Lola

Monday night was tough.  Daughter Susie's 14 year old weimaraner, Lola, was in pain.  They rushed her to the veterinarian, but she didn't make it. 

Lola was born in South Africa, where Susie and her husband lived before moving back to the States.

Lola was a wonderful dog.  She was very energetic when she was young, but in recent years she had become pretty slow, with lots of her time spent sleeping. 

Lola is now with her longtime companion, Sequoia, who crossed the rainbow bridge two years ago.

R.I.P. Lola.

Flowering Trees

I have been enjoying the many spring-flowering trees in Southwestern Connecticut. 

I pass this house and tree at the southern end of Ridgefield's Main Street all the time.  

The tree is a redbud.  

Funeral Cortege

I was in Bridgeport.  Horses pulling a white carriage were coming in my direction, followed by a dignified line of cars that might have been three blocks long. 

I don't know who the deceased person was, but it must have been an honored person in Bridgeport.

United Church of Christ

 

This church on North Avenue in Bridgeport originally served a Hungarian congregation, beginning in the early part of the 20th century.  After a series of mergers with other denominations, it became a Congregational church, but with strong remaining Hungarian traditions.

Moving On

My Ridgefield house was listed for sale yesterday.   It was a great place to live in the summer for the past six years after 40 wonderful years in West Hartford. 

 The daughter and granddaughters are just 20 minutes up the road.  We are lucky to see them often.  We are moving to an apartment in a senior housing complex in the next town.  The family will still be close.

Fruit

This was a dessert in Rome more than a decade ago.

 

In 2016 we toured the Baltic Sea on a Viking Ocean Cruise.  This was a dessert on that trip to celebrate my birthday.

The May theme for City Daily Photo participants is "fruit."  Click here to see other interpretations.

Colorblends House and Gardens

 

Colorblends is a Bridgeport-based wholesaler of daffodils, tulips and other spring-flowering bulbs.  

The lovely garden at their 1903 Colonial Revival house is worth a springtime visit.