Urban Garden III

A little worse for wear.

Urban Garden II

One lone stalk bearing one lone fruit.

The Cherry Tomato

Urban Garden I

Behind the house is a parking lot which is edged by garages and brick walls to other apartment buildings.  I take Milo out back sometimes to do his 'business' later on in the evening.  Well one night I went out and the dirt had been turned over so I steered Milo away from the area.  Low and behold in a few weeks a garden appeared.  No doubt a verdant one thanks to his contributions to mother earth.  Let's see what the garden yields.  It was planted a little late in the season.

Sunset

Also taken from the Green like yesterday's post is a shot of the Well Fargo Bank building in the center and the Eli, a fancy apartment building on the left.

The Green

A couple of weeks ago there was a free concert given by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra on the Green in downtown New Haven.  Most of the photo's I took are unremarkable but I thought this was an interesting juxtaposition with the straw hat and the sitting woman.

Saint Mary Magdalen Society Processional

Today as I was opening the door to take the Divine Mr. M out for a walk I heard drums.  I looked to my left and turning the corner of my street was the Society of St. Mary Magdalen annual processional.  I ran back into the house leaving the DMM out on the porch barking his head off.  Here we go...

The woman in the black shirt and grey skirt is our House Representative Rosa DeLauro.  She grew up in the Wooster Square neighborhood.  She's a fine Congresswoman.

What's a processional without it's patron saint?

It was quite an unexpected surprise and when a man saw me taking photos he ran over and gave me a card that contained the following prayer: We greet and venerate you, oh mirror of repentants.  Advocate of sinners, Maria Madalena, for which at a public banquet in the house of Simon the Pharisee, you threw yourself at Christ's feet and with the strength of your contrition in your heart melting into tears, with which you washed His feet, drying them with your hair, ask for us, for mercy's sake, the same tears, equal contrition, and obtain for us from your beloved Jesus, the total remission of our sins. 

Below are photos of the outside of the SMMS house on Wooster Street. 

You might want to have a look at Padre Micky's Dance Party.  He'll tell you all about the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalen which is today!

And not to forget, today is the 100th Anniversary of Hiram Bingham's discovery of Machu Picchu.  He was connected with Yale University here in New Haven. 

The Mail Boat

For the first time in decades the Walworth mail boat stopped at Pier 360 - Norman B. Barr Camp!  All thanks to Ryan, my cousin's grandson, who wondered why the boat didn't stop anymore.  They worked hard and now the boat 'drives' by and mail is delivered right to the pier.  Below you see the boat coming.

The young man hanging off of the left side of the boat is getting ready to jump off of the boat, deliver mail, and then jump back on again.  The trick is...the boat doesn't stop but does a close drive by the pier.

 Ryan, of course, gets to pick up the first delivery of mail.

Lo and behold it was a letter for him and his sister Abbey!  Yea....the mail boat has returned.