House on/in Quarry!

Cris and I had a wonderful time visiting a couple we have recently made friends with. My recent interest in scouting for quarries in the woods prompted an invitation to visit their house built in a quarry! BTW - the architect was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.

This is the inside! How cool is that?

The view out back

Looking back at the house...

We traversed the old quarry roads over slag piles now reclaimed by nature

They own 12 acres - it was very pretty

Peek-a-boo :-)

There is even a cave in a nearby rock outcropping...

And the cemetery across the street is like out of ancient Europe!

Making Maple Syrup - Glastonbury Historical Society

The Glastonbury Historical Society held a Springtime Maple Syrup event - I was stationed as a guide in the Eastbury barn but got a chance to observe the maple syrup process from start to finish.

From tapping the sap...

then bringing to a boil...

... then savoring the final syrup -- mmm, mmm good :-)

Hippie Shop AND RR tribute!

I had busted the drumhead my Doumbek a while back in a drum circle frenzy LINK> and Dean recommended I check out this crazy hippie store in Willimantic to get it fixed. Dean had his amazing frame drum custom built here.

You get a hint of what's isnide by the fire hydrant out front!

Native American Dreamcatchers line the ceiling Ooo yeah!

And how cool - a wall painting of the railroad that graced this town back in the day...

Abandoned Bridge!

 Built in 1918 the Arrawanna Bridge is one of the Connecticut's oldest bridges and is an early example of an open-spandrel concrete arch bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Once part of a major thoroughfare, in 1974 Berlin Street was bypassed to the west and the bridge was closed. By 2003, the bridge was deteriorating in place, with shrubs growing in the roadway.

Its quite a sight to see!

View from the end of Berlin Street...

Further Info

• Arrawanna Bridge (Wikipedia)
• Arrawanna Bridge (Bridgehunter)