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Sorry I have been away from the blog for a while. I have been super busy at work and getting ready for huricane Earl. Here is a post that I wanted to get to last week.
I was helping a friend shoot a wedding in upstate Connecticut this past weekend, a true firefighter wedding. Fire apparatus [...]

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What a day getting assaulted at Enfield Superior Court this morning! Just doing my job and getting video turned into a dangerous situation when several of journalists got hit by an insecticide spray from a disgruntled man. Check out the video, and follow the story on www.courant.com
I am ok after getting hosed down by the [...]

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Perfect weather greeted the 6th annual Friends of Lake Pocotopaug Dennis Griswold Showboat Parade this year. Hundreds of spectators viewed the flotilla of strange watercraft as the made their way around the lake.
This year the likes of Bob Hope’s USO Girl’s, Scooby Doo, The Munsters, Racing cars, Police Cars, and even an Ice Cream Truck [...]

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I usually do not go out chasing meteors unless conditions are almost perfect and,  the night falls on the peak of the shower. Yesterday was the exception. After having a long string of time without out going out and doing some astronomy it was time to get out and see what I could observe. The skies [...]

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I took this picture the other day at the West Haven Boat Launch. A beautiful place to look at the New Haven Harbor and enjoy your lunch. This simple symmetry of swans image got me thinking. What do you call a grouping of swans, such as this one.
Give it some thought. I bet your wrong. Check out http://www.birdnature.com/groupnames.html for the [...]

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What a year it has been with severe weather hitting the state. Tornados, wind storms, mean thunderstorms, and rare cloud formations have all been around in the past four months.
Yesterday was no exception as I was sent out to chase down some bad weather for work. I hit the jackpot when I took this image [...]

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I recently came across several images that really depict the beauty of Connecticut. These photos were taken at a farm in Wallingford.  Who knew a rusted pickup truck would be the perfect planter.

What better place for a butterfly to land but on a huge Sunflower.
 

Feel free to click on the image to see an enlargement of [...]

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The National Weather Service has now confirmed that an EF1 toronado made an appearence in Bristol, Connecticut at about 4:15pm yesterday.
The report stated that it went along a path 25 yards wide by 1.5 miles long, traveling along Blakeslee Street and High Streets.
Here are some pictures that I took of the many trees that got [...]

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In my job I spend a lot of time on the road covering news events of all types. This week a license plate caught my eye. Because I follow the sun in my astrophotography hobby, this plate held a special interest in it for me.

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Duct tape is a polyethylene, reinforced, multi-purpose tape with a soft and flexible shell.
It is alive and well in almost everybodies, basements, garages, and even kitchens. It manages to fix almost anything. Don’t believe me? Here is an image I captured on my ride home yesterday. Yes, it can fix almost anything.

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