Good Dog!

Her owners must really miss her.

Reflections

This is a grand site for a pharmacy, isn't it?  CVS occupies the corner store.

My real reason for posting this photo was to show the way that, at certain times of the day, light reflects off the Gold Building, across the street, and bathes this building in shimmering gold.

For other posts with reflections, see Weekend Reflections.

Photographer

This gentleman was taking photographs at last week's gymnastics exhibition on the lawn of the Old State House.

Red Sox and Yankees

Hartford is equidistant between Boston and New York City. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have a fierce rivalry.  People living east and north of Hartford are generally Red Sox fans.  People living south and west of us are mainly Yankee fans.  In greater Hartford, the count is pretty even, although the Red Sox have better radio and TV coverage.

This is my blog.  I can post only a Red Sox photo if I want.

Horace Wells

Horace Wells discovered anaesthesia.

Unfortunately, the public unveiling of his discovery went badly.  He used an inadequate dose.  As the operation began, Wells' patient lay there screaming in front of the doctors assembled to see the new way to operate pain-free on patients.

Wells kept tinkering with his formulations.  He often used himself as the object of experiments.  Wells must have done this a few times too many.  He went nuts and eventually committed suicide.

Today he has a nice spot in Bushnell Park.

Common Can Be Special

The most common house style in central Connecticut is probably the center entrance colonial.  There must be tens of thousands, many of them white.  It is a very straightforward design, very functional, with  little embellishment.

They all have a central hall, with the living room on one side and the dining room on the other.  The kitchen is behind the dining room.  Upstairs, there are two to four bedrooms.

The top house is lovely, built in the 1920s or 1930s. 

The second house is smaller and simpler, probably from the 1960s.

The last house is an older house, probably dating to the 1700s.  With animals in front.

Bushnell Hall

Bushnell Hall is Hartford's largest performance venue, for plays, symphonies, opera and other similar events.  The original hall seats 2200 and a newer hall seats 900.

Of course, my main reason to post this photo was to show off the sky.  Pretty cool, eh?