Places I'm At Now
A few more pics from this century, and closer to home. These were all already digital, so a lot easier to post.
So many colors June sunset. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. June 27, 2021, 8:42 PM.
A deep blue sky with gold and orange clouds along the horizon and pink clouds above. All this is mirrored in the lake below. Find a patch of lush green grasses along the shore with a burst of red violet wildflowers. Anyone else old enough to remember when your rotten friend's dad splurged for the neighborhood's first color TV?
Spring ravine. Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. May 18, 2023, 5:24 PM.
The big field beneath a big sky. Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. June 11, 2021, 6:17 PM.
The heart of winter at the reservoir. New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. January 4, 2017, 4:45 PM.
A frozen world in blue-gray and bronze. A dormant freshwater marsh beside a frozen lake on a rainy day in January.
September in Connecticut. Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 11, 2019, 6:08 PM.
The bright white floss of a milkweed that has let go of most of its seeds catches the early evening sunlight beside a thicket of goldenrod. Autumn is coming.
Sunset dining, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. October 23, 2019, 5:41 PM.
Migrating Canadian geese take a late October dinner break on a secluded little cove at the lake while the two outside geese stand lookout (swim lookout?).
Some days you don't mind getting wet. Rainy October evening at Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. October 29, 2019, 6:04 PM.
A rainy evening walk at the time of peak autumn color. Hemlocks and pines add a splash of vibrant green.
A change of pace. Night view through a chain link fence. Walking across a concrete footbridge over a highway interchange in downtown Waterbury, Connecticut. Footbridge over the I-84 / CT 8 highway junction, March 10, 2022, 6:39 PM.
January Thaw. Melting lake ice. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. January 27, 2020, 4:44 PM.
The coming storm. Sky over Whitestone Cliffs Trail, Plymouth, Connecticut. September 6, 2018, 4:46 PM.
Mountain laurel time at Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. May 26, 2023, 5:01 PM.
Sunset from cliffs along the edge of the old abandoned quarry. Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. May 26, 2023, 8:01 PM.
Phantom sun. The sun, which has disappeared behind a band of clouds near the horizon, projects an image of itself onto the middle of that hazy cloud. Mattatuck State Forest near Town Hill Road, Plymouth, Connecticut. November 26, 2017, 3:44 PM.
Full moon at twilight. Lost Ponds, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. May 8, 2017, 8:01 PM.
Freshly fallen snow, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. December 20, 2020, 4:39 PM.
Mountain laurel golden hour. Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. June 1, 2023, 7:34 PM.
Mountain laurel blossoms and buds, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. June 1, 2023, 4:15 PM.
Fluffy white fair-weather clouds in a soft blue October sky. New Britain Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut October 13, 2017, 5:41 PM.
Daisies and cattails fiery sunset. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. July 4, 2021, 8:24 PM.
Golden orange Independence Day sunset. July 4, 2021, 8:09 PM. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut.
Mountain laurel catches the evening sunlight. Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. June 1, 2023, 7:29 PM.
Bee magnet, Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. August 8, 2020, 5:39 PM.
Reverse image search tells me this sweet-scented wildflower is Joe Pye weed. Feel free to correct me, this is not at all an area of expertise for me. Whatever it is, you could smell its sweet scent from a long way off and the bees seemed to like it. There were four on this one little plant (one is a bit below and to the left of the others, you can only see little more than its head).
June evening near Hidden Lake, Fall Mountain, Plymouth, Connecticut. June 23, 2021, 7:36 PM.
Hideaway on a hidden cove of Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. June 3, 2020, 7:26 PM.
Vermilion and muted purple sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. June 14, 2021, 8:22 PM.
Some of the best fall colors I ever saw in Connecticut came on a very rainy evening in late October 2019. This is my third pic from that day. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. October 29, 2019, 5:25 PM.
Minimalism. Two small leafy water plants peek above the lake surface casting simple abstract reflections across nearby ripples. New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. July 1, 2018, 8:30 PM.
Pink and blue swirl sunset. New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. October 13, 2019, 6:40 PM.
Mountain laurel spring at Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. June 1, 2023, 5:23 PM.
Wild daisies and fly. Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. June 21, 2018, 7:02 PM.
Late spring evening thunderstorm rolls in. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. May 26, 2021, 8:19 PM.
Autumn sunset at New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. October 13, 2019, 6:24 PM.
Green river (h/t CCR). The rippled surface of the Mill River mirrors the sun-drenched late spring green along its banks. Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. June 1, 2023, 3:48 PM.
Colorful decay 5. Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 15, 2019, 5:47 PM.
Autumn underbrush. Giant's Head, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. November 4, 2022, 5:06 PM.
Gold cotton candy clouds sunset. New Britain Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 8, 2020, 7:16 PM.
Golden hour footbridge. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. July 19, 2020, 6:50 PM
Giant hazy sun plus wildflowers sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. July 19, 2020, 7:04 PM.
Smudges of gold and rippling waters sunset. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. June 20, 2020, 8:37 PM.
Ball of fire July sunset, New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. July 20, 2020, 7:57 PM.
Copper colored sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. November 4, 2019, 4:33 PM.
I'm not done. More pics here.