The Weekend Roundup, 'A'

It is Friday so time for another round of a favored meme, The Weekend Roundup, hosted by Tom. The alphabet begins anew this week and here is mine...

Beginning with 'A' is easy to start with as our firstborn is named Allegra. This was taken in 1991 when she was 2 years old and posing in her grandmother' sunglasses. Yes, she has grown up but we know she was little once...

Here is an Artist who was commissioned to paint a mural at Ansonia Middle School

And keeping with the civic theme, here is the Ansonia Public Library. Clad in Longmeadow freestone with its granite foundation from local quarries, it was completed in 1892.

Here is my take on this week's fruit, a fabulous Apple Tart at one of our favorite restaurants, Copper City Cafe also in Ansonia. Have 'A' great week!

Friday Hunt 2017.2.24

It is a cold Friday in CT and my outdoor activities have been limited, so indoors is the place to be for Teresa's fun meme Friday Hunt. Onward to the prompts... 

Starts with 'X'. I don't have any pics that start with 'X'. However, when filing all pics from Christmas, I include in the filename the word 'Xmas' and the year for easier sorting. Since 'Xmas' is a common abbreviation for the holiday, I'll take the liberty of using this for the letter. These are from, I believe, 1946 and they are my wonderful Aunt Terry and Grandma (Agnes) during that season. The photo file names are captioned.

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Craft. Our friend Rich is an artist (in any medium) including watercolors. He holds a number of watercolor classes at local libraries for free or nominal prices. This was at the Derby CT Public Library, and he is a great teacher for those who want to try watercolors.    And Patti tried her hand at watercolors in one of his classes, the subject cardinals. 

Change. It is amazing the change from potted pepper plants in our yard to these yummy (and hot) peppers harvested in August. This was a very tasty change indeed! Also these pics look so nice in and far warmer than today!

Wordless Wednesday - Blacksmith Artisan

Nice to see a blacksmith today at Sue's WW - we saw a blacksmith artist locally last year. It is hard to believe that this brutish hard work with fire allows this gentleman to create such delicate jewelry. A true artist!

Shadow Shot Sunday - One day in Ansonia

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is a great purveyor of, well...shadows. There are spectacular shadows to see and/or capture. However, in our daily environs, we see them too. So in one day, a few were caught and deemed perfect for today's post. On top, a shadow starts to encroach on a wall in our home coming close to Patti's photo art Reservoir Ripples that stands out on our newly painted wall.

Later, we went for dinner at Ansonia's Copper City Cafe. The always lovely Patti saw a shadowy lamppost on a new restaurant under construction. Mundane maybe,  but prominent. Finally, shadows radiate around Patti's entree, which was sea scallops (with a malt vinegar reduction), polenta and asparagus with the requisite side order of shadows - everyday shadows...