rainbow june 20th

west hartford late afternoon, early evening

wednesday morning

june 18th 5:00 am (ish)

this is one of THE best

stupid connecticut criminal busts i have read about. (hey beth-y, i sorta hope this one IS a relative of my boyfriend, your husband, "e")

man what i wouldn't have given to be there when this happened

Bridgeport man charged with threatening police with python

Bridgeport (AP) -- Bridgeport police say they arrested a city man after he ordered his pet to attack two officers. Lucky for them that 9-foot-long pythons aren't very obedient.

Police Lt. James Viadero says 21-year-old Victor Rodriguez was charged with threatening police and disorderly conduct after Monday's incident. No one was hurt.

Officers were called to Rodriguez's apartment on a report that he was threatening his girlfriend with the pet reptile.

Viadero says that when the building superintendent opened the apartment door for the officers, Rodriguez allegedly threatened them with the snake and told it to "Get them!"

Rodriguez and his pet were both taken away:......

rose after the rain

before the big storm yesterday

(saturday june 14th), i was mindin' my own bid-nez as i'm want to do. i was sitting on my father's stoop having a butt. i hear this odd noise far off in the distance. could it be? wait, really, could it be?

yes, IT WAS (a person playing a bagpipe). perhaps he was a rainmaker. sorry about the fuzzy pictures but he was a great deal off in the distance

saturday

my sunflowers at one week)





and on this page, here they are at 3-4 weeks. roses and flowers at the the half door