The nicest door at the dealership. “Do not close door with hand” – automatic, don’t ya know.
They are milling and paving the highway I use to get to work in the morning, and the entrance ramp that I use is closed. The highway leads to two of the three bridges I can use to cross the Connecticut River, so I’ve been taking an alternate route. It isn’t the treasure trove of doors it might have been, because I take the southern half of this route home at night – you’ve seen those doors. I also had to run to errands today. One took me to a new boring door – new construction, what can I say – and an old favorite. You’ve seen the old favorite before, but I’m sharing it again.
This coming weekend is Labor Day in the US, and I’ve extended that weekend a bit so that I can get started on some steps I have to make. I’ll explain that in greater detail, soon. For now, just a few doors from the alternate route. I’ll explain them in the captions.
Thursday Doors is a weekly blog hop hosted by Norm Frampton. Every Thursday, Norm shares a few doors he has collected. In addition, he invites everyone else to share doors at his place. Well, we just go there and let him know where our doors are, but you get the picture. Actually, if you go to Norm’s place, you get hundreds of pictures. Of doors. If you have pictures of doors you want to share, be sure to visit Norm and let us know where to find your doors. We will stop by at some point.
I know, there isn’t a visible door, but there has to be one and, you know, ice cream. We had a Dari Delite in the small town I grew up in.
I worked three summers for the Post Office. All of those little doors are part of one large door. The mailman opens the large door, fills the slots behind the little doors and locks it back up.
Tobacco farmers are harvesting their crop and beginning the drying process.
The tobacco is strung on long rails and suspended in these barns. The side slats are opened to promote airflow. If necessary, they add heat from propane burners.
Tobacco barns have many openings, including several large doors,
This restaurant closed about three years ago and re-opened recently as Roberto’s The door is nice, but I love those windows.
St. Philip Church – one of the more modern churches that still has interesting doors.
Brand-spanking new doors at the car dealership. They moved here about a month ago. Tile floor in the service department?
The nicest door at the dealership. “Do not close door with hand” – automatic, don’t ya know.
East Hartford Community Cultural Center – this is waht towns around here do with old schools.
Community Cultural Center
Back in the early 80s. we used to gather here for a late-night breakfast after a Friday night celebration.
Rebuilt and rebuilding
My favorite lumber yard. We have some steps to make.
Hi Dan – interesting mix and match … I can see the coffee is a key player in life. I’d meant to ask before … are the barns for drying tobacco? Love the old buildings though – and roadworks are a pain – our town has been a nightmare for two years now … not fun! Cheers and in this heat – at least I’m not a workman! Hilary
I chuckled at the “do not close door with hand” sign. Is a foot ok or an elbow? It seems to me they could have stated more clearly that the door closes automatically, but it would not have been as amusing. :)
I had that same thought, Mike. I guess they aren’t allowing for the occasional customer with an odd sense of humor. I thought it was a poor design because the instructions are behind that door. You have to do something to open it before you can figure out what to do.
The car dealership where I have my KIA serviced keeps changing coffee systems in the waiting room area and each one seems more complicated than the previous ones. There have been pods and pouches and now one that overwhelms me with a whole panel of buttons to push. I like my coffee black and strong, but that is often tough to get. :)
This is also a Kia dealership, Mike. Maybe it’s part of the brand identity. I normally have milk, but they only had non-dairy creamer, so I drank it black.
I remember seeing those tobacco barns as a kid when we drove down here to FL. I loved it when Dad would get off the highway and take the back road journey!!
My dad would do that same thing, GP. It was always fun. These fields used to be everywhere throughout CT and there would be a flurry of activity. Fewer of them now, and much less activity. One large (80 acres) field nearby has been sold to a developer for a sports complex and another is up for sale.
Oh, I hate that. The last one in the next town over is now a huge town-center. We have one small area here with cows and goats, I keep holding my breath that it won’t be sold. I know better though.
Because we’re so close to the airport, most of the tobacco fields get developed into warehouse space. The most bland boring buildings, sitting in a sea of asphalt. It’s just horrible, after seeing barns and green fields for so many years.
Thanks Joanne. All of those are on the agenda, along with a little work on the various projects. I hope you have a great weekend, too. Am I correct that we share this holiday?
