That Book Store

That Book Store opened this summer in Wethersfield.  It is owned and operated by the mother and daughter team of Karen and Bell.  When I visited, Bell was feeling awful but she gamely posed.

I love independent bookstores in which you can ask the owner, "Got any good mysteries?" and have immediate summaries about one book by a Top Ten author, a second by a less well known author
and a third by a local guy.  I bought the second and third.

Vhashaye

Vhashaye works the counter at Spot Coffee, a year-old coffee shop in Blue Back Square.

It is pronounced vuh-SHAY.  We laughed at how much time she spends spelling her name for people.

Garden of Avon

A neat little display at a small local florist and garden center.

An Avon Barn

Mountain Springs Road, Avon, Connecticut

Skeletons Outdoors at Elizabeth Park, Too

Bare Bones Landscaping

10W40 Sun Tanning Lotion

A morbid funeral.

The Kiss of Death

The owner of the Pond House Cafe in Elizabeth Park loves Halloween 

and all the ghoulishness that goes with it.

Dahlias

The annual garden is empty.  Most roses have quit.  A few perennials and some herbs 

are taking their last gasps.  But, the dahlia beds are at their best in Elizabeth Park.