If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

– Henry David Thoreau

14 beautiful old pictures reveal lost grandeur of Bridgeport, CT

Bridgeport is a seaport city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the largest city in the…

Historic map of Stratford, Connecticut from 1882

Historic bird’s eye view of Stratford, Connecticut from 1882

Beautiful vintage map of Forestville, CT from 1880

This old map shows the Forestville section of what is now known as Bristol, Connecticut.

Beautifully restored old map of New Hartford, CT from 1878

This old map shows New Hartford, Connecticut in the late 19th century.

Historic old map shows bird’s eye view of Bethel, Connecticut in 1879

Historic bird’s eye view of Bethel, Connecticut in 1879

Beautifully restored map of Plainville, Connecticut in 1878

Historic bird’s eye view of Plainville, Connecticut in 1878

Windsor Locks Indian Fair

The Windsor Locks Indian Harvest Festival took place from September – October, 1941