Daily Nutmeg

The Bird Nest Salon & Gallery

A Pretty Perch

The Bird Nest is rightly named—not only because proprietor/stylist Steven Uccello’s last name is the Italian word for “bird,” but also because the Guilford salon/gallery/gift shop is composed of found...

A Pretty Perch

The Bird Nest is rightly named—not only because proprietor/stylist Steven Uccello’s last name is the Italian word for “bird,” but also because the Guilford salon/gallery/gift shop is composed of found...

Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort

Powder Trip

Early morning… open sky… gliding downhill through fresh, untouched powder… In skier slang, it’s the “milk run,” the day’s first taste of a smooth, creamy slope. Powder Ridge Mountain Park...

Powder Trip

Early morning… open sky… gliding downhill through fresh, untouched powder… In skier slang, it’s the “milk run,” the day’s first taste of a smooth, creamy slope. Powder Ridge Mountain Park...

Racebrook Tract

Cold Sweat

The chill of a northeast winter can induce a bit of amnesia, making it easy to forget the topographical splendor that surrounds New Haven. But why let snowfall and single-digit...

Cold Sweat

The chill of a northeast winter can induce a bit of amnesia, making it easy to forget the topographical splendor that surrounds New Haven. But why let snowfall and single-digit...

Bishop’s Orchards

Not Far from the Tree

Under pure blue skies in Guilford on a recent Saturday, a variety of apple pickers roamed around at Bishop’s Orchards. There were the serious types, out to score the tastiest-looking...

Not Far from the Tree

Under pure blue skies in Guilford on a recent Saturday, a variety of apple pickers roamed around at Bishop’s Orchards. There were the serious types, out to score the tastiest-looking...

Shore Line East train

Moveable East

The Shore Line East commuter rail wasn’t supposed to stick around. The line was established in 1990 along the tracks of the Northeast Corridor to alleviate traffic created by construction...

Moveable East

The Shore Line East commuter rail wasn’t supposed to stick around. The line was established in 1990 along the tracks of the Northeast Corridor to alleviate traffic created by construction...

A bridge on the Farmington Canal Trail

Route Canal

Ah, the poor Farmington Canal—it never stood a chance. Construction on the waterway began in 1825 in an effort to improve transport throughout central Connecticut and into Massachusetts. The canal’s...

Route Canal

Ah, the poor Farmington Canal—it never stood a chance. Construction on the waterway began in 1825 in an effort to improve transport throughout central Connecticut and into Massachusetts. The canal’s...