Shadow Shot Sunday - Sunny and Fair

Chrome

...and whitewalls

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back, and a seemingly favorite subject of mine is old vehicles, primarily from the 1950-60s. At the Ansonia Harvest Festival a couple of weeks ago, a small car show was on Bridge Street, and I spotted this ruby beauty. I seem to trip over 1955 Fords as well as the similar 1956 - all suitable for shadowy pursuit...

Long and low...

Different eras and style - 1956 Ford vs 1970 Dodge Challenger

This mildly customized Fairlane Victoria is styled to look low and long - in shadow and subject to. Plenty of chrome all over and as per usuaal practice, the photographer shows up a few times too - chrome is soooo reflctive!. Se shadowy art from all over at the always fun SSS2!

Tina's Pic Story - Seasonal Orange

Tina hosts the fun themed weekly meme Pic Story, where we pick the photos to match the weekly theme - this week she has chosen the theme Orange

These are scans from 1998 or 1999 and showcase our Halloween decorations in the front of our home. Of course, pumpkins are an orange-y harvest color. The pumpkin fellow is actually full of fallen leaves to fatten him up and wears different headwear. Other orange highlights surround Mr. Pumpkinhead here too...

The costumes were easy - Cameron is a blue M&M, and Allegra's dance outfit from the previous dance recital in June - so she always had a costume ready in October. Thanks for the memories kids!

Ruby Tuesday - Impala Standing Still

1963 Chevrolet Impala SS, 327/300, Powerglide

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back (as am I after our cable internet went out at an inopportune time where blogs needed to be posted last week). The direction, as always, a lot or a little red. True to one of my interests, and old car is the theme. It is a 1963 Chevy Impala SS sitting for its portrait in an urban setting on Bridge Street ins Ansonia. It looks fine either sitting or moving, as it is styled so well. The straight edges and small amounts of chrome give it a timeless look, the maroon paint flawless. An impressive looking car of its day...

The texture around the badge is the old concrete under the Impala adding a cool element to this view.

Useless but clever automotive trivia I have is found in the V-shaped emblem on the front wing. It indicates that this has the 327 V8 (added to the chrome chevron) as opposed to the smaller 283 V8 (no flags) or the larger 409. Things I knew that when I was 10 but still remember it now at a more um...advanced age. Like Patti said, Carhead 55 could have been my blogging name...see RT2 for more ruby treasures!

Whimsical Windows - Blue sky, inside and out

Beatrice Fox Auerbach Computer and Administration Center, U-of-Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut

For Toby's fun Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, I travel back only to yesterday where we met our student son Cameron for the outdoor BBQ luncheon part of University of Hartford parents weekend. It was a cool day, beginning the night before - happily we layered up for the outdoor lunch. At this time it was a cool 55°F (13°C), but with the temps the sky could not be more blue. Ahead of my table was the Computer and Administration Center.

What captured my attention in this modern (1990s) building was the blue sky emanating from the refective windows. Since the operative here is windows, I used my phone to capture the scene, so the quality of the picture is not optimal. However with the arresting blue all over, I couldn't resist...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Walk/Run

L-R: Allegra, Sue, Patti, Rich,Michele, Max, Jim, Wendy - and me, behind the iPhone

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back, and my theme goes back to last Saturday to the 5K Walk/Run for The Center for Cancer Care. Since they have been so helpful to Patti in her recovery, she formed a team to participate. Patti thought that shirts would be a fine idea...

We commissioned our artist friend Rich to create a pink shirt our themes (duckies and bunnies maybe?). Allegra models the shirt in the morning mist...The team included my niece Sue who was taken up running and brought her unexcited daughter along in a runner stroller

A unique member of this intrepid team is Ansonia Mayor Jim Della Volpe, the only municipal executive I saw in the 550 participants to take part - I moved along the course via a pair of 24 volt motors :)

To the left, Patti and Rich have just completed the 3.1 mile course...

A fun day was had by all, and the mist dissipated into a nice day, and happier still was that the rain later was well past the event. Runners and walkers exercised, funds were raised for the cancer center wonderful and shadows captured - a nice morning stroll