Salt Rock SP (Baltic) and Lazizah Bakery (Yantic) CT

30 07 2019

Cherry and I continue on the Sky’s the Limit Challenge by finishing our ninth (of fourteen) hike

SALT ROCK STATE PARK (BALTIC)

Lazizah Bakery, yummy Mediterranean food in a charming location





Dennis Hill SP (Norfolk) & Harriet Beecher Stowe Garden (Hartford)

16 07 2019

Another winning combination
Dennis Hill State Park, Norfolk
Pavillion


Gazebo

Lunch at the Cafe in Norfolk, with a view of Infinity Hall

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Historical gardens, Hartford
Largest magnolia tree in CT
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Kettletown SP (Southbury) and Glebe House/Jekyll Garden (Woodbury) CT

10 07 2019

Our next DEEP Sky’s the Challenge site: Kettletown State Park in Southbury.

We also stopped at the Glebe House/Gertrude Jekyll Garden:

Lunch at Leo’s “Fit for a King”





Harkness, Rocky Neck, and Flo Griswold

3 07 2019

Gorgeous day to hit a few DEEP Sky’s the Limit and CT Historical Garden sites

HARKNESS STATE PARK (a DEEP Sky’s the Limit and CT Historical Garden site)
Waterford, CT

Beautiful natural features on our walk

The Gardens were in great form

ROCKY NECK STATE PARK (DEEP Sky’s the Limit site)
Niantic, CT

Sweet walk along marshes and vistas

(Lunch at the newly reopened HALLMARKS in Old Lyme; excellent ice cream)

FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM (CT Historical Garden site)
Old Lyme

Gardens were lovely


Fascinating exhibit (text below from Flo Griwold website)
June 1–September 8, 2019
Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in Contemporary Art
Four leading contemporary artists, Mark Dion, James Prosek, Jennifer Angus, and Courtney Mattison will create installations that reflect the vulnerability of our natural world in conversation with the landscape and historic structures of the Florence Griswold Museum. By bringing to the site artists who make natural history their medium, Fragile Earth will illustrate the continued relevance of ecology and nature conservation to contemporary artistic practice and showcase the persuasive and powerful role artists play in advocating for the preservation of our earth by bringing their perspective to natural science.