I love barns, no matter what they’re used for. Big, small, brand new, caving in. Love them all!
The repurposing of the school to the community cultural center is terrific to see. It’s beautiful to boot!
The coffee maker…. I can’t decide if you need to be a rocket scientist to work it or an idiot! 😂😂
Glad you can take an extended holiday weekend and start the steps project. Pretty decent weather coming up too. Maddie will definitely approve of the work continuing. And after all, it is LABOR Day!!! 🤗
🐾Ginger 🐾
Thanks Ginger. I finished some trim on Maddie’s deck today and took delivery of the lumber for the steps.
I love barns. Like you, any shape, any condition, any color (but red, please). And the community center is a nice use of that building. They seem to be doing some work on the outside, so it should be around for a while.
That coffee maker was frustrating, The instructions are INSIDE the door you can’t open with your hand.
They are milling and paving the highway I use to get to work in the morning, and the entrance ramp that I use is closed.
I drove up to The Cities this week for the Minnesota State Fair. It’s a 100 mile drive, so I budgeted two hours…. Riiiiiiiight! Road-repair, urban traffic, morons on wheels, I reminded myself why I moved to the country.
Ice cream is the door to happiness. I am always amazed that there are tobacco barns up in Connecticut. Then again Kentucky and southern Ohio grow it too. Happy Thursday !
Thanks John. Fewer and fewer barns, every year. It is good to see them, and even better when they are full of tobacco. That means they’ll be around for another season.
Thanks Gwen. The tobacco barns used to be all around us. There are way fewer today than 20 years ago. The industrial/farm land around us is too valuable, given the proximity to the airport.
Before I moved (excaped) it used to worry me that there was no viable alternate route between home and office. Then I’d remind myself that it was possible (if hugely unpleasant) to walk, since it wasn’t too far. Still I don’t like detours — unless they are by choice.
Another lovely doors post, Dan. I got a kick out of the coffee door! Maybe I’ll have a second cup today. :D Hugs!
I’ve walked in your old part of the country, Teagan and as much as I enjoy walking, there are many times during the year I’d like that. I have alternative routes, but ultimately, I have to cross that river and there are only so many bridges.
That coffee maker was the worst design imaginable. The directions are inside the door. The only sign on the outside says “don’t open the door.” Detours and construction are the sign of the times in summer.
Barns will always get my attention. Nice shots Dan. Do what needs to get done of course, but hopefully you can find some time to relax and enjoy the long weekend :-)
I left a comment on the mailbox, and I too like the windows at Roberto’s. I’m glad the old brick school is getting a new lease on life. They did the same thing to several old schools in Silicon Valley, thankfully saving the architecture and history.
Best of luck with the steps! I’m looking forward to seeing the finished project.
Thanks Deborah. I saw the mailbox comment but I couldn’t reply until I got to my laptop. A lot of old schools have been made into apartments, I was glad to see this still being maintained for service to the community that built it in the first place.
Hard to believe Labor Day is here already. I enjoyed the tour today. Never had a Dari Delight. I’m guessing close to Carvel. (assuming no air pump used at Dari Delight) I always like the shots of barns.
Thanks John. I do love seeing the barns, particularly when they’re open to dry the tobacco. As for Labor Day, it’s back to work on Tuesday sporting Business Casual, but not without visiting an agricultural fair for a sausage grinder.
Those are the mail boxes we have at my apartment complex. Of course mine is number ten so I have to use long tongs to get my mail out of it. Our postmen are very cooperative. I can only get my mail on ice or snow free days since I’m in the furthest building from the boxes. Of course!😂
We are seeing more modern-style churches around here that look like St. Philip Church. I like the clean lines although this style of architecture seems to obscure the doors a bit. Still the place looks inviting.
I’ve never been inside that church. There’s one like it in our neighborhood which is almost totally modern, including the doors. I like the appearance of this one, at least from the outside.
An old Drive-In! I wish we still had them around. We lived behind A&W when it was a drive-in and it was fun watching the servers carry trays out to the cars :)
You had my attention with the coffee door, and then I perked right up with your tobacco barns because I always enjoy seeing them. Have a great weekend, and I will be looking forward to seeing how Maddie’s porch is coming. :-)
I do enjoy seeing those tobacco barns, Judy. Of course, I like just about any barn. I’ll be working on and off this weekend. I hope you enjoy some nice weather.
