Tag: scenic landscape

Beautiful Monroe Congregational Church

  Monroe Congregational Church (Founded 1762) 34 Church St. Monroe CT After I had just photographed the one room schoolhouse just down the street Cheryl and I headed over to what was the original green of Monroe. Once there we noticed, what is almost always the case in every town, […]

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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 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 […]

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Barn and Silo in Woodbury CT

Per usual, Cheryl mapped out our next barn stop in the car while I photographed this one. It’s double silo tells me it was most likely a cow barn back in the day for a small farm. I don’t know what’s its purpose is today. Is it used for storage, […]

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Long and winding road…….that leads us…….to a baarrrrrn

This lengthy fence and driveway leads us to an old barn in Roxbury CT where the sun sets on it’s backside. Photographed with a Sony A7RII 42.4 MP full frame, mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-105 F4 lens @ 80 mm. 1/50th, f16, ISO 100 Aperture Priority

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Barn – Mount Carmen Ave., Hamden CT

Looks like the barn to the right/rear was probably the original and the barn in the foreground was added at a later time. These barns are situated on a nice piece of property on Mount Carmel Ave. in Hamden. This road is probably best known for Sleeping Giant State Park […]

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Quintessential New England

I was doing my usual thing looking for old barns in the northeast country side of Connecticut when I saw this house situated on a main road. It was Early October and the leaves were just starting to turn. The style of the house, the flag on the front, the […]

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Cow Barn, Coventry CT

Cheryl and I were barn hunting in Coventry CT and added this to our already nice collection of Coventry barns from a previous trip. It appeared to me that this cow barn was still in use. Could possibly use a little paint but, all in all, was holding up fairly […]

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Goats in the barnyard………..

If you look carefully you’ll see a handful of goats meandering about the barnyard at the Windy Acres Farm on Burnt Hill Rd in Hebron CT. Photographed with a Nikon D7100, Nikon 18-55 @ 34mm (51mm/35 equiv). 1/125th f16, ISO 400 Aperture priority.

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