
New England and Connecticut moms and dads, grandmom and grandpa can receive a $5 discount offer to opening night performances of Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic! performances playing January 12 – 16, 2012 at the XL Center in Hartford.
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New England and Connecticut moms and dads, grandmom and grandpa can receive a $5 discount offer to opening night performances of Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic! performances playing January 12 – 16, 2012 at the XL Center in Hartford.

New England has some beautiful historical properties dating back to Colonial times. Perhaps Brownstones are best associated with Boston’s Back Bay. Hartford, Connecticut also has many beautiful examples of Victorian architecture.

Scion from the original historic Charter Oak tree in Bushnell Park planted in 1871 by the Connecticut Governor’s Foot Guard in Hartford, Connecticut.

My granddaughter was born in late October so celebrating her 5th Birthday by having her Birthday Party during the Riverview Farms Fall Festival in CT was an excellent opportunity to not only celebrate with her school friends, but to enjoy all the Autumn festivities and experiences that the farm had to offer.

While our family enjoys camping as a hobby, we don’t enjoy camping out in our own home during a snow storm. Although we have a generator, it’s a good idea to have emergency apparatus such as LED battery powered camp lights and LED lanterns, as well as a flashlight lamp at the ready, should one … run out of gas.

We are now into Day 5 without electricity in parts of Connecticut thanks to Winter Storm Alfred that struck right before Halloween.

Mother Nature played a cruel Trick in Connecticut this October 2011, right on the heels if Tropical Storm Irene in August. We are now on day 4 of no power and Halloween was cancelled in my town because of dangerous conditions.

Welcome to New England, if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute and it will change. The bizarre surprise nor’easter Storm Alfred that blew into Connecticut in October before Halloween will most likely cause more tree damage than Hurricane Irene did in August.

You can certainly tell that it’s Autmn in New England now! Besides the wonderful scent of apple pies baking, smoke rising from the woodburning stoves and the changing of the leaves, leaf peeping season brings local and county agricultural fairs! Today we took the grandchildren and went to the Durham Fair!

This was the scene at The Home Depot in Connecticut before Hurricane Irene. Although it hit New England as a Tropical Storm, over 600,000 homes were without electrical power.
Hi, I'm Cindi, a Baby-Boomer wife, mom of 2 grown daughters, and am a Connecticut Yankee Grandmother from New England. Hope you'll stay & sit a spell! Moomettes Magnificents is where I write about my family, grandchildren, travel, photography, and share info on blogging tips, techniques and more. [Read More …]
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