CUSTOM COTTON & SILK FACE MASKS

Litchfield, Connecticut

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Torrington, Connecticut

More Signs of the Times

Bethlehem, Connecticut

More "thank you" hearts found on a drive around Litchfield County Friday morning.

Morris, Connecticut

Washington, Connecticut

FACE MASKS 3 STYLES

Torrington, Connecticut

Signs of the Times—Five

New Milford, Connecticut

Last post in this series, for now.

Roxbury, Connecticut

Signs of the Times—Two

Oxford, Connecticut

"Thank You" messages, manufactured and home made, have been popping up all over northwestern Connecticut. Directed at medical workers and others providing the essential services while everyone else tries to stay at, and work from, home. They're probably seen all across the country and beyond by now though I haven't seen much reporting on it.

Seymour, Connecticut

The mutual assurance that "we will get through this together" is a second trend. The signs are on lawns in the upscale subdivisions in the hills on the west side of the Naugatuck River Valley, and in front of modest homes adjoining the town centers.

Seymour, Connecticut

Ansonia, Connecticut

Veterinarians are operating on a pick and drop off in the parking lot basis, and this pet grooming shop is apparently doing the same on a limited basis.

Ansonia, Connecticut

Ansonia, Connecticut

Seymour, Connecticut

Seymour, Connecticut

Seymour, Connecticut

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Seymour, Connecticut

SAVE A DYING WORLD

Ansonia, Connecticut

This church occupies a building in a commercial strip along Main Street. Having walked by countless times, I don't recall seeing these signs before, so I guess they refer specifically to the current pandemic.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY

Torrington, Connecticut

Optimism on the marquee of the Warner Theater. Nearly deserted town center, Monday, 4/20/20.

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Patti's Place

Thomaston, Connecticut

Old style diner in the middle of town, still offering "freedom fries."

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MASKS & HAND SANITIZER SOLD HERE

Winsted, Connecticut

New products for a convenience store.

Signs of the Times—One

Woodbury, Connecticut

Northwestern Connecticut isn't like the wide open spaces of Montana, but compared to the population density of Manhattan, well, it's at least 75% toward the Montana side of the equation. So I've been out looking for pictures to document this unique time. It's easy to stay distant from other people or put on my homemade mask if walking down a sidewalk, and I don't have to touch anything except my car and my camera. "Signs" was one of the first tags I entered for this blog a decade and a half ago, and signs continue to fascinate me. It's not entirely clear who made and put up this one, but the corner is adjacent to an old big house that has been repurposed into several medical practices.

Torrington, Connecticut

Then there's this. I've been vegetarian for decades, but for even more decades I've been very careful with money, so I've never bought anything from a juice bar because of the prices, and more to the point, have never set foot in one. So I was surprised, even shocked, by this. I hadn't put two and two together. I just sort of vaguely assumed that a place like that must be a health conscious entity run by and catering to well-heeled customers. Or, it turns out, antivaxer idiots.

Some people—Just. Do. Not. Get. It.

Shutdown Dancing School

Thomaston, Connecticut

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WATERBURY STR❤️NG

Waterbury, Connecticut

Last Saturday, shooting along Bank Street, the mid-town campus of Post University, a former department store space, now with a giant video screen in the lobby showing ads for the school and encouraging messages about the pandemic.

Partial Shutdown

Litchfield, Connecticut

Out and around the morning of 4/20/20.

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WORSHIP ONLINE

Thomaston, Connecticut

Online Classes

Waterbury, Connecticut

Tulips on Bank Street.