I didn’t realize there were tobacco farms in your neck of the woods. I like Roberto’s window as well. For some reason I’m craving an ice cream cone now. :-) I’m also wondering why the “Follow” button is coming up here as I already follow and got today’s post.
Thanks Janet. I’ve have to reload a lot of pages to get the follow button to change to following. There used to be hundreds of tobacco farms in the Connecticut river Valley. There are still a couple dozen in our area, but they have begun to shrink in size. I think there will be ice cream on the menu this weekend. I hope you have a great weekend.
Barns. Love barns.
I just threw out my Keurig coffee pot, I couldn’t get it clean/fixed correctly, and went back to a normal amazing drip. I have loved it.
Good for you, Audrey. I don’t know what I’d do without the drip coffee we have at home. We use K-cups at work, but we also walk over to Dunkin’ Donuts every day the weather allows. I’m glad you love the barns, I do, too.
I remember it as a very pretty city. It’s just not easy to get to from where we are. To listen to me, you’d never know that CT is the third smallest state.
LOL! I was just thinking that I used to drive from New London to New York to visit my Grandparents. When I lived in New Haven I felt like I was living in a suburb of New York. New London was an interesting little town.
1) I’m concerned that the way the “Dari Delite” spells “dairy” could be an implicit admission that their products are dairy-free.
2) Those tobacco barns are really smokin’!
3) Roberto’s does indeed have a cool window. Maybe someone out there publishes a “Weekly Windows” prompt?
4) A pox on “modern” church architecture. I’d sooner worship at the far more aesthetically pleasing East Hartford Community Cultural Center.
5) I see what you did there with the coffee-maker. Btw, my office has those same machines in every kitchen. Not saying I’m a coffee snob, but I bring my own. O_o
6) Is the Triple A diner associated with the famed auto club? On a side note, we have something called the Triple T diner down here.
7) I think the Kelly-Fradet doors are my favorite of the bunch here. You can’t go wrong with the classic red-barn look.
All great, Paul. The Triple A is not associated with AAA but they do their share of keeping impaired drivers off the road for a while. They do good business after midnight.
I can attest to the fact that Dari = Dairy.
Please don’t let me find a weekly windows prompt – I have enough to do.
We have also had our nearest interstate ramps closed frequently this summer. It has crowded the back roads I’m already so fond of. People crashed on the back roads, creating new delays. I guess they didn’t know the roads had curves. What else can I say? Ugh.
I’ve twice lived where I had those community mailboxes. Not a fan. Since we live on a dead end, they do talk about taking away our door-to-door boxes in lieu of those. I’d be sad, too. So sad. It turns out, if my mail isn’t at my house, I’m not particularly motivated to get it. I can walk the dog right past the box 1-3x a day and not even think about getting it. I don’t know what this says about me, but it’s probably not good.
I always enjoy the tobacco barns, and you’re right, the doors at Roberto’s ain’t got nothin on its windows.
This is the one time I’m lucky to work on the other side of the river. The highway goes down the west side, so the west side back roads are a mess. I cross the river near my house and drive down the east side back road. I’m OK, as long as I get out ahead of the school buses. If yo uget behind those…well, you know. I’ve had the community boxes inside a building, but never anywhere I had to walk to get the mail. We’re losing tobacco barns every year, so I’ll keep snapping pictures of the ones that remain.
Hey Dan, It’s Stella, surely a stranger for the first time. As a coffee lover- I believe most guys here coffee addict like me, I was on hunting coffee story and this is the way I found your awesome weblog. very simply I would like to admire your start up. My morning is always consisted of light breakfast with a heavy flavors coffee. I think you deserve a warm thanks for sharing such a great feeling including Thursday Doors.
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Hi Dan – interesting mix and match … I can see the coffee is a key player in life. I’d meant to ask before … are the barns for drying tobacco? Love the old buildings though – and roadworks are a pain – our town has been a nightmare for two years now … not fun! Cheers and in this heat – at least I’m not a workman! Hilary
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Thanks Hilary. The barns are designed for drying tobacco. They’re always nice to see, so big on the landscape. Summer is construction season.
