Watery Songlines - Fresh Water in the Winter

Despite living in our four-season climate in Southern New England, I am not much of a fan of Winter - but merely for the cold. Much of the season, though, offered beauty, and not just snow. So for Watery Songlines, I take a look in January at the Lieutenant River in Old Lyme CT. The patchwork of blue on the sky reflects well on the surface. Yes it's cold - but beautiful...

SOOC - Conch and Mollusks

For Straight Out of the Camera - SOOC, we have a look at something unique on the grounds of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme CT. There was a large impressionist art community in this Connecticut River estuary town. Since the art inside is unique and beautiful, why not the grounds surrounding the collection of art inside...so these giant conch shells add a hint of whimsy to the place...

SOOC - Lieutenant River

For this week's Straight Out of the Camera - SOOC I offer a view captured by Patti last week. It is a wintertime look at a body of water that is obscure to many, that being  the Lieutenant River in Eastern Connecticut. The sky, water the land have they grayish look of the season. However, it is a pretty view now and an even better view under a summer blue sky...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Afternoon Tea, if not for me...

On this snowy day in the Northeast, it is time to ignore the gray skies and focus on this week's Shadow Shot Sunday 2. Last Saturday, the always lovely Patti and Allegra went for a girls day out (not me though :) at an afternoon tea at the fancy Bee and Thistle Inn in the artistic town of Old Lyme, CT.

I'd like to have tried the Goat Cheese & Watercress and Chicken Salad with Cilantro & Scallions sandwiches, but it was a girl's day out. Perhaps next year...so for this post, I'll defer to photos Patti took of the elegant food and tea presentation and their side order of shadows...