foliage photos 11/16: Leaves

Hillhouse Avenue

Hillhouse Avenue

Tower Parkway in front of Payne Whitney Gym

foliage photos 11/15: Red

Orange Street

Orange Street

Bradley Street

foliage photos 11/14

State Street

State Street

Temple Street

Temple Street

Temple Street

foliage photos 11/13

North Haven, CT. Near the Target.

Kitchen vent covered.

In the house, there is a kitchen vent at the top of the stove. I didn't realize how big a hole this was to the outside until one day i could feel the cold air near the vent. All this warm air in the house is going right out this hole. I gotta figure a way to cover it up. So i wonder what Macgyver would do.

I went to home depot, bought some insulation, foam seal and self adhesive magnets. Took about 10 minutes to put together. Works like a charm. Easy to put up and remove, while blocking the cold air from coming in.

New thermostat

Since the gas bills are gonna be really high... we gotta find every way to save money. One way is to have a programmable thermostat. We can set the night time temperature 65 degrees when we're sleeping in and have electric heaters in the room. The whole house doesn't need to be heated. Then at 6:45am, the temperature is set to be at 72 so we can wake up to a warm house. There are 4 different settings per day.

Installing it was not very hard overall. The hardest part was to try to figure out what wires go where. The wires weren't color coded or labeled. I looked up some info online and found a website that described which wires went where. I had to look this info up on my iPhone since I turned off the power to the house, which turned off my cable modem. The iPhone to the rescue again.

foliage photos 11/10

Both these photos are on High Street between Chapel Street and Elm Street.

West coast novelty

I saw these New England Patriots and other Northeast team caps for sale. The name of the company is West Coast Novelty.

Door sweep

Installed a door sweep on the back door today. I didn't realize how big a hole it was until i stood by it on a cold day and could feel the draft come in.

foliage photos 11/07

York Street parking garage. Looking south.

Grove street.

Ice scrapper, RainX and more

I'm getting the car ready for the winter. Got new wiper blades, rainX windshield solution and an ice scrapper. I decided not to get the ice scrapper with the mitt attach to it. It didn't look "manly" enough.

Shakespeare's Cymbeline at the Beaumont

Went down to New York to see Shakespeare's Cymbeline. I enjoyed the play, the costumes and the set. Took us about 1 hr and 45 mins to get there. Filled up before driving and a gallon of gas was $3.19!!!
Mobil Station on State Street.

Stuck in traffic around this area for about 1/2 hour. Going south on 9A.

Thermals pants and shirts

Got my thermal pants and shirts from target.com. They really keep me warm!

foliage photos 11/01

Saw this flyer on a telephone pole. Leaf removal service. You don't see that in Southern California.

Hillhouse Avenue.

Valerie walking on Trumbull Street with ear muffs.

Halloween

Thought this was a funny sight. A black cat under a ladder.

Fake pho

Went to Ivy Noodle on York Street. I knew I shouldn't try Pho at a noodle house, but I did anyways. I just wanted to find some real pho or something close to it. Anyways, the pho tasted like it was instant pho. Who the hell puts cabbage in pho? What the pho?

Satellite dish mounted

Yes. Finally got the satellite dish mounted. It's almost perfect. I got 3 of 5 signals to be 90% or higher. The other two the best I can get is 75%. That's because there are some pine trees blocking it. When the wind blows the tree, the signals goes up and down.

Home Depot garden center

I went to Home Depot to pick up some plants for gardening. What I saw was pretty sad sight. Most of the garden was empty. Plants were 50% off. Mostly rose bushes were available. I did buy some tulips for planting, but they won't sprout until Spring. Spring seems so far away.

foliage photos 10/27

Peak fall is here in New Haven. Enjoy the photos.

Orange Street.

Fountain at the New Haven Green.

Broadway Street.

New Haven Green.

New Haven Green.

New Haven Green.

New Haven Green.

New Haven Green. Can you find the squirrel?

Elm Street.

Boo Haven. Mayor's Halloween parade

Here are some photos from the Mayor's Halloween parade. Students from local schools dressed up. This year's theme was about movies.