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We can always count on you for doors, Dan. Good luck with your project!
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Thanks Cheryl. It should be a good day.
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I chuckled at the “do not close door with hand” sign. Is a foot ok or an elbow? It seems to me they could have stated more clearly that the door closes automatically, but it would not have been as amusing. :)
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I had that same thought, Mike. I guess they aren’t allowing for the occasional customer with an odd sense of humor. I thought it was a poor design because the instructions are behind that door. You have to do something to open it before you can figure out what to do.
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The car dealership where I have my KIA serviced keeps changing coffee systems in the waiting room area and each one seems more complicated than the previous ones. There have been pods and pouches and now one that overwhelms me with a whole panel of buttons to push. I like my coffee black and strong, but that is often tough to get. :)
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This is also a Kia dealership, Mike. Maybe it’s part of the brand identity. I normally have milk, but they only had non-dairy creamer, so I drank it black.
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I remember seeing those tobacco barns as a kid when we drove down here to FL. I loved it when Dad would get off the highway and take the back road journey!!
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My dad would do that same thing, GP. It was always fun. These fields used to be everywhere throughout CT and there would be a flurry of activity. Fewer of them now, and much less activity. One large (80 acres) field nearby has been sold to a developer for a sports complex and another is up for sale.
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Oh, I hate that. The last one in the next town over is now a huge town-center. We have one small area here with cows and goats, I keep holding my breath that it won’t be sold. I know better though.
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Because we’re so close to the airport, most of the tobacco fields get developed into warehouse space. The most bland boring buildings, sitting in a sea of asphalt. It’s just horrible, after seeing barns and green fields for so many years.
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I agree!
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What is it about old barns that always makes them so appealing… ?
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I don’t know, but even the ones that look like they’re about to fall apart are interesting.
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Love those barns
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Me too. They are such simple looking structures, but amazingly well designed for the purpose they need to serve.
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If this is what your alternate route looks like, it’s pretty good to me 🙂
Hope you have a great long weekend, Dan. Wishing you good weather, cold beer, and ice cream 🙂
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Thanks Joanne. All of those are on the agenda, along with a little work on the various projects. I hope you have a great weekend, too. Am I correct that we share this holiday?
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We do! … although I am retired so to me it’s just an extra day I know better to stay off the roads because it will be insanely busy 🙂
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We’re going to visit an agricultural fair on Sunday. But hopefully avoid mist of the traffic.
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I love barns, no matter what they’re used for. Big, small, brand new, caving in. Love them all!
The repurposing of the school to the community cultural center is terrific to see. It’s beautiful to boot!
The coffee maker…. I can’t decide if you need to be a rocket scientist to work it or an idiot! 😂😂
Glad you can take an extended holiday weekend and start the steps project. Pretty decent weather coming up too. Maddie will definitely approve of the work continuing. And after all, it is LABOR Day!!! 🤗
🐾Ginger 🐾
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Thanks Ginger. I finished some trim on Maddie’s deck today and took delivery of the lumber for the steps.
I love barns. Like you, any shape, any condition, any color (but red, please). And the community center is a nice use of that building. They seem to be doing some work on the outside, so it should be around for a while.
That coffee maker was frustrating, The instructions are INSIDE the door you can’t open with your hand.
I hope you have a great weekend.
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I drove up to The Cities this week for the Minnesota State Fair. It’s a 100 mile drive, so I budgeted two hours…. Riiiiiiiight! Road-repair, urban traffic, morons on wheels, I reminded myself why I moved to the country.
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Uuuuugh, nothing like traffic to take the joy out of your day.
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Ice cream is the door to happiness. I am always amazed that there are tobacco barns up in Connecticut. Then again Kentucky and southern Ohio grow it too. Happy Thursday !
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Thanks John. Fewer and fewer barns, every year. It is good to see them, and even better when they are full of tobacco. That means they’ll be around for another season.
I like your thoughts on ice cream!
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I love your photo journeys, Dan. I don’t recall seeing a tobacco barn before today. Fascinating! Have a great Labor Day!
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Thanks Gwen. The tobacco barns used to be all around us. There are way fewer today than 20 years ago. The industrial/farm land around us is too valuable, given the proximity to the airport.
