Autumn comes, flowers fade, and summer--just weeks behind us--feels like a lifetime ago.
Waiting for a friend at a coffee shop the other day, I enjoyed listening to the rain. The beautiful world dissolved on the surface of my windshield.
Back in Woodbury, Della and I went out for All Hallows Eve in the Hollow. This is the local historical society's Halloween event during which figures from Woodbury's past rise from their graves in the local churchyard and tell their stories on an illuminated walking tour led by other ghosts of the town's past. We met Connecticut's first millionaire, a few random homicide victims, and Nonnewaug's daughter. Nonnewaug was a local sachem among the Pomperaug's, and he destroyed his own life when he saw that Europeans were changing his world forever.
The Glebe House is the site where Connecticut Anglicans decided to send one of their priests back to England to acquire the authority to consecrate bishops in this country. The Episcopal Church got rolling in our little town thanks to Rev. Marshall, the same minister who withstood stonings and other expressions of displeasure because, as a clergyman before the Revolution, he had sworn his allegiance to his employer, the king. The house in the photo below was his before the church sold it to build St. Paul's. Then it became the abode of a silversmith named Botsford.
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What a fun night! Beautiful pics!
ReplyDeleteHistory would certainly stick in your head if imparted by ghosts. There is so much history in this area.
ReplyDeleteI loved the historical plot here ... have a great time !!!
ReplyDeletefun history-love that last photo of the window!
ReplyDeleteliving history. :)
ReplyDeleteA great way to learn history!! Really cool program! Love your captures for the day, as always!! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Photos Sandy
ReplyDeleteWow .... that windshield shot is absolutely amazing! LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to learn history Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteI really like your first two photos -- the second is an abstract work of art. The All Hallows Eve event in Woodbury sounds like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThe second is a piece of art.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiration. Please have you all a good Tuesday.
Fascinating piece of history Sandy, enjoyed the photos.
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What a colorful and interesting history there in Woodbury.
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots and interesting information.
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots and interesting information.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous shots - that last one in particular! I adore the rain.
ReplyDeletedo they have a brochure about the History?
ReplyDeleteHi there - thats a great abstract image through the glass. I like it.
ReplyDeleteHave a good All Hallows Eve!
Stewart M - Australia
Nice photos, and I like the abstract of the rain on the windscreen. Thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteI love your photos...especially the last one
ReplyDeleteHugs
SueAnn
I love your photos...especially the last one
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SueAnn
the photo through your windshield is lovely. Thank you Sandy.
ReplyDeletethe photo through your windshield is lovely. Thank you Sandy.
ReplyDeleteFascinating post!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post. Makes me want to visit back east where the weather matched the mood for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I love reading about this kind of thing (you know, it's practically pre-history to those of us who were born and raised on the West Coast.)
ReplyDeleteBrown is beautiful, the first shot confirms it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to have visited something like this! I've always loved a good ghost story and Halloween. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat second photo is absolutely brilliant! It would make a gorgeous fabric for a quilt! And I love the last photo too - great Halloween ambience!
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