Connecticut Diaries

Mystic, CT  2015

Griswold, CT  2015

I'm a little late posting these pictures and for some of you they might look a little familiar.  Fellow Connecticut Blogger, Jack, wh...

South Windsor, CT  2015 The entire circus performance was held within this big top tent, which comfortably seats about 700.  Each per...

Ariana Sarah

I've always admired jugglers, and wished that was a skill I could master.  It's hard enough juggling rubber balls, much less pins...

South Windsor, CT  2015 No circus is complete without some stilt-walkers.  I found it very clever how the performers transitioned ...

South Windsor, CT  2015 Once the show starts, there is no stop in the action.  Each year the creative team at Circus Smirkus cre...

South Windsor, CT  2015 This is Sarah, one of the performers with Circus Smirkus.  Not only do the kids perform, but they work before...

South Windsor, CT  2015 Circus Smirkus was founded in 1987 by Rob Mermin in Greensboro, VT.  It is an award winning, international yo...

South Windsor, CT Please pardon the brief interruption in blog posts over this past weekend.  I was tied up with a number of things, ...

Portland, CT  2015 I'm not sure what a lobster has to do with a local winery, but that's where I found this fellow.  I think ...

Simsbury, CT  2015 One of my favorite cars of all time.  I find it hard to believe that these Mustangs are now considered to be ...

Simsbury, CT  2015

Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT  2015 This boat was built by the Great Lakes Boat Building School, Class of 2015.  They must be located in...