2026 - Greek Fair

Its always a pleasure attending the Annual Greek Fair in Hartford. This year I checked out the church- WOW!

Cris made sure we had desserts to go! :-)

Close call!

The "huge spider" came to our house again today! The tall pine in the front yard suddenly was uprooting and leaning toward the power lines. Thank God my neighbor pointed it out to me!

The spider arrived late afternoon

It was really leaning

And uprooting the lawn - yikes!

Another day and it would have ripped down the power lines!

They first trimmed of all the branches

And use the chipper to chip them away

We decided to leave the stump

Manchester Model Train Show

I finally made it to the Manchester, CT model train exhibit. It was preyty amazing with huge layouts in N, HO and O-27 scales. It was overwhelming (overwhelmingly cool)!.

O Scale Layout (O-27)

N Scale Layout

HO Scale Layout

 Pennsylvania Horseshoe Curve

Short Videos

Manchester Road Race

The Thanksgiving Road Race is an annual tradition in Manchester, CT. This year was the first year I participated - it was a lotta fun. There were over 12,000 runners and 30,000 spectators!

Buses were provided from the nearby Community College. At 4.737 miles, I was happy just to cross the finish line! :-)

It was terribly cold and windy waiting for the shuttle bus

On the bus, people were already in a festive mood :-)

In my spot
(The crowd was huge!)

I was psyched:
(or was it psycho?)

The race was on!

Niantic

It was a sunny but breezy and cool Sunday afternoon when we drive down to Niantic, CT to check out the beaches.

The Big Beach - Niantic Bay Beach

Shoreline RR lift bridge

A Smaller Beach - Hole in the Wall

A short underpass under the RR giave its name

    

Cis snuck into my selfie! ;-)

We ate here - it was excellent!!!!!

Did you know?

Niantic means people of the “point of land on a tidal river” 

Tribal location:

Between the Thames and Connecticut Rivers, mostly at the mouth of the Connecticut River, around Niantic Bay and Niantic River, and in parts of modern East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut

Language:

Algonquin. Y-dialect similar to the Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, and Montauk

Castle Craig with Cris

After the Hartford Protest Rally I took Cris down to Meriden to visit Castle Craig - the autumn colors were stunning.