The Weekend Roundup, 'K'

It is Friday and time for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup. Today's letter created an interesting challenge which prompted a look into the past at another eclectic collection of shots...

Begins with 'K' gave me a chance to showcase our then non-grownup Kids. This is the first day of school in August 1997, with Allegra and Cameron beginning the fourth and second grade her. 

Key West is another 'K'. Here at the southernmost point of the USA us my Aunt Terry in 1993

How about our King of this Jungle, the always regal Linus McDonald? Or is that HRH Linus?

Kaboom. Patti captured this brilliant ruby red fireworks kaboom in Manchester, Connecticut

Favorite. This is a lovely striped sunset over our back yard in Ansonia. It is the soothing end of the day. Have a great weekend!

The Weekend Roundup, 'Y'

I'm a day late, but that means it is Sunday - and still time for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup. The 25th letter of the alphabet is featured this week, so here goes... 

 Beginning with 'Y' is Yale-New Haven Hospital. Patti captured this view of more hospital buildings across the street while recuperating after her kidney transplant last year. Her room was on the top floor, so now we joke that she was in the penthouse concierge level of Hotel Yale-New Haven :)

Since we live about 9 miles away from Yale University, I have show two buildings there, both taken from wheelchair height. I like the architecture of the old buildings at Yale.

A favorite. Our daughter met her brother in Brooklyn Thursday to participate in the MP3 Experiment. I like this view of the old brownstones that are dwarfed by the tower of the 1909 Manhattan Bridge. It feels like a throwback to a century ago...

Yellow. This sunset over Derby fits nicely!

The Weekend Roundup - 'V'

Friday is here, so it is time again for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup.  Given my surname (Villers), this week's letter fits very well!

Starts with 'V'. Here is my dad, Ralph Villers II, in March 1970 deplaning from an early 747 flight at JFK Airport. He is carrying Voluminous flight and souvenir bags too!

How about a Villers (me) on Vacation at Cape Cod. The town of Barnstable (including Hyannis) beach lifeguards are very nice, not only assisting me into the beach wheelchair, but pushing that wheelchair onto the beach with smiles. Here is Craigville Beach on Nantucket Sound.

On another Vacation on the Cape, this seagull caught our eye. I had a proper parking permit - did he?

Another 'V' is Volkswagen. This is the best car I ever owned (before my wheelchair vans), a 1982 VW Rabbit with a manual transmission. With good tires, it was a blast to drive!

A favorite. Patti captured this on Memorial Day, The Derby CT Public Library. Opened in 1902 and expanded in the same style in 2000, it is a favorite of mine.

Violet. Here is a violet sunset out of the back window of our Ansonia home last November. Another great set of prompts Tom!

The Weekend Roundup "C"

Friday is here so it is time again for a great meme, The Weekend Roundup, hosted by Tom. The letter 'C' is featured prominently today and is where we begin...

Starts with 'C'. Here is the entrance Union Congregational Church in Rockville, Connecticut. Its windows and arches are Circular in style.

The next 'C' is Crowded. These pics were taken in August 2007 when we were bringing our daughter back for her sophomore year at the University of Hartford. Although my ford E150 van was big, there was lots of stuff. I had to get into the driver's seat first so my wheelchair could be used for space. Note her computer between the front seats. Believe it or not, four other passengers made the trip too!

Obviously, our furry family feline (aka: Cat) Linus McDonald is seemingly in a trance as he sits in a open box.

Clouds. Our daughter captured these clouds from a 737 over the mid-Atlantic seaboard, perhaps as it gets ready to land in Raleigh. Nice wispy clouds hopefully meant a smooth descent minus any bumps...

Week's Favorite. It was cloudy all day but enough sun allowed for a colorful sunset view out our living room windowon Tuesday.

Friday Hunt 2017.2.25

It is time again for Teresa's fun meme, Friday Hunt. Next week means the completion of four series of this fun meme and I've so enjoyed them all. Thanks Teresa for hosting and I hope your school workload can lessen by the end of the school year...onward to the prompts.

Starts with 'Y'. Yellow works for me as in this sunset from our back yard on a warmer day.

