Monday, June 21, 2021

Friends of the Seymour Public Library to hold 2-day book sale

 

Derby food service offers summer meals at schools through Sept. 3

 

Osborne Homestead in Derby to celebrate Connecticut Historic Gardens Day

Gardens at Osborne Homestead Museum.


DERBY - Visit the Osborne Homestead Museum, 500 Hawthorne Ave., from 12-4 p.m. Sunday, June 27 to celebrate the 18th Annual Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day.

The Osborne Homestead Museum, one of 15 members of the prestigious Connecticut’s Historic Gardens, will provide free self-guided tours of the museum and its gardens.
Guests can enjoy the lovely Colonial Revival gardens of the Kellogg Estate and tour the historic house museum to learn about Frances Osborne Kellogg’s love of flowers and land conservation.

For the self-guided garden tours, registration is not required. However registration is required for the self-guided tours of the museum. 
Tickets for the museum’s self-guided tours will be for slots available at noon, 1, 2, and 3 pm. 
Self-guided tours are estimated to last approximately 45 minutes to one-hour. Please plan to be at the museum’s Studio entrance five minutes before your tour time to guarantee entry. Availability is limited to 10 people per hour. 

For tickets, visit the museum’s Eventbrite registration page at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cts-historic-gardens-day-osborne-homestead-museum-self-guided-tour-tickets-153061441893?aff=valley.

For more information about Connecticut’s Historic Gardens, go to www.cthistoricgardens.org.

The Osborne Homestead Museum, a facility of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, is open for free self-guided tours on Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sundays from 12-4 p.m. 
For additional information, call 203-734-2513.

This is a press release from Osborne Homestead Museum.

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Recuperation journey: Looking at the sky


... at 7:40 p.m.

The moon is in waxing gibbous phase, 75 percent illumination.

Celebrating Father's Day at Shelton Historical Society's vintage vehicle show

 

My husband Ralph and I attended the Shelton Historical Society's Vintage Vehicles Antique and Classic Car Show today, a Father's Day tradition. 

This 1958 Edsel was one of his favorite cars in the show held on the Shelton History Center grounds.  

Have a drink and support Seymour Pink at Retro Grub and Pub in Derby


 

Happy Father's Day!

 

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers and those men who are like a father to others. 

I wish them a relaxing day today!