Hummingbirds

 

The owners of Notchland Inn are crazy about hummingbirds.  There are feeders outside every dining room window, so the visiting hummingbirds can entertain the diners.

A Dozen Years

Today marks 12 years since I began this website.  I started it six days after I retired in 2010, as a way of making sure I didn't just hang around the house.  

Except for one period in 2017 when my son was very ill and another period in 2019 when I had a serious operation, I have posted every day.  (My consistency is a character flaw.)

So, today is a good time to return again to the Town of Ridgefield's community center, the Lounsbury House.  It looks great at all times of the day or night, in every season and on holidays.  This is a view from a few days ago, with the roses blooming.  I rarely pass Lounsbury House without checking it out.

 

Small Town Fourth of July Parade

 Notchland Inn is in Hart's Location, New Hampshire, population 51.  The next town is Bartlett.  Bartlett has a population of 3,200, if we count some unincorporated communities.  They put on a cute but small 4th of July parade yesterday.

Red white and blue and American flags were everywhere.  

With the onlookers as well as with the participants.

Vintage fire trucks from Bartlett and nearby towns ended the parade with horns and sirens blaring.

And the requisite pretty girl.

Signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

 There are numerous historical flaws in John Trumbull's huge 1834 painting at Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum, but it is still an impressive tribute to the start of our country.

Happy Fourth of July!

Notchland Inn

Notchland Inn is a charming inn in Crawford Notch State Park in northern New Hampshire.  It is surrounded by White Mountain National Forest, and is on the state highway leading to Bretton Woods.

Looking forward to spending the long Independence Day weekend up here.

Hamilton

 

Went to see Hamilton at Hartford's Bushnell Hall Thursday evening.  Excellent performance, amazing choreography.

Days Gone Past

 Remember when dinners meant pulling out the good china and crystal?  

Long gone.  Now they are dust collectors hidden away in breakfronts or cupboards.

The July theme for photographers participating with City Daily Photo is "transparent."