This pic is from 1990 and is my friend with his vehicle du jour a yellow 1977 Chevy Monza. I believe its days were numbered when the photo was taken...

Here is around Christmas 1975, the yellow family home in East Hartford, CT. Six of the seven Villers children are posing for Grandpa, the photo-taking patriarch.

'Y' can also mean young. Allegra (2 years 1 month) and her baby brother Cameron pose for Mom. They were quite young then. I have no Idea what the baby fund so amusing :)

Tree. The aforementioned children were climbing a tree when they were caught in the act...

Another tree, this fabulous birch tree at the Ansonia Nature & Recreation center. This three trunk beauty was planted in 1994, this photo captured in 2016.

Shadow. It was a chance to capture my reflection as a photographer in the mirror on the this old Chevy Nova. A nice shadow was the artistic upshot.

Friday Hunt 2017.2.20

It is Friday and time for this week's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt kindly hosted by Teresa. Here are the pics and prompts...

Starts with ’T'. What’s obvious, at least in our Ansonia backyard, is tree. So first we have a sunset over the treeline in September.

Next, and not to jump the season is the lighted holiday tree at Veteran’s Park next to Ansonia’s city hall. This was from last year and on a clear cold night, it is beautiful.

Next is combination of ’T’ and Black & White. I believe this to be 1957, and my Aunt Terry sitting in front of Grandpa’s famous Christmas tree, and he loved Tinsel, which this tree has lots of! He really loved it as we can see :)

Now I combine Black & White and Paper. This is a fun shot from 1985 where Patti and her newspaper colleagues posing with a newspaper at the defunct (in 1992) Evening Sentinel. More fun is a look at early office computers and 1980s hair styles. I grew up in a home where ‘the Paper’ meant a newspaper. I miss ‘the Paper’ in this digital media age...

Wordless Wednesday - The end of Summer

It is as it has been - Summer ends leading to shorter and colder days.. Patti captured a neighborhood view of the still warm sunset and leaves on the trees - that I wish would stay all year...see NC Sue for more WW!

Friday Hunt 2017.2.1

It is Friday and time for the second installment for the year of the fun meme Friday Hunt, hosted by Teresa. And away we go...

Begins with 'A'. I think back to family vacations along the New Jersey shore at Atlantic City. I looked through my photo archives through four decades, so am using these for this week's favorite letter.

1965, the Villers kids & Dad riding on the boardwalk

1956. Grandpa in front of the long gone Traymore Hotel

1969, Grandpa & Aunt Terry, again in front of the Traymore

1978, Grandma Agnes (another 'A') in front of the first casino in AC

Sunset. From November 1981, the setting sun along the Mass. Turnpike near Worcester from the passenger seat of a Subaru. The old print held up well...

Inside. the time was the summer of 2003, inside our living room and our (hi-tech) computer of the day. Not blazing fast but safely inside and away from the elements. Thanks Teresa!

Friday Hunt, 2017.1.14

Where'd the week go? The always lovely Patti and I had this odd flu/cold combo that occupied the past seven days. Luckily, I am feeling much better this Friday, perfect for participating in this week's Friday Hunt. Here are my contributions to today's fun meme...

Starts with 'N'. I choose three looks at our neighbor state of New York - and the city of the same name, a place I like to visit on occasion, but prefer the slightly quieter Connecticut suburb in which we live :)

First is entering the Empire State on the Hutchinson River Parkway South. Yes, that is a plush bear sitting on the dashboard with a panoramic view of the road

Next is a look at the skyline of The City, Manhattan (the other four Boroughs of the city, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, all agree that Manhattan is The City of New York). I believe this is Easter Sunday 1961 with my father  and his sister (aka: Aunt Terry) on a roof surrounded by the always impressive skyline

Here is another look at the NYC skyline, much newer, taken from the Brooklyn side on a day where the snow ended and the sun is trying to break through

Week's Favorite and Blue. Both are favorites and both are blue. So...let's look at the sunset sky after a day of driving rain and wind. Or the Blue Jay stalking around the forsythia. Both are perfect in either category so I'll use both. Thanks again Teresa!