One Street, Two Connecticut Cities and 8 Special Old Homes

One Street, Two Connecticut Cities and 8 Special Old Homes

One street and two cities, you say? No doubt it’s unusual but in this case it’s true. I recently took a fascinating walking tour of Prospect Avenue with Mary Falvey from Hartford Preservation Alliance and Mary Donohue of Connecticut Explored where I learned a bit of old home and architectural history. The middle of Prospect Avenue…

Two Bloggers, Two Cameras and One Gorgeous Town

Two Bloggers, Two Cameras and One Gorgeous Town

As a fairly new blogger, I can tell you that it is a very solitary existence at first. You sit at your desk trying to figure out how the heck to use WordPress, what photos to choose, what topic to write about. Then you throw it all out there into that world we call the Internet…

Thursday Doors: Greek Revival Home on the Guilford Green

Thursday Doors: Greek Revival Home on the Guilford Green

Today I paid my first visit to the Guilford Green in Guilford, CT which is one of Connecticut’s shoreline towns. I met up with another Connecticut blogger from the shoreline area…more to come on that! Of course, I spent time walking the green taking in the historic homes, including the home featured above. This is…

Winter Walk in West Hartford

Winter Walk in West Hartford

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a big fan of winter and though I have lived my entire life in Connecticut, I haven’t learned to embrace the cold like some others do. No skiing, snowboarding or skating for me! Winter is the time for survival until spring rolls around again, and I…