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A walk in the park.
If you’re a reader of my blog you know that I love Hubbard Park. I grew up in Meriden and Wallingford and have come here a 1000 times. This was a Thursday afternoon at lunch time in early February. I decided to leave work for an hour and get a little relaxation with the camera. It was fairly void of…
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Fall at the park…………
Early in my life I spent lived 15+ years in Meriden CT. Besides their library the one thing that I took considerable advantage of, and still do to this day, is Hubbard Park. It’s a beautiful sprawling park at with Castle Craig looking down upon it from atop the mountain. It’s visited by individuals, groups and families all week long. …
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The Barn at Brooksvale Park
It was late August and Cheryl and I went over to the Brooksvale Park in Hamden CT to photograph this historic barn. It was a joint effort as Cheryl framed this beautiful scene layout and I took the image. The Brooksvale Barn was built at some time in the 1700’s making it one of the oldest barns I’ve ever photographed. …
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Hartford Skyline from Wickham Park
Wickham, 1329 W. Middle Tpke. Manchester, CT 06040. Open April thru October. Parking: Mon.-Fri. $4, Sat., Sun. & holidays $5. Privately owned foundation spanning Manchester and East Hartford, CT. I visited Wickham Park for the first time in late April for the purposes of capturing a photo of the Hartford Skyline. This was my first, (and only visit so far), to the…
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New Haven Green
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] Burial Ground or downtown green? How about both. New Haven, CT”s downtown green consisting of the lower and upper halves reportedly has between 5,000 and 10,000 buried bodies. The plaque, shown to the left, is on the back of historic Center Church. The church is built on pillars to allow for the headstones to remain in…
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Darius Miller Music Shell – Walnut Hill Park
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]As a full time field salesman in Connecticut I most often grab lunch in my car. While in New Britain I decided to drive over to Walnut Hill Park so I could sit in my car and relax during lunch hour. While there I noticed that their outdoor theatre was rather interesting looking. As a result I…