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Before I moved (excaped) it used to worry me that there was no viable alternate route between home and office. Then I’d remind myself that it was possible (if hugely unpleasant) to walk, since it wasn’t too far. Still I don’t like detours — unless they are by choice.
Another lovely doors post, Dan. I got a kick out of the coffee door! Maybe I’ll have a second cup today. :D Hugs!
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I’ve walked in your old part of the country, Teagan and as much as I enjoy walking, there are many times during the year I’d like that. I have alternative routes, but ultimately, I have to cross that river and there are only so many bridges.
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That coffee machine is a very amusing take on Thursday Doors. Nice catch, Dan.
I’ve also had to change my morning route due to construction. Very annoying, especially when one isn’t totally awake yet.
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That coffee maker was the worst design imaginable. The directions are inside the door. The only sign on the outside says “don’t open the door.” Detours and construction are the sign of the times in summer.
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Barns will always get my attention. Nice shots Dan. Do what needs to get done of course, but hopefully you can find some time to relax and enjoy the long weekend :-)
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Thanks Norm. I have some fun built into the schedule this weekend. I hope you do, too. I do love those barns.
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I left a comment on the mailbox, and I too like the windows at Roberto’s. I’m glad the old brick school is getting a new lease on life. They did the same thing to several old schools in Silicon Valley, thankfully saving the architecture and history.
Best of luck with the steps! I’m looking forward to seeing the finished project.
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Thanks Deborah. I saw the mailbox comment but I couldn’t reply until I got to my laptop. A lot of old schools have been made into apartments, I was glad to see this still being maintained for service to the community that built it in the first place.
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Hard to believe Labor Day is here already. I enjoyed the tour today. Never had a Dari Delight. I’m guessing close to Carvel. (assuming no air pump used at Dari Delight) I always like the shots of barns.
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Thanks John. I do love seeing the barns, particularly when they’re open to dry the tobacco. As for Labor Day, it’s back to work on Tuesday sporting Business Casual, but not without visiting an agricultural fair for a sausage grinder.
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Sausage grinder=heaven
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I’ll apologize in advance if I share a picture.
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I find I enjoy living vicariously through you.
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Dan, that’s an interesting alternate route! Kinda old time look in buildings and doors, along with your memories. Have a great Thursday! 📚🎶 Christine
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Thanks Christine. It is a nice stretch of older buildings. The main street is more modern, but only close into the center of town.
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Those are the mail boxes we have at my apartment complex. Of course mine is number ten so I have to use long tongs to get my mail out of it. Our postmen are very cooperative. I can only get my mail on ice or snow free days since I’m in the furthest building from the boxes. Of course!😂
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Sorry the box is such a challenge. I guess they’re designed to make the mailman’s life easy.
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We are seeing more modern-style churches around here that look like St. Philip Church. I like the clean lines although this style of architecture seems to obscure the doors a bit. Still the place looks inviting.
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I’ve never been inside that church. There’s one like it in our neighborhood which is almost totally modern, including the doors. I like the appearance of this one, at least from the outside.
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An old Drive-In! I wish we still had them around. We lived behind A&W when it was a drive-in and it was fun watching the servers carry trays out to the cars :)
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We have a family owned drive-in stand near us. They don’t skate to the car, but the ice cream is delicious.
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You had my attention with the coffee door, and then I perked right up with your tobacco barns because I always enjoy seeing them. Have a great weekend, and I will be looking forward to seeing how Maddie’s porch is coming. :-)
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I do enjoy seeing those tobacco barns, Judy. Of course, I like just about any barn. I’ll be working on and off this weekend. I hope you enjoy some nice weather.
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Kelly Fradet looks more like a livery, doesn’t it? Have a great labor day!
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I never thought of that, but you’re right. I hope you have a great weekend, too.
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I didn’t realize there were tobacco farms in your neck of the woods. I like Roberto’s window as well. For some reason I’m craving an ice cream cone now. :-) I’m also wondering why the “Follow” button is coming up here as I already follow and got today’s post.
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Thanks Janet. I’ve have to reload a lot of pages to get the follow button to change to following. There used to be hundreds of tobacco farms in the Connecticut river Valley. There are still a couple dozen in our area, but they have begun to shrink in size. I think there will be ice cream on the menu this weekend. I hope you have a great weekend.
