Season's greetings from New Haven, CT to DU!

[CTyankee]

The New Haven Green is one of the most famous places in the country of public spaces. Photo taken by a Yale Ph.D student of genetics.

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[Siwsan]

1. The is gorgeous! Happy New Years from Flint, MI

We are not quite that picturesque.

[CTyankee]

4. Well, we DO have those lovely Greens in CT. Every town has one...typically

"anchored" by a lovely old Congregational church. Nice thing...

[annabanana]

2. Lovely picture! Thank you and

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[ananda]

3. And a toast to you from Austin, Texas!

Clink

[CTyankee]

5. That's Austin?

[LeftInTX]

18. I don't think that's from today

[CTyankee]

24. actually it isn't. I just saw it on Facebook today from my mayor...I live in New Haven...

[grantcart]

6. That is an early Gauguin taken before his Tahitian Period.

Did I finally get one right?

Best wishes for a happy New Year.

[CTyankee]

7. Oh, yeah, his famous "Polynesia in the snow period!" Mais oui...

happy new year to you, too!

[femmocrat]

8. How beautiful! Looks like a Christmas card.

Happy new year from PA. We have a couple of inches of snow here with another two on the way.

[Control-Z]

10. Sprinkle on a little glitter

and there is one of the beautiful cards we used to give and receive for Christmas!

[Control-Z]

9. I mss Connecticut.

I was born there but only really lived there as a small child. Still, my memories of white winters are vivid.

[QED]

11. Lovely photo

brings back many memories.

[CTyankee]

57. I think I remember that you said you were in Saybrook College at Yale?

[pinboy3niner]

12. Ansel Adams? Darn, this is another tough one!

Happy New Year from Southern California!

[CTyankee]

14. Sorry, a Yale Ph.D student in genetics took it! I love it...

this snow scene must seem so foreign to you...

hoping you and yours are well and will be happy in the new year!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. Big time nostalgia--and a beautiful photo

I spent many years as a graduate student at Yale, so that scene is very familiar to me. Some of the more difficult--and yet most enriching and interesting years of my life.

[CTyankee]

15. Yale is vexing and challenging..I agree. What was your area of study at Yale?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. Linguistics

with a concentration in Japanese. But I really took advantage of the cultural offerings at Yale. Sometimes the Daily Bulletin and Calendar had three amazing events scheduled in the same 8:30PM Saturday time slot.

[CTyankee]

35. I used to read the Yale Daily News every day when I was still working ...loved it.

I went to a few Master's Teas as a result. Fun...

[w8liftinglady]

49. My dad studied Chinese there

He met my mom,who worked for Eugene O'Neill there,too.
I probably was conceived there,too

[yardwork]

16. Happy New Year from North Carolina!

[CTyankee]

17. nice to hear from you,yardwork! Happy New Year to you as well...

Live well and be happy!

[LeftInTX]

19. Looks like a Christmas card!

Happy New Year from San Antonio

[CTyankee]

22. In the snow, most of CT looks like a Christmas card! Every town has a "green" which

reflects their British founding. It's one of those things about most New England towns. It's actually very nice since so much public art can take place on Greens, And I find it is a soothing place to rest, read and relax...IOW, lovely...

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. And to you from Kansas

[CTyankee]

23. Oh, those beautiful trees...how lovely...

[malaise]

21. That's beautiful

Season's Greetings CTyankee

[CTyankee]

25. Thanks, Malaise, my best always to you!

[countryjake]

26. And a Happy New Year to you!

from the great Pacific Northwest!

[CTyankee]

28. wow, look at that light! Beautiful...thanks for sharing that. It lifts me...

[countryjake]

36. A lucky shot I got a few yrs ago...

It had snowed here every day and skies were gray for all of that December, then just before the new year came, the sun came out to set that day. It lasted for a few short minutes and I ran out and managed to get only two pics before the glow was gone. There's a Cascade's "foothill" and a major volcano behind those clouds, ha!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

43. Wow, that's beautiful.

I'm guessing you participate in the DU photography contests!

[countryjake]

44. Nah, I'm just an amateur & only have a free-gift camera...

tho, I have considered submitting some of my bird and critter pics sometimes. We had a whole herd of Elk in that same pasture (behind the little house) practically daily this past summer and I must have taken hundreds of shots of them...they were drinking from my birdbath and almost destroyed our gardens, but it was worth it to have them visiting the property.

[seabeyond]

45. i want that

hubby wants a stream. good fishing on your property? lol. love it. looking for a place to retire. hubby wants land and i want the pacific northwest

[countryjake]

54. Well come on up!

No rivers running thru it, but there is a creek coming down just at the end of the woods. A goodly part of this ten acres is designated wetlands, so it's a wonderland for someone like me who dearly loves waterfowl.

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. My dad was choirmaster at the church on the left for decades.

