Totem Bight State Historical Park

Totem Bight State Historical Park is ten miles north of Ketchikan, Alaska.  

It is an 11-acre park with 15 restored and re-carved Tlingit and Haida totems.

 In 1938 the U.S. Forest Services began a program to salvage and reconstruct Alaskan totem poles. 

With Civilian Conservation Corps funds, skilled carvers from among the older indigenous people were hired to teach young artisans the art of carving totem poles, and totems that had been left to rot in the woods were either repaired or duplicated.

Traveling Again

I have never been to Alaska before.

 

  We started in Vancouver, Canada, then sailed up the coast of British Columbia (mostly in the fog).  From there we re-entered the United States.  Now we are passing the many islands of Alaska's inland passage.

 

Lumos

I went to a Lumos concert in a small church in Redding, Connecticut.  These concerts have musicians surrounded by yellow candles.

The string trio played Fleetwood Mac songs.  I'm not sure Fleetwood Mac wrote their songs with cello, viola and violin in mind.  An enthusiastic woman in our pew loved it.  She kept time with the music so vigorously that our bench bounced.

Little Zion Church of Christ of the Apostolic Faith

This building was built for a South Norwalk Congregational church in 1836.  By the 1970s its attendance had shrunk, so the Congregational folks merged with another one in West Norwalk.  

I have read that this church building is now owned by a Church of Christ denomination, which emphasizes a cappella worship, congregational autonomy, and a focus on New Testament teachings. 

Uriah Seymour House c.1740

This is an old house from about 1740.  It is on Ridgefield's Main Street.

Aren't the geraniums and hydrangeas beautiful?

Delamar

 I visited West Hartford recently to have lunch with some folks with whom I worked.  The lunch was in Artisan, the dining room of Delamar Hotel in Blue Back Square.

Delamar's lobby has some fine art.

Including this interesting metal bench.

And this oversized wrinkled replica of a British 20 pound note.

Delamar has a relationship with the New Britain Museum of American Art.  The hotel often hangs art from the museum's collection in the lounge.  These are all the original paintings for magazine covers.

BOOKS

Natalie opened her one room Cannondale bookstore a few weeks ago.

She has worked for decades in big name brand tech companies.  Natalie still works in tech part time, but she wanted to create her little bookstore as a change of pace.