The XL Building

Reflected in a Hyundai. 

A Cormorant Goes Crazy

Cormorants usually float along serenely, slip under the water, then re-appear in another spot,.  Sometimes they have a fish, sometimes not, but they continue on at a leisurely pace.

This guy swam around in circles, diving fast with a big splash and a frantic beating of its wings.

Over and over again, around and around.  

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I can't explain it, but it was interesting to watch

A Final View of the Annual Garden

 

Maybe I will be able to visit Elizabeth Park's annual garden again this season, maybe not.  Before long, they will pull out the annuals and plant the tulips bulbs in anticipation of next spring.

But, despite a later start than in most years, the annual garden is finishing with a flourish.

DORO Marketplace

 Dorjan Puka is a talented chef and entrepreneur.  Albanian-born, he trained in several fine restaurants in Greater Hartford.  In 2010 Dorjan went out on his own, opening Treva, a sterling Italian restaurant in West Hartford Center.  Treva was followed by Avert (French) and Zohara (Middle Eastern), within sight of Treva in West Hartford Center.  Artisanal Burger (American, of course) is now in Manchester.

Recently I found myself near his newest place, DORO Marketplace, this time a breakfast and luncheon spot in the southern part of West Hartford.  I stepped inside.  It was packed!  (If a place with socially distanced seating and lines can be called packed.)  Dorjan's magic touch continues. 

The Hartford Courant ran an article about DORO Marketplace yesterday.

Dahlia Season

One of the last bloomers of the New England season.

Where else?  Elizabeth Park.

Rose of Sharon

 And visitor.

Canoeing

On the way out

And coming back