Ruby Tuesday - Urban red

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns, and ruby red is our aim. Perhaps seasonal rubies like tomatoes may be in order. And I was at the Ansonia Farmer's Market at the parking lot/car park on West Main Street where plenty of ruby (tomatoes and beets) and green (kale and bok choy) were presented.

But what caught my eye was the back side of 200 Main Street, once the Great Country Bank and later Rifkin Travel building in a fine red painted brick - so that is ruby one. The other red sits on the roof of the same building - giant US flag sitting up high. Naturally, the stripes a ruby too. The theme is mow set!
For the record, I purchased a large and delicious green heirloom zucchini...

Whimsical Windows - Post Industrial

Toby's hosts the informative Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors in which we look for architectural portals and other details. Today I am in our domicile of Ansonia Connecticut, and down the steep hill (9° slope) to nearer the river and just past the commuter train track to the old Farrel Company. The buildings date back to the 1800s and despite the shabby presence yet are still impressive, Built at a time where solid construction led to a permanence we still see. We can almost imagine the large number of workers passing by during a shift change...local history is always fascinating

Shadow Shot Sunday - Old industrial

An old world exists just north of the Ansonia CT train platform - I once noticed shadows and drove down the end of West Main Street to look for subjects for Shadow Shot Sunday 2. Past the Maple Street overpass are two old structures of once bustling Farrel Machinery plant. It seems lost in time and shadow...a black-and-white edit seems appropriate for this, we are lost in place that feels like 1920 or so.

The complex sits next to the sole track on the commuter railroad's Waterbury-Bridgeport line. Here is a grade crossing, once a train stop for the factory. The sign seems quite explicit: stop, look and listen. A very large truck is no match for a much heavier and faster moving diesel locomotive, much less my minivan...

This looks of a day long past with hundreds of workers per shift, building rubber and mixing machinery for export. Shadows are interspersed with the weeds...

Tina's Pic Story - SOOC

Tina's Pic Story is back as we search for and search to meet the weekly theme supplied by her - sooc (straight out of the camera). Today, my unedited pick is these windows that appear to be floating in outer space... this previously seen view is inside the State Senate chamber at the Connecticut state capitol in Hartford. This was totally unplanned, merely an attempt to take a picture with a cheap point-and-shoot camera in less than ideal lighting conditions. The leaded windows from 1879 seem to 'float' away like a child's balloon at a parade...unedited fun!

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Thin crust, hold the rubble

A canopy remains intact minus the restaurant. Photo by Patti 

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back amidst of destruction...the building that housed the Derby CT pizzeria Italian Pavilion (IP) is no more...yet the not very strong canopy still stands. It seems odd that the massive wrecking equipment to meant demolish walls of concrete could not deny the ruby fabric a reason to stand. Not to worry, the IP moved about 300 ft (91M) down the road to a bigger and better eatery. With a new canopy too, crisis averted...

(as of yesterday the old building is still a pile of rubble, the ruby awning standing still...)