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Don’t worry, the “following” button came up at the end. I hope you have a great weekend as well.
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Barns. Love barns.
I just threw out my Keurig coffee pot, I couldn’t get it clean/fixed correctly, and went back to a normal amazing drip. I have loved it.
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Good for you, Audrey. I don’t know what I’d do without the drip coffee we have at home. We use K-cups at work, but we also walk over to Dunkin’ Donuts every day the weather allows. I’m glad you love the barns, I do, too.
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Ah Hartford. Do you ever go New London, Dan?
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I worked in New London for a while in the early 80s, Rob. I haven’t been back. I hope to get down there after I retire. It’s still not easy to get to.
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I lived there for awhile. One of my oldest friends works for New London landmarks.
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I remember it as a very pretty city. It’s just not easy to get to from where we are. To listen to me, you’d never know that CT is the third smallest state.
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LOL! I was just thinking that I used to drive from New London to New York to visit my Grandparents. When I lived in New Haven I felt like I was living in a suburb of New York. New London was an interesting little town.
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Hey, Dan! Random doors, random comments:
1) I’m concerned that the way the “Dari Delite” spells “dairy” could be an implicit admission that their products are dairy-free.
2) Those tobacco barns are really smokin’!
3) Roberto’s does indeed have a cool window. Maybe someone out there publishes a “Weekly Windows” prompt?
4) A pox on “modern” church architecture. I’d sooner worship at the far more aesthetically pleasing East Hartford Community Cultural Center.
5) I see what you did there with the coffee-maker. Btw, my office has those same machines in every kitchen. Not saying I’m a coffee snob, but I bring my own. O_o
6) Is the Triple A diner associated with the famed auto club? On a side note, we have something called the Triple T diner down here.
7) I think the Kelly-Fradet doors are my favorite of the bunch here. You can’t go wrong with the classic red-barn look.
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All great, Paul. The Triple A is not associated with AAA but they do their share of keeping impaired drivers off the road for a while. They do good business after midnight.
I can attest to the fact that Dari = Dairy.
Please don’t let me find a weekly windows prompt – I have enough to do.
I don’t blame you for bringing your own coffee.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Love the diner! Those back roads can be paths to treasures. Hope you have a good weekend and take care of things for yourself. Best to you, Dan.
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The lumber yard is my favorite, because SLIDEY DOORS!!!
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I know. Those are the best. And that’s where they keep the good stuff 😏
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Detour doors! Nice finds and I’ll my cup of java black, please!
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That was the way to drink it at that dealer. Non-dairy creamer 🙁
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I love the mailbox.
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A blast from my past, Peter.
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We have also had our nearest interstate ramps closed frequently this summer. It has crowded the back roads I’m already so fond of. People crashed on the back roads, creating new delays. I guess they didn’t know the roads had curves. What else can I say? Ugh.
I’ve twice lived where I had those community mailboxes. Not a fan. Since we live on a dead end, they do talk about taking away our door-to-door boxes in lieu of those. I’d be sad, too. So sad. It turns out, if my mail isn’t at my house, I’m not particularly motivated to get it. I can walk the dog right past the box 1-3x a day and not even think about getting it. I don’t know what this says about me, but it’s probably not good.
I always enjoy the tobacco barns, and you’re right, the doors at Roberto’s ain’t got nothin on its windows.
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This is the one time I’m lucky to work on the other side of the river. The highway goes down the west side, so the west side back roads are a mess. I cross the river near my house and drive down the east side back road. I’m OK, as long as I get out ahead of the school buses. If yo uget behind those…well, you know. I’ve had the community boxes inside a building, but never anywhere I had to walk to get the mail. We’re losing tobacco barns every year, so I’ll keep snapping pictures of the ones that remain.
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Hey Dan, It’s Stella, surely a stranger for the first time. As a coffee lover- I believe most guys here coffee addict like me, I was on hunting coffee story and this is the way I found your awesome weblog. very simply I would like to admire your start up. My morning is always consisted of light breakfast with a heavy flavors coffee. I think you deserve a warm thanks for sharing such a great feeling including Thursday Doors.
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Thank you. I start every day with coffee, but usually drip brewed.
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