Open Studio's West Haven

This weekend there were a lot of artists displaying their creations at various places throughout the West Haven & New Haven area. I stopped by the West Haven Studio on Elm Street on Saturday.

There was so much junk in this place and you could just imagine all of the history associated with the building which was built in the early 1800's if my memory serves me correctly.

One of the many doors nailed shut within the old foundry.



A section of the outside wall where some of the boiler pipes were located - they knocked a hole out to remove the boiler years ago and it has slowly deteriated.



Larry Cowles - fellow photographer displaying some of his work and taking notes (I think!)



The location where the boiler once resided - this was really really interesting - you could almost feel the history of the place.



Some old mechanical portable contraption which looked like it was used to hoist up skids.



Close up of the wall pictured above.



Mike Stock of "Stockboy Designs" was one of the artists displaying his work, this is a partial image of a much larger painting.



Ryan of "Ackt!", another one of the contributing artists catching a moment with his lady!



Mike Stock sporting one of his own creations/designs (the hoodie and art)



-Rick O

A Visit to Lover's Leap

Yesterday I was in New Milford in the early morning and got lost on the way to my destination (fun stuff) - anyways I stumbled upon this old abandoned home at the foot of one of the Lover's Leap trails. The whole area was just eerie to say the least, but the structures were a dream photographically.

This is a chimney or what's left of it from Lover's Leap



As I was walking, my leg hit this stump protruding out onto the path, and had to grab a shot of it



Then came the shack, the house, the garage, the dog house, etc and here they are



Close-up of the door of the above structure







Finally atop the trail a shot of the lake



-Rick O