A SEA VIEW

Location: Mouth of the Housatonic River, entrance to Stratford Harbor
Nearest city: Stratford
41 09 07 N
73 06 12 W

Station established: 1822; Present lighthouse built: 1881; Automated: 1970
Construction material: Cast iron with brick lining
Height of tower: 35 feet; Height of focal plane: 52 feet
Earlier optic: 1855: Fifth-order Fresnel; 1881: Third-order Fresnel; 1906: Fourth-order Fresnel;
Present optic: VRB-25
Characteristic: Two white flashes every 20 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1881 keeper’s house, 1911 fog signal building
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation

Location: Mouth of the Housatonic River, entrance to Stratford Harbor
Nearest city: Stratford
41 09 07 N
73 06 12 W

Location: Mouth of the Housatonic River, entrance to Stratford Harbor
Nearest city: Stratford
41 09 07 N
73 06 12 W

Location: Mouth of the Housatonic River, entrance to Stratford Harbor
Nearest city: Stratford
41 09 07 N
73 06 12 W

Spiderman, held firm in a web… while been inflated Thanksgiving eve.

The full set of pictures can be seen on my Flickr Photostream, hit the link: http://tinyurl.com/ykk5jvs

Five Mile Point Light

Location: New Haven, Connecticut

Nearest city: New Haven, Connecticut
Station established: 1805;
Present lighthouse built: 1847; Discontinued: 1877
Construction materials: Brownstone with brick lining
Height of tower: 70 feet; Height of focal plane: 97 feet
Original optic: Fourth order Fresnel (1855); Present optic: None
Other buildings still standing: 1835 keeper’s house

Five Mile Point Light

Location: New Haven, Connecticut

Nearest city: New Haven, Connecticut

Five Mile Point Light

Location: New Haven, Connecticut

Nearest city: New Haven, Connecticut

A Fall Sunrise on Hillside Ave.

A trip to Long Island on the Groton Ferry.

Red Rock “Secret Mountain” Wilderness Coconino National Forest - Sedona

“I guess it is not so secret any more”

A wonderful vista in Sedona.

A view of the Grand Canyon as the sun was setting.

MAX, the other kid … One hour after he was washed, he got SKUNKED! He will never learn not to get into it, with those potent, fury little black and white critters. Phew!