For Lease

Norwich, CT  2016

Jonnycake Center

Westerly, RI  2016

I'm always impressed when old buildings are restored and put to good use.  This sawtooth building is home to the Jonnycake Center of Westerly, RI,  which operates a huge thrift store here and provides other community services.  

The Favored Scholar

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT  2016

A sculpture which caught my eye in the Lyman Allyn Museum.  It's by sculptor John Rogers.  

Event

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT  2016

A sculpture on the grounds of the Lyman Allyn Museum in New London by the sculptor Darrel Petit. 

Happy Easter

New London, CT  2016

America

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT  2016

This is the largest  of a series of ship models created by Italian immigrant Pasquale Montesi who settled in Norwich back in 1898.  Montesi learned to sail as a youth in the Italian navy and had quite and eye for detail and a great memory.  He created each of his ship models completely from memory, without the aid of plans or blueprints.  None of his models were actually modeled after a real ship.  He carved all the wood by hand when not working in the fish store he opened in Norwich.  This particular model measure over 12 feet long and 10 feet high .  The detail is quite remarkable.  What's even more remarkable is that Montesi never learned to read or write.

Lyman Allyn Museum

New London, CT  2016

Employee Parking

Norwich, CT  2016

Dish

Norwich, CT  2016

The store fronts give the impression that this old building is no longer occupied.  The satellite dish suggests otherwise.  

Checks Cashed

Norwich, CT  2016

Kino

Norwich, CT  2016

Sunlight Building

Norwich, CT  2016

This building used to be home to the Norwich Bulletin a daily newspaper that has been in continuous publication since 1796.  The paper now goes by "The Bulletin" has expanded it's circulation to just about all of eastern Connecticut.  Offices were moved from this building in 2013 to the historic old train station in downtown Norwich, featured in this blog post.

Looking Up Franklin Street

Norwich, CT  2016

Boulders

Waterford, CT  2016

Fishway

Waterford, CT  2016

This doesn't look like much, but it serves as a way for fish coming in from Long Island Sound to by pass the dam here and swim upstream to spawn.  It provides access for river herring, sea-run brown trout and alewife to over 8 acres of freshwater spawning and nursery areas.