Rich's Random Travelogue: 2021

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Christmas Eve

At the "Citizen Kane" looooong table...

Christmas Day

At Bri's and Mike's House

Little Willie!

The Princesses

-Halley and Brenna-

Darby !

Activity

Reading...

Aerial :-)

Drawing...

Saturday, December 4, 2021

South Glastonbury History Tour

South Glastonbury has an incredible history! Old houses dating all the way back to 1748 and old mills and an Indian trading post were all part of this historical tour I volunteered at!

"The community known now as South Glastonbury was originally called Nayaug and was the first part of what would, in 1693, become the separate town of Glastonbury to be settled upon by the founding families of Wethersfield. At first predominantly agricultural in nature, South Glastonbury grew in leaps and bounds beginning in the early 1800s with the development of substantial manufacturing facilities along Roaring Brook. The closing of the mills brought industrial growth and to a halt, and a return to agriculture, most notably in the form of lowland tobacco farms and hillside fruit orchards. While a number of those are still in operation, South Glastonbury is now primarily a low-key commercial and residential community, albeit one with a long and varied history. As a result, the properties that you will be touring are a mixture of colonial, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne styles."

Indian Trading Post

Spar Mill

Main Street

Friday, November 5, 2021

South Church - Manchester

I will be singing in the choir of this magnificent old Methodist Church in Manchester, CT.

History
The church was built and dedicated on November 9, 1854. In 1891, it was enlarged and a new organ installed.
The style of the church is Tudor Gothic and the building is comprised of local gray fieldstone and trimmed with gray cast stone. A square tower, 67ft in height and surmounted by turreted battlements, is placed at the southwest corner of the main building, It contains the bell from the old church and a memorial set of chime bells, ranging in size from 275 to 2000 pounds.
https://www.southumc.com/our-history

1st Choir Rehearsal

The Bell Choir Area

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Friday Night Drum Circle

I returned once more to participate in the QuarryView drum circle and arrived a bit early to chat with folks and enjoy the beauty of the quarry.

Dean created another mini Stonehenge!

Brownstone cliffs in the waning sunlight - ooo yeah!

This was my arsenal for tonight - the big drum Dean's graciously let me borrow - it sounded awesome. He mentioned it was custom built for him. I made Will Ferrell proud when grooving on the small black metal instrument. :-)

As the night progressed...

I left before the community of drummers finished but did snap a shot looking back....

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Hartford - Getting Acquainted

After my morning bike ride in Portland CT, Cris and I ventured into Hartford to check out the Latin Festival. It was a bit of a disappointment but we did spend sometime walking around downtown to get a little more familiar with the city. Later we visited the Parkville Marketplace which was awesome!

Latin Festival

Although the festival was on beautiful grounds, the vendors were few and the latin food choices limited. Even though we heard great pre-recorded salsa music when entering, a terrible latin rock band took the stage and sounded horrendous. The best thing was the kids' Mariachi band - they were so cute1

-Short Video-

Cute!

Our Walk...

Parkville Market

After Cris insisted on having lunch at the Brazilian restaurant in the Parkville section of Hartford, I decided to check out the Parkville Market. We had heard a lot about the place and it didn't disappoint!

The Parkville Market was the first official "food hall" in Connecticut. Formerly the Bishop Ladder Co., a 20,000-square-foot warehouse has been transformed into an international food market. The place was packed!