Shadow Shot Sunday - Tall Table

I've been waiting for a morning like this morning. The patio awaits frivolity and grilled cuisine...and us too! So for Shadow Shot Sunday our patio table looks twice as tall as usual under the almost summer sun of Southern New England. I am ready for the Season!

The Weekend Roundup, 'V'

Friday's here, so time again for a favorite meme The Weekend Roundup hosted by Tom. Today's letter, the 22nd, has its charms, and given my last name, I'll start there...

Villers is our name so a family portrait of the extended Villers family is in order :) The time is July 1969, the place Brigantine, NJ. I'm on the upper left in gold. Note the late 1960s dress and hair styles!

More Villers, The time is in the summer of 1945 after V-J Day, the place along the Pennsylvania Turnpike to or from Atlantic City. Grandma Agnes (O'Hanon) Villers and my Aunt Terry. Note the license tag - he had these personalized 'RV' Ohio plates from the mid-1930s...

This is a Vietnam Veteran's memorial at the beach in West Haven, CT

Voluminous. Our son is a software developer in Manhattan  working from his Brooklyn apartment. His boss treated him to lunch from a take out. I'll let Cam describe it: 
"When the boss says you can order lunch, why not go all out? I finally tried a Pakistani place I've been meaning to check out.
Clockwise from top left: chicken biryani (slow cooked rice) and chicken kabobs, samosa chaat (chaat is fried potato pieces, fried bread pieces, onions, and chickpeas, in a yogurt sauce; all that over two potato samosas), paratha (flatbread).

The spice level is fine but to be honest I think the number of spices is a lot more interesting than the heat. I haven't had this many flavors at one time in two months."

The Valley-Voice CT Newsletter for May 27

The Valley-Voice CT Newsletter for May 27: Derby Historical Society to feature 6th CT Regiment at Open House. Link: 

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The Weekend Roundup, 'U'

 It is Friday of a three-day weekend, so time again for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup. The final vowel is featured today, and it is hard but not impossible to find a few examples in the photo archives...

This is the futuristic looking Unitarian Society of Hartford Ct. It was opened in 1964.

Here is the United Methodist Church in Derby, CT. The Romanesque style red sanctuary was opened in 1894, the second Methodist church built on the site.

Union Congregational Church in Rockville, CT. This is the third church on the site - the first two were constructed of wood and burned down. Given the name of the town, the surviving building is made of stone...

Many decades ago, (July 1983) United Air Lines flight 483 suffered a few flat tires upon landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul. I captured this as the passengers stood on the now closed runway. We were awaiting the busses to take us to the terminal. No sensations other than a bumps upon landing...

A Favorite. Patti captured a lilac in our yard under a very blue sky overhead. Have a great week all! 

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The Weekend Roundup, 'S'

Friday appears for the week, so it's time again for Tom's meme, The Weekend Roundup. Today's letter prompt is easy - what's not easy is choosing among the hundreds of photos that match the prompt :) Here we go...

My heritage begins in Steubenville Ohio, so here were! I believe the year is 1946, my dad, in the USAAF and Aunt Terry are by the Market Street Bridge over the Ohio River to West Virginia. Built in 1906, it still stands and has that Steel bridge deck that I, and most drivers it seems, do not like to drive over...    

Sunrise also begins with 'S'. I've used this before, but like it enough to use it gain :) This was an early morning flight Atlanta-Philadelphia on a Delta Airlines 727 on Jan. 2, 1981. I believe we were over South Carolina. Note the faint curvature of the earth below at about 6:45 a.m.

Stainless Steel is another 'S', these tanks at the Two Roads Brewing Co. in Stratford Connecticut. My daughter and I took a brewery tour on March 7, one week before the lockdown in the state...

The Strand Theater in neighboring Seymour Connecticut is rather alliterative. And the Sterling Lion Players performed this offbeat play a couple of years ago.

A Favorite. During these times of lockdowns, some have kept their Christmas holiday light on their houses. We have kept ours inside - love the LED lights, snow person and reindeer. this - and takeout meals - are methods of coping. Have a great week all!

NVHD Covid-19 Stats, 05/06/2o

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The Brush Strokes Newsletter for May 4

The Valley-Voice CT issues the Brush Strokes newsletter for May 4. Introducing the new VAC mascot Edward Hopper and a reminder of tomorrow’s The Great Give® 2020. Link:  

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The Weekend Roundup, 'R'

It is a glorious Saturday, the Spring day I've been waiting for! So, before my foray outside, it is time for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup. Given my first day, today's post begins with the obvious...

Starts with 'R' is, naturally, Ralph. I'm Ralph III and I was named for my grandfather, Ralph (I) of Steubenville, Ohio. Here though is in, I believe, 1920 is Ralph in Manitou Springs, Colorado at a bottler in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. In this photo, he is a mere 18 years old and lived for two years out west before returning to that small city on the Ohio River...

Earlier this week, a Robin was seen through the patio door. I assume it's looking for nest materials - plenty of lawn thatch for the taking :)

These Rainbows were taken after a thunderstorm in 2017 at the Jones Family Winery in Shelton. Nice double rainbow too...

A tasty Red is seen in last night's takeout dinner from Ansonia's Rosa Mina restaurant. It was hot given it's Red cherry peppers. It was delicious if a bit fiery...

A Favorite. The always lovely Patti captured this bloom this morning. Finally, a warm Spring Day, a day to savor whiles socially distancing...Have a great week all!

The Valley-Voice CT newsletter for May 1

The Valley-Voice CT newsletter for May 1 features the Great Give® 2020:

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