Shadow Shot Sunday -

It was a busy last weekend so I was remiss...but am back to Shadow Shot Sunday 2. Today, lovely photo princess Patti provides pictures with poses with shadowy and reflective highlights. First, Patti captured her shadow during Monday's solar eclipse. Being too far north in New England to get the full effect (it was not dark as night), Patti captured herself on the patio as the moon crossed. 

Last week, Patti's friend Donna invited her and Allegra for a boat ride on the Housatonic River. It was 10 minutes from the urban Valley we inhabit, but way different in character. Relaxing I was told, and the ladies do look relaxed indeed...

Along the river, it is a nice neighborhood with nice riverfront homes and docks (too rich for us, alas :) - and she also captured a home in which a plane on floats sits on the shore awaiting flight. What interesting events and places she captured!

Friday Hunt 2017.2.8

It has been a busy week, so it is nice to to relax and post is a great meme Friday Hunt, kindly hosted by Teresa. The prompts are interesting, so away we go...

Starts with 'H'. I found a few, although some explaining may be in order. On the top row, is a Horse, this from 1992. To the right is Grandpa, I guess in 1940, at a restaurant/hotel called the Kent House. I don't know where, perhaps in Ohio. And he often dressed up handsomely...

To the left, we are in 1999 with nine year old Cameron is sitting on his Grandmother's 1988 Honda Civic. To the right are Houses along the Housatonic River in Shelton CT. Patti captured this while on a friend's boat last week. Nice neighborhood!

Simple. I was unsure, but here is the simplicity I think. Captured by the always lovely Patti on last week's boat ride on the Housatonic. Simple, smooth water and peaceful...

Green. Here is some greenery at a local farmer's market. The Leaves and pickling cucumbers are a delicious shade of green. Thanks Teresa!

Friday Hunt 2017.2.7

Friday arrives as does an excellent meme, Friday Hunt, hosted by Teresa. The prompts this week compelled me to go to the archives - so now I am ready :)

Starts with 'G'. I thought and thought and found what works: Graduate. I was looking at graduates I have known that spanned the decades. The top row left is my Dad as a Graduate, Ohio's Bowling Green State University, 1950, with my mom, his intended bride alongside. To the right is son Cameron, University of Hartford, 2013.

Allegra graduates Ansonia High School in 2006 with a rainbow overhead, a perfect metaphor to a bright future. At the other end is Cameron 'graduating' from Small World Nursery school, age 4, 1995. 

Bottom row is myself graduating Franciscan University in 1977 (one can guess my age :) and Allegra graduating the U of Hartford in 2010. Plenty of Graduates here!

Candy. Halloween, in my experience, is the place to start looking for candy. Here are the kids after going out for Halloween, Allegra and Cameron examine their largesse after their trick-or-treating in 2004. Looks delicious if unfriendly should someone be carb averse, although for the two teenagers in our home then, it was not a problem...

Latch. This door is at a local BBQ restaurant, House of Bones in Derby, CT. It is in an old building along a rail siding, and this is the door at the old train dock. I think there is a latch somewhere on this massive century old steel door. Great prompts this week! 

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shadowy craft

We found a bunch of prints in a box on Monday. From the summer of 1999,  this bunch of pixelated photos brought back memories, and I am sharing a couple for this week's Shadow Shot Sunday 2. Here is August of '99 at an air show at Barnes Airport in Westfield MA. The Thunderbirds performed on this warm day and we are seeking shade under the wings if the aircraft on static display. Here, daughter Allegra (10), son Cam (8), Patti and I (in the chair) watch the goings-on with shadows all around and a CT Air National Guard A-10 in the background. As I remember, it was an excellent day and nice memories...

Friday Hunt 2017.2.5

Friday is here as is Teresa's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt. She provides the prompts and we happily seek same...

Starts with 'F'. After perusing my files, I found three that ought to work :) On top, my father was a reporter for UPI and gad the opportunity to be a passenger on a USAF fighter, more specifically, a Republic F-105, and write about it. Dad is on the right. I don't know who the pilot was, but his handle was obviously 'The Texan'. I believe this to be in 1960 at Nellis AFB near Las Vegas. I'd love to find that article in print...

Next is a car I saw in a local parade in 2014. It is an original Fiat 500 Cinquecento, the cute and tiny two-cylinder air-cooled postwar Fiat. It looks friendly and even flashy in its brilliant red paint. Today's Fiat 500L looks small, but is actually 23 in (58 mm) longer. Cute is as cute does...

This is at a food-truck festival in Shelton CT last year. And, this one is from Fryborg who sells unique tasty french-fries and sandwiches. Two years ago I ordered special Fries covered with andoule sausage, pickles and a spicy Creolaise sauce evoking New Orleans. Fabulous! If you want this truck at your event in southern CT, you have to order it months in advance - it is that popular. Carb laden comfort food :)

New. I had to think about it a bit, but chose New York City. Patti captured both in 2013 as a passenger seat along the infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in 2013. We see this new Freedom Tower and a classic look at the famous Manhattan skyline that make us think of NYC. 

Self portrait. This was taken in 2010, but my features are not all that different today. All but my hair that is...way more gray today. Thanks Teresa!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Potpourri

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 returns in a sunny and warm season and a variety of shadows appear without provocation - and hopefully we notice them when carrying any photo device. Clockwise from top left: Patti's gnomes leave ferocious shadows - however, in reality, they're rather friendly chaps; Allegra sitting in a 1915 Model T in the shade - her 1999 Chevy Malibu is way more modern (A/C, etc), but without the charm; At the ice cream barn at the historic (1639) Field View Farm in Orange CT; Next to Ansoia City Hall, a new sign has been posted this year - with the shady oasis nearby. These may be located in and around average and prosaic places - but they add style and character to any scene...

Friday Hunt 2017.2.5

Friday returns and it is time again for the fun photo meme Friday Hunt, hosted by Teresa. The prompts this edition are great and I am ready...

Starts with 'E'. The first is a town I grew up in suburban East Hartford, CT. The house on Wickham was the Villers abode, and I have two from 1963, around Christmastime, before and after a snowfall. I was aged 9 (Grade 3, O'Connell School) on the bicycle. See the kids jumping rope - TV was only only electronic device and mom made us go outside "to get some air"...

Drops. Here is in 2003, along I-195 as I am driving the family is on our way to a Cape Cod. It rained on the way, and who wants rain at the beach? As I recall, the plentiful rain drops ended before we arrived in Hyannis. 

Happy. The first day pf school, August 30.1995. Our son Cameron starting Kindergarten, our daughter Allegra (much more experienced going into second grade :) posing with genuine smiles as they await school to begin. Happy indeed!