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A little connecticut history lesson.Couldn't have said it better.Boats like these above cruise the river from Mystic, CT.At one time, Mystic shipbuilders cranked out three-masted schooners like the ones above.The view up the Mystic River from Mystic, CT. Like so many New england coastal towns, Mystic has a ship building past. It centered around this river.The Mystic Bridge today.This photo shows the Mystic Bascule River Bridge being built 90 years ago.Barbuto tried the good Humor Man bit for a lark, figuring he's do it for a week one Aug. 21 years later, he's a town celebrity.Joe Barbuto, AKA Poppa Joe, with his dog, runs a Good Humor Truck in Madison, CT. Joe is at the farmers market every Thur. during the season. He's been driving his truck, a 1969 model, for the past 21 seasons.This small waterfall is an oasis of quiet in the middle of downtown Milford, CT.Some of Milford's more distinguished citizens pause for refreshment.More stone monuments in Milford, CT.This small bridge on Route 1 leading into Milford is lined on both sides with these stone markers that go back to the time of the town's founding.Frozen in time.These now-abandoned buildings used to employ thousands in the General Electric manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, CT. They stand empty now and are slated for demolition. Canada Geese also breed on the Saugatuck.Nesting pairs of swans live on the Saugatuck River at Westport.That night shift really kills your ass.This female red wing blackbird probably has a nest in the marsh grasses.Some of the actors who have appeared at the Westport County Playhouse. These headshots are on a wall of fame in the green room.Found on a sink in the Green Room Men's room in the Westport Country Playhouse. Hey, they are actors.Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CTOne of the original mile markers placed by Benjamin Franklin and his workers in the 1760s. It reads New Haven XXIII miles.