Updated March 2019 “This place means peace to my soul.” ~ Theodate Pope Riddle Working in Simsbury and Avon, CT for almost twenty years combined, I learned many different routes to and from my home in West Hartford. The most direct route was over Avon Mountain which could be treacherous in the snow and ice, so my preferred…
On a recent Hartford walk, I came upon a charming little building at the edge of Bushnell Park. Slate roof, bright red gable, Tudor style. As it came into sharper view I noticed the sign, Pump House Gallery, above the structure’s heavy wooden door. As I looked further, I could see the industrial looking machinery…
Having lived in West Hartford for over twenty years now and due to my more recent pastime of photographing homes, I have become familiar with many sections of town. One of my favorite spots is a little jewel of a neighborhood called the West Hill Drive Historic District. I’ll never forget the first time I discovered…
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…
I have driven past this gorgeous Tudor home in Hartford’s West End quite a few times recently, but over the winter the mounds of snow around it made it unapproachable. Over this past weekend I drove by again and had the perfect opportunity to stop. You just can’t take it all in from a car…
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…
