Whimsical Windows - A Salute to the showman

Toby's architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors is back, and with the world in such commotion, now a bit of whimsy is warranted :)

We visited the town of Bethel Connecticut and we knew a famous person who was born there, none other than the famous showman P.T. Barnum. We actually made the trek to the hilly Fairfield County burg of Bethel to meet a friend for lunch and as we were passing through, saw the statue of the impresario at the town's library. Windows of this 1800s building are part of this post but of greater importance is our daughter Allegra and her relationship to the bronze statue of P.T....Patti capturing her pose and selfie. So the windows are peripheral to the charming whimsy...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Retro road eatery

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 takes us on a road trip to the hilly western Connecticut town of Bethel, where we met blog friend Linda to an old car hop eatery Sycamore Drive In. Retro cool, it was with retro touches inside and outside of the building including gas/petrol pumps and an old phone booth/box. The food was fried, the burgers, fries and onion rings tasty (but not a place to lose weight today though :), and side order of shadows completed the cuisine and camaraderie of a fine meal...

Whimsical Windows - Old Factory Awaits Repurposing

Toby's meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors is back for the week; before today’s post, I hope and pray for peace for Israel - I admire your country - not as a Christian pre-millenialist, but as someone who tries to discern between good and evil - we all hope for peace for Israel and hope the worst will soon end, and that Goldin’s intended can find peace amidst her (and your country's) sadness… 

Today I look at an Ansonia landmark, the old Ansonia Copper and Brass, and old factory that could not compete in competetive world markets with its 1800s facility set upon its 44 acres. Patti wrote a story last week about ways to reclaim the property for other uses, with our new Mayor Dave Cassetti looking at and considering other opportunities...

SOOC - Rowing together

Learning the fine art of teamwork on the Housatonic, 1 August 2014. Captured by Patti

For SOOC - Straight out of the Camera - we see students who have been taking rowing classes at the Yale University Gilder Boathouse upon the Housatonic River in Derby CT. The kids learn the art of rowing as a team on a still body of water which which allows them to learn fine teamwork that is fun now and most useful later in life...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shadowy horse (of course)

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back as Patti and I visited Locket’s Meadow Farm, a horse farm in bucolic Bethany CT. We attended a ceremonial signing of a law by the Connecticut Governor, an “Act Concerning The Liability of Owners and Keepers of Domesticated Horses, Ponies, Donkeys, and Mules”, a response to state Court rulings that horses have “a vicious propensity."

All that said, I like horses, gentle giants that photograph well at wheelchair height - and on a sunny day, can make for shadows. Horse people are very nice as are the horses - and here, will happily eat grass from a hand of a little girl - very cute! And I learned something - the meshy hoods they wear protect the equines from the scourge of pesky horseflies. Thus they may graze as we admire their gentle nature…

Check out Patti’s New Haven Register story and a great photo gallery of the event.