Life in Litchfield

Home sweet other home. Litchfield is Connecticut's best-preserved late-18th century town and the site of the USA's first law school.

The stately First Congregational Church in the center of town is the most photographed church in New England.

Presiding over Main Street is the granite Court House with clock tower built in 1889.

Litchfield is the birthplace of Harriet Beecher Stowe whose novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was the best selling book of the 19th century, second only to the Bible.

Historical houses abound with unique architectural details like this rooftop platform called a "widow's walk". Popular romantic myth holds that the platform was used by wives of mariners who would watch for their spouses return from sea, often in vain.

One of the grand houses that line Prospect Street.

Here's ours. A 1740 Colonial Revival that's for up for sale if any of you out there are pining for a more genteel life. No reasonable offer refused.

A portrait of Tim's mum greets us in the foyer. "It's Tim with a wig", jokes one of Tim's friends at the strong family resemblance.

The view through the screen door.

We're not as accomplished as those famous lawyers and authors but we are accomplished at finishing off a hearty breakfast at Pattys Restaurant in nearby Bantam.

"Happy Birthday to my darling wife!!!" A dozen roses for Sandi.

Life on the bulletin board.

An exhausting day of hoovering up the dead bugs that took up residence over the winter. Sandi's not appreciating Tim's photographic artistry at this moment.

Summer's bounty from the garden.

The menagerie of life around our bird feeder. There's Pavorotti the Cardinal who's always singing (except when he has a seed in his mouth).

Tweety the Finch.

B.J. the Blue Jay.

Woody the Woodpecker.

Nibbles the Squirrel.

and our favourite, Chipper the Cheeky Chipmunk.

Too cute!