Good Day Sunshine – #1linerWeds

Looking south down the CT River

Small but beautiful city

Or perhaps that’s good-bye sunshine…

If you’ve been following No Facilities for a year or more, you know that I am no fan of Daylight Saving Time. Don’t get me wrong, I love longer days and I love sunshine and I am one of the two people responsible for that crazy redhead, Maddie who loves to sit in that sunshine. But, longer days come on their own – that’s nature – moving the schedule forward an hour is mankind’s unique idea. I think it’s a bad one.

I am an early riser, and I like to see the sun as early as possible. I’ve been enjoying the sun during my morning commute, and it’s coming to an end.

I stopped, yesterday, at Great River Park, to enjoy what might well be the last bit of morning sunshine I will see there until April. No, DST doesn’t start tomorrow, but they are predicting a big snow storm to start. That means I will work from home tomorrow and possibly again on Thursday (when the storm is expected to end). I will be back in the office on Friday, but Great River Park won’t be open, unless they clear the snow faster than they normally do. That means I won’t see GRP until Monday, the day after we “spring ahead” into darkness.

The gallery are my last photos of GRP sunshine (for about a month).

And yes, I included the song, (Paul McCartney’s version) just in case you’re humming it.

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner, I’d encourage you to join in on the fun. You can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.

I’m going to miss this. But, it will return.

That’s the floating dock. It was removed for the winter. It will be re-installed in about a month.

The floating dock will be anchored to those pylons.

Hartford and East Hartford (where the photographer is) are protected by levies.

Great River Park is still somewhat underwater. The poles and chains are the railings of fishing docks.

The chain railings define the normal edge of the park.

I don’t know what the building is, perhaps a pumping station. The plastic is also a mystery.

I have pictures like this in the dark, but I like the daylight better.

That would be depressing to see if your car/boat was on fire.

The tall building is the Travelers Tower. When I moved here, it was the tallest building in CT.

Regional trash-to-energy plant.

Love the blue!

The sun is beginning to break through the bare trees.

CT Science Center on left. Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance on the right.