Connecticut Diaries

Niantic, CT It's always fascinating to walk along any beach just to see what has been washed ashore.  Driftwood is  pretty common...

McCook Point Park, Niantic, CT Although there are some sandy beaches along the Connecticut coastline most of the shoreline is rocky. ...

McCook Point Park, Niantic, CT There is a sense of permanence to anything attached to bedrock, at least on a human time scale.  Th...

McCook Point Park, Niantic, CT Although the temperatures were still in the mid 30's and there was a good breeze coming off Long I...

Jonathan Edwards Winery North Stonington, CT

Niantic, CT I've always felt that boats need to be in the water.  When seen like this, they look sort of unhappy.  This one, thou...

Connecticut College, New London, CT This sculpture adorns the entrance to Castle Court,  the site of the yesterday's post. I t...

Connecticut College, New London, CT I found this interesting sculpture on the campus of Connecticut College.  The piece makes s...

Niantic, CT It won't be long before each of these slips will be occupied by a boat of some sort.  In the absence of any boats, th...

Niantic, CT Those of us who grew up back in the 60's and early 70's can complete the title of this post.  This is a very uniq...

Niantic, CT It appears that each of the charter fishing companies here try to out do each other in adorning their offices.   I've...

Niantic, CT Here's another of the many charter boat businesses that operate out of the Niantic River.  I like the rustic, weather...

Niantic, CT On my walk near the Niantic River, I ran across this shed containing some equipment and two office chairs.  There has bee...

Niantic, CT I don't live too far from downtown Niantic, which is the only village/town along the coast in Connecticut, whos...

Stonington, CT Notice anything about these boats?  They were moored not far from other boats that I have featured in some recent post...