Evening Fire Wednesday, Oct 28 2015
Esperanza and Landscapes and Modern Photos connecticut, landscapes, photography 12:03
Boats in Basements Monday, Oct 26 2015
Uncategorized projects 21:30
A current project in the house: (not one that I am involved in, more of a very interested onlooker!)
maybe a Chestnut Company Canoe out of New Brunswick, pre-1910. That seems at least probable given the stems. Now stripped of its fiberglass, it is very, very light! It had been sitting in the barn for the last half century, but the moment struck for new life. It certainly is pretty (not that the pictures here show it well) The hope is to get it back to usable condition by next summer.
It hasn’t had the easiest life, aside from the fiberglass (applied in the 1950’s), it has been dropped badly at least once. But most of the wood is solid.
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Walking in the woods Thursday, Oct 22 2015
Landscapes connecticut 14:23
The pin is that way over there, in those trees, we hope….
It looks dry (except that is all cat tail and sedge, which is ample warning)
Well maybe it is in the next set of trees? We’ll be taking the long way for this one!
It certainly is pretty! One would never guess that these were taken in a fairly densely settled town. While a largely natural, beaver built marsh; the deep ponds of water between fingers of land at the upper (supposedly narrow, stream channel end) came as a surprise. (The official wetland map is all wet); I think they were created by quarrying for clay by some industrious person. If we can keep the Phragmite Reeds* at bay, this property will stay this way, which is nice. And due, entirely, to the generous decision of one man and a local land trust.
*Those would be those marsh reeds you see Everywhere. They aren’t native. They are at the downstream end of this property unfortunately, which means they will be a problem for the land trust. You can see them on the right of the photograph here. (we gave up on this line)
It is not Wednesday, Oct 21 2015
Historical Events 19:50
‘Back to the Future’ Day (though it is a classic movie) for most British Empire historians
It is the commemoration of Trafalgar: 210 years ago today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar
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Overtime Tuesday, Oct 20 2015
Uncategorized 18:01
So two entirely different posts squished together:
One PSA: A) Swamp water past the knees at 37 F is COLD, especially when hiking about for the next two hours. B) The foundation is almost certainly in the barberry patch, with thorns.
Two: Perusing this site for some needed information and then relaxing by reading this article in immediate succession was amusing in a darkly ironic way…
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/raiders-of-the-lost-web/409210/
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Green Rain Monday, Oct 19 2015
It seems we hit or went under 25 F last night (according to my notes that is the temperature which causes the Gingkos to drop). Sure enough, a steady leaf fall of very green leaves out there. It will be a pain to clean up. Interestingly, they hung on frozen until the sun hit them this morning. The sixty year old one on the South Lawn has a more open branch structure and is dropping them faster, it will probably be bare by noon. The big one on the north lawn is slower, but also looks to have gotten sufficiently cold.
No gold fans this year. Just green banana peel….
Curious plants.
The oaks, of course, could care less. They are still solidly green and still whacking one with acorns. It is a great time of year, if you can get the distance (from another hill or from the air), to look at forest cover. Each species of tree looks different.
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Complaint Dept Please Sunday, Oct 18 2015
Snow? Really? Non-melting snow? Alright not that much, but really? (The passing squall didn’t melt in shady bits of lawn grass!
On the other hand, this freeze has killed off the bits of the garden that desperately needed killing, so I can’t complain that much….
But it may not have gotten as cold as I thought, mid/high twenties at most. I have to go back and look at my notes, I know the Ginkgo will drop its leaves green at a certain temperature, but I can’t remember what it is. Either 23 or 28, I think it must be 23.
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Connecticut Thursday, Oct 15 2015
Landscapes and Modern Photos connecticut, photography 17:52
is not flat!
Yes, off to the right is water. Yes, I ended up down by it. Then I wandered over and climbed up and down the other side. Apparently, I am in better shape than I thought I was.
(I cheated, I drove around to the other side to do that bit!)
Lower Farmington Wednesday, Oct 14 2015
Modern Photos Connecticut history 21:41
I could post pictures of apples, bushels upon bushels. Or of lovely fall color here in the hedgerow. Or the garden that desperately needs work! But my current focus is on this river one way or another. So, the lower/mid Farmington flowing east but about to turn north towards Tariffville.
The shadow is an old railroad bridge, a big old railroad bridge. The old New Haven and Northampton Canal Line, a Connecticut dream.
It isn’t a pretty bridge, which is a pity. It would be interesting to see it at flood stage, which is what it was designed for. It was rebuilt after the 1955 Flood and was designed to withstand similar flooding without damage. The 1955 Flood stage is just slightly less than halfway up the pier. It was abandoned in 1991 and is now open to pedestrians.
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Fun!! Monday, Oct 12 2015
Landscapes Connecticut history 21:24
It loads a bit slowly, but my goodness there is a lot of information there!
Acair Fearann 