Connecticut Diaries

Waterford, CT  2021  

Groton, CT  2020  

Niantic, CT  2020 There is no shortage of large rocks and boulders in Connecticut.  The southeast part of the state used to have a nu...

Niantic, CT  2018 I think this might be considered an erratic, a large rock deposited by a glacier.  Connecticut was covered by a gla...

Niantic, CT  2018 When walking the trail running through our condo community here, once can find this local landmark.  I guess it sor...

Niantic, CT  2017

Niantic, CT  2017 I think this is what is left after the last glaciers melted from Connecticut, over 15,000 years ago.  

Niantic, CT  2017 The snow is from last Wednesday's blizzard, which left us with about 8-10" of snow.  More snow is on the w...

Waterford, CT  2016

Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic, CT  2016 I like the way the the architects and builders of this pavilion  made it fit right into the ...

Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic, CT  2016 No matter how often I see or photograph this pavilion, it never ceases to amaze me.  It'...

South Burlington, VT  2015 Here's another interesting geologic formation seen along the shores of Lake Champlain.  The red color ...

Lake Champlain, 2015 Lake Champlain was formed when the last glaciers receded about 12,000 years ago.  It's hard to believe but t...

Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT  2015 A good portion of the shoreline in Connecticut looks just like this.  The are some nice bea...

Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT  2015 About 21,000 years ago, all of Connecticut and Long Island were covered by glacier ice whic...

Gorham, NH  2015

Rocky  Neck State Park, Niantic, CT  2015 This boulder is typical of the geology found at Rocky Neck State Park.  It's granitic g...

Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic, CT  2015 It always amazes me how a small tree like this is able to survive amidst the granite boulder...

North Stonington, CT

Niantic, CT  2014 Unlike the beaches I used to frequent along the New Jersey shore, beaches along Long Island sound don't normall...