Time Machine Hobby

A surprising number of train fans commented yesterday. 

Downtown in the '50s

Time Machine Hobby is a huge toy store in Manchester, Connecticut.  It is the kind of place where adult men drag their kids along, to provide an excuse for the dad to play with toy trains and cars and other reminders of lost youth.  In addition to multiple train layouts, there is also at least one layout for model cars and buildings.

Happy Valentine's Day

All the best to you and yours.

Pigs

Recently I came across this great quote.  (Did I steal it from one of you?)

"I am fond of pigs.

Dogs look up to us.

Cats look down on us.

Pigs treat us as equals." - Winston Churchill

I didn't have any pig photos from Hartford, so here is one from Florence, Italy, taken in 2010.  It is in the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo.  There was a line of pretty girls and their boy friends waiting to take pictures of the girl rubbing the pig's snout.  If this is an Italian mating custom, I can't explain it.

Abraham Lincoln

Hartford Public Library exhibits books about President Abraham Lincoln.  Today is Lincoln's 202nd birthday.

Artsy?

You don't see many "artsy" pictures here.  I am much too literal-minded . . . it is just the way my mind works.  But I liked the way these chairs were lined up for a talk at Hartford Public Library the last time I visited.

OK.  They aren't really very artsy.  Sorry.   I'll go back to taking pictures of things and scenes and people.

For Rent

No, I am sorry, I can't explain it.

Seen on the second floor of a building on Allyn Street in Hartford.

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