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Fall In Connecticut: Even Bad Is Good (photos)

Our subdued fall colors are peaking. They’re well below normal as everyone has duly noted. It just goes to prove even bad is good when it comes to fall in Connecticut!

I pass Butterworth Farm every day on my way to work. It is idyllic… a hidden treasure. I always have the urge to stop, but never do. With my camera sitting on the passenger seat I did today!

Our subdued fall colors are peaking. They’re well below normal as everyone has duly noted. It just goes to prove even bad is good when it comes to fall in Connecticut!

I know nothing about horses. but if outward appearances are any indication these particular horses (and the two bulls I photographed) are living quite the life. There was plenty of hay in the fields and plenty of room to roam.

They Play Polo In Hamden

It’s a friendly co-ed game, but there’s always some aggression when people and horses are chasing a little white ball at full speed.

I drive down Tuttle Avenue on my way to work every afternoon. The view is what you think of when you think of rural New England. On the south side of the road is Sleeping Giant State Park. On the north side is Butterworth Farm.

Less than five minutes from our house and you’re in the country!

Often I see horses lazily grazing in Butterworth’s pastureland in front of a cluster of stables. Sometimes there are also small signs saying, “POLO 3 PM.” We’ve lived here for twenty one years, but until this year I’d never seen the signs. Until today I’d never been inside the gate.

The Giant Valley Polo Club has matches Sundays during the summer. If you’ve never seen polo think hockey, but on horseback. It’s a friendly co-ed game, but there’s always some aggression when people and horses are chasing a little white ball at full speed.

I ended up taking about 500 photos. Here are a few of my best.