A bee and coneflower.
Three gray catbirds.
A snowbird shows photos from southwest Florida (Naples) and southwest Connecticut (Ridgefield) and New England and other places he goes.
A bee and coneflower.
Three gray catbirds.
The town immediately south of Ridgefield, Wilton has a small downtown where a street fair took place.
There is a face painter at so many local events.
David has quite a face. Sadly, I was leaving and didn't have time to visit and learn about him.
Bella works there this summer. She is in high school in Cross River, across the state line in New York.
"Let's have some teeth!" (Always works, and an iPhone is less intimidating than a DSLR for teens.)
Albert Bender lived and worked in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He became a believer in Unidentified Flying Objects and created an organization to study and report on UFOs. In July 1953 Bender was visited by three Men in Black, aliens from another world, who told him to stop all UFO work, which he did.
Brad Noble is a Bridgeport artist who painted a Men in Black mural about Bender's visit from the three aliens as part of a Bridgeport mural project. The mural is just a couple of blocks from where Bender's home stood before it was demolished for an interstate highway project.
Linked to Monday Murals.
Coe Memorial Park is a well groomed triangular park in the center of Torrington, Connecticut.
The kind of place my grandmother would have lived.
(For those who don't like photos to be put through art programs.)
Ridgefield's poet laureate, Ira Joe Fisher, sits at a table in a downtown coffee shop and writes poetry.
Ira Joe is an Emmy-winning broadcaster, actor, poet, and teacher. He currently teaches poetry and creative writing at local colleges. He calls poetry "the universal language that touches all hearts."
This Winsted building is one of the most photographed in Connecticut. I had some free time yesterday morning, so I drove past it. It looks like the funeral home is no longer in business and like the building is not occupied. The building is not in great shape, but it still photographs well.
These steps in Bridgeport, Connecticut, were painted in 2017 by artist Liz Squillace and volunteers. They represent a DNA sequence. The artist says they represent the City of Bridgeport and our shared humanity.
She chose most of the colors by working with colors nearby — blue for the sky, green for the trees, yellow for the flowers, black for the handrails. “On a clear day when the sky is that really bright blue, the blue on the stairs looks like it flows right into the sky,” Squillace said.
Linked to Monday Murals.
The town of Bethel has a small triangular park near the center of its downtown. It once had an impressive fountain donated to the town in 1881 by the great showman, P.T.Barnum, who was born in Bethel. But the fountain deteriorated and was torn down in 1923.
A Bethel civic group raised funds to replace the fountain with a statue honoring men who fought in World War 1. The 1928 statue is the work of the sculptor Ornest Moore Viauesney who decided to portray not a general leading troops but an "everyman" soldier -- a doughboy -- in an unknown battle.
Tarrywile Mansion was built for Dr. William Wile in 1897. The name is a play on the phrase "tarry for a while." Dr. Wile served in the Civil War, fought at Gettysburg, and accompanied General Sherman in his March to the Sea. Dr. Wile was Danbury's first medical examiner and a benefactor of Danbury Hospital.
Colabella Fine Art Gallery is showing works by the New York street artist HEKTAD and UK-born artist David Hollier. Many of HEKTAD's works include colorful heart shapes with LOVE messages. Hollier creates images of well known people, using their famous words in the form of painted and typed text.
Gerri Lewis wrote The Last Word, a cozy murder mystery. The story is told from the perspective of Winter Snow, a young obituary writer. Lewis set the book in the "Hallmark worthy" town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, where she was brought up and has lived and worked for decades.
Concert Happenings in Ridgefield Parks (CHIRP) presents popular outdoor concerts in Ballard Park every Tuesday and Thursday in the summer.
Twice a week, hundreds come to the park to listen to music, have a picnic, enjoy the beautiful park, and visit with friends and neighbors.
At a recent concert, the New York-based roots band Nemeth Mountain performed. They describe their work as blurring the lines between Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Jazz and Blues. They were terrific.
The band is led by the husband and wife team of Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff.