Connecticut Landmarks

Connecticut Landmarks

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Just look at that sunset over the diner!

Today marks two weeks since we arrived back. We are getting pretty tired of temporary housing and eating at restaurants for almost every meal, but all in all we have accomplished a lot and are feeling productive. We both have cars to drive now, and we have a place to live under contract already, with plans to move soon after labor day. Not bad for barely two weeks in the country!

Since my last update we've been happy to see some of our friends here. We had a fun visit with Amanda and Frank last Thursday, and last night we were over at Trish's for dinner. We missed you guys!

Thanks to the remnants of hurricaine Charley, today was pretty rainy up until just an hour or so ago. Now the sun is trying to come out. But last week was gorgeous! I took these pictures last Tuesday, at the Olympia Diner on the Berlin Turnpike, and at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield -- two Connecticut landmarks.

1. Olympia Diner at dusk.

2. Milkshake and tabletop jukeboxes -- two signs of a true diner.

3. The European burger mystifies me.

4. Old-fashioned scale. No springs attached.

5. Lyman Orchard on a Tuesday morning.

6. Pigeons roosting beside the duckpond.

7. The home of the best apple pie in Connecticut.