been scanned and rescued with sepia. The smile is genuine, the memories fun...

Tina's WW - The curious cat

One of our previous felines, Rigby, has to see what is going on. So he surveys the situation from the range hood, and odd venue. But who is going to try to figure out a cat anyway...See Tina's WW!

Tina's Pic Story - Last Year

Tina hosts the fun Pic Story, where we supply the pictures and she provides the weekly theme.

This week's is Last Year, that being 2011. It was full of snowy events - we live closer to Long Island Sound and with slightly more moderate (but cold) temperatures and not that much snow. Until last year, that is.

This is a view out the back door on 4 February. So many roofs were collapsing around here due to the weight of the snow, so we hired two men (for $275) to shovel the snow off our roof prior to a big ice storm. Of course, there was only one place for the snow to fall...this winter has been much quieter!

Ruby Tuesday - Running

Ruby Tuesday (2) reappears, with the only proviso that the post include a lot or a little red. An easy rule to follow, especially when a bold hue can brighten the scene immeasurably...

Today, I revert to my archives to the year 2001, the place a quiet Nauset Beach in Orleans Massachusetts, at the 'elbow' on Cape Cod. This beach is this day sitting above an unusually calm Atlantic Ocean.

The view is mostly bland with the sand in tan, the ocean in a briny blue and the sky a misty gray.

The color arrives courtesy of then 10 year old Cameron, trotting toward the photographer - clad in RED! The stark ruby contrast to the bland is readily apparent in the shirt. And a happy kid on vacation at the beach as way far from bland! Thanks for hosting RT, MMT!

Whimsical Windows - Three Saints

Toby hosts the fun (and maybe educational) meme, Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors. As the name suggests, we look for windows, doors and other architectural details. We live in Ansonia CT, an old industrial town once full of immigrants and their churches from times past. 

This is the Three Saints Orthodox church on Howard Avenue. Why it came into being starts with the sad reason as noted in this website:

“Three Saints beginnings could be traced to the end of the last century with immigrants fleeing the Slavic nations (Northern Europe to Southern and Central Europe) to escape religious, cultural, and political persecution that was overbearing in their countries”. Sadly, exclusion is so often the way of the world… Happily, the Orthodox faithful were able to safely arrive in Ansonia…

The parish has been here since 1895. The original building was opened in 1904, however destroyed by fire in 1954. However, the congregation was able to rebuild, and today’s house of worship was opened in 1955. It seems that it has the style that says modern but with the elements of the old world such as the numerous Russian onion domes above…see more interesting details at this fine meme!