Miscellaneous Stuff

I've seen blue berries and red berries and black berries and branches with yellow and red berries, but I have never seen one branch with so many different colors:

This is the Farmington Canal in Cheshire, CT:

The history and information of the canal is as follows:
In the early 1800's, the Farmington Canal was built between Northhampton and New Haven; Irish immigrants dug the canal by hand.

The Canal locks controlled the flow of the water to compensate for the slope of the land. Farmers living nearby would answer the barge captain's horn, coming to maneuver the locks. Flat-bottomed boats were pulled by mules walking alongside the canal.

the barges carried goods and passengers between ports; a trip from New Haven to Cheshire cost sixty-two cents and took nearly five hours. Local children enjoyed swimming and skating on the canal.

It has been reported that in 1839, the Amistad slaves were transported on the canal from the New Haven prison to Farmington. Horsecarts then carried them to the courthouse in Hartford for trial.

The canal operated from 1828 to 1848; trains then became the preferred form of transportation. Lock 12 (pictured) is the only restored lock remaining today.

The above was inscribed on a stone just north of Lock 12. It was composed by the Doolittle Elementary School Student Volunteers.



The Larken Bridal Path:



The Larkin Bridal Path in Naugatuck, CT. I walk Hope here at least three times a week. The pictures really do not do it justice. The Path runs a total of 10.3 miles between Naugatuck to Southbury. It is a Rails-to-Trails path. You can read about its history here:http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=434808&depNav_GID=1650