Trinity Episcopal.

Happy New Year to you, CTyankee.

[CTyankee]

31. OM goodness, Trinity Episcopal! I'm used to seeing it from the opposite direction!

What did he say about being the end piece of TWO Congregational churches on the same Green?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

29. What a piece of seasonal perfection!

Beautiful!

Happy New Year to you and yours, CTyankee.

[w8liftinglady]

30. Beautiful! My Mom grew up on Peck Street.

We had a big greenspace across the street.

St. Donato's Catholic Church has closed...spent many a day with grandma there.
Enjoy,paisana.

[CTyankee]

34. Ah, Fair Haven...what a legacy from that...thanks for the Fair Haven Green memory...

it is a lovely space itself and a tribute to the beauty of the Italian experience in New Haven in the first half of the 20th century...

[Chorophyll]

33. Absolutely gorgeous. Classic New England. :)

Thanks for sharing!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

37. Beautiful. Happy New Year from Raleigh, NC...

We drop an acorn... the City of Oaks!

[countryjake]

40. An acorn, how very cool!

I'd never heard about that, what a neat idea. I also had no idea that Raleigh called itself the City of Oaks, so thanks for sharing!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

41. Mount Olive drops a pickle...

nothing like a giant green phallic symbol to ring in the New Year!

http://www.mtolivepickles.com/news/whats-new/

[countryjake]

47. Now that one I think I've seen before, maybe on CNN...

when they show New Year's around the world at the top of the hour all day, each year. I missed seeing any of that since it's been nothing but football all day here, today, as I haven't been feeling well and didn't feel much up to fighting over the channel switching. Now he's grumpy cause he had to chalk three Losses up on his silly chart, heh.

We've just popped open our bottle of sparkling apple-cranberry cider, so cheers and a Happy New Year to you!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

48. Happy New Year to you as well.

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I'm under the weather, too... no champagne, but I did open the Trader Joe's Spiced Cider. Pairs well with cherry Nyquil.

[whistler162]

59. Talk about corporate symbol placement!

[HockeyMom]

38. Just back from Long Island

Nothing but cold rain, and a lot of it. Beautiful picture.

[suffragette]

39. Happy New Year from Seattle

Your hometown is lovely.

[seabeyond]

42. happy new years from amarillo, tx

[Trailrider1951]

58. Ah, yes, the sunsets that Georgia O'Keefe painted

Happy New Year, everyone, from my little town on the prairie.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b6cc38b3127ccecfb3725721c600000010O00AZt2rNy5bNGIPbz4W/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

[Generic Other]

46. Like an impressionist painting

Whose? Hmmm?

[countryjake]

50. Those trees look an awful lot like tutus...

Degas, maybe?

[CTyankee]

52. no wonder I liked this pic...gee...could be a Caillebotte, what do you think?

nah, he was too French...

[Generic Other]

60. Childe Hassom

Reminds me of him. I really like these photos that end up looking like paintings. Serendipity.

[CTyankee]

63. I truly love Hassam...lovely scenes of NYC in snow...

[sellitman]

51. Greetings from down the road in Stratford.

Happy New Year!

[applegrove]

53. Wow. Great pic. Happy New Year.

[JNelson6563]

55. Back atcha from Traverse city, MI!

[CTyankee]

56. what a charming scene! I adore that clock...

[downandoutnow]

61. Happy New Year! Have a few "ham tomatos" at Louis' Lunch for me!

Not a foodie at all, but those hamburgers are the BEST!

[CTyankee]

62. Only if you have them THEIR way...

[downandoutnow]

67. They're so good, they don't need ketchup!

[oneshooter]

64. Home of Colt Firearms

How nice.

[CTyankee]

66. You are thinking of Winchester Repeating Arms. The factory still exists in what is

known as Science Park in New Haven. http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/EconomicDevelopment/SciencePark/index.asp

I believe Colt was headquartered in Hartford.

[oneshooter]

68. Is Winchester House still open for tours?

And more importent, is it still haunted?

[CTyankee]

70. No Winchester House here that I know of. There is a Winchester Avenue which runs alongside

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the Science Park Development area. There is the old factory, which has been converted into an office building.

[truckin]

65. Greetings from New Milford, CT

Beautiful picture CTYankee and thanks for sharing. New Milford also has a beautiful Green that is supposedly the longest Green in New England.

[CTyankee]

71. Lucky you, with a Whole Foods (not that I can afford to shop there)!

Interesting fact about your Green, which I didn't know...

[First Speaker]

69. Hi from Orange!

...season's greetings, CY...life-long area resident here...Branford and Orange. New Haven and the Green area is always beautiful...but there's something about winter... ...have a great New Year!

[CTyankee]

72. Thanks, I have a good friend who lives in Orange. Nice neighborhoods...