26Aug2005 - A little bit about Connecticut

The picture is on the Connecticut river south of Rayne's work in Earls Park beside the Glastonbury Audobahn society. We took the puppies for a walk in the park and ended up at the river. The land was donated with the stipulation that horses be allowed to use it so there are jumps, rings and large fields in the park.

I thought I'd record a few of the tidbits I've learned about Connecticut.

Connecticut has official state everything. I thought Canada did well to have 2 official sports (hockey and lacrosse), well Connecticut has an official state fossil! Yup that's right a state fossil. Of course they also have state tree (The Charter Oak), flower (Mountain Laurel) and bird (American Robin). Some of the other odd "official state items"...

Insect - European Mantis
Animal - Sperm Whale
Shellfish - Eastern Oyster
Folk Dance - Square Dance
Trobadour - Thomasina Levy (local artists can apply every 2 years)

The state song is "Yankee Doodle" and the state motto is Qui Transtulit Sustinet which translates to "He Who Transplanted Still Sustains" not exactly the most inspiring, but hey when you have a state shellfish who needs latin.

The state ship is the USS Nautilus, that happened to be built in Connecticut and was the world's first nuclear powered submarine.

Well the wasps have settled down. At least they are not as obvious when they are lying on the counter or dining room floor dead. The spray I got from Home Depot seems to have done the job. Now I just have to pick them up whenever I see a few so the dogs don't get at them.

The landlord came by the other day to mow the lawn (I love that!) and aksed me to look at a couple of computers for her, so now I have a room with 6 computers in it. My god I'm turning into my cousin Kirk (who has more computers than anyone I know)! Her husband also mentioned that he would like to get a website for his company, so maybe that'll keep me busy for a while.

BTW I have updated the photo albums, the link is:

http://www.bohica.net/photos/index.php?cat=10006

ooops, the link before was to Kirk's albums...

Cheers,

Kevin