• Journey's,  Photo Walks

    An inside glimpse of Yale University

    [wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”6000″ height=”750″ lightbox=”true”]Cheryl and I attended a “photography meet up” held by Milford Photo, mid April, at the Yale University Campus.  It was a brief hour and a half guided tour which took us through some of the interior parts of the campus that we would otherwise not have access to. After another grueling Connecticut winter we were fortunate to have a gorgeous spring day. The sun was too harsh for optimal photography, (casting unwanted shadows), none the less we had a blast and certainly made the best of the conditions. We had a small group of about (30) of us.  The nice part was we were not constricted…

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    Secret Societies of Yale University

    [wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]SKULL & BONES.  Cheryl and I decided to venture down to New Haven, CT and photograph the meeting places of the most well known secret societies of Yale’s University.  They are, in order of prominence, Skull and Bones, Scroll and Keys, Wolf’s Head. Skull and Bones was founded in 1832.  Members of some of Yales better known debating societies were in a dispute and decided to begin their own society.Shown to the left is the meeting place, (typically Tuesday and Thursday evenings), of Bonesmen at the Tomb since being built in 1856.  A second wing was added in 1903 and a “gothic” tower was added in 1911…