First Light in the Dark Rain and Snow Old Greenwich

A wooden Santa in front of the Rummage Room on Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich, ConnecticuT

A horse drawn carriage on Sound Beach Avenue in front of Darlene's Ice Cream ShoP

One of the two horses at service this eveninG

In the window of the Rummage Room on Sound Beach Avenue, plastic painted horses arranged in a playpen while as REAL horses 'work' just outside on the streeT

Snowflakes mixed with rain...a 50 50 mix of raindrops and snowflakes kept 2/3 rds of the crowd at homE

The BLUE syncronized rain gear was probably not planned for this horse-drawn ride on Sound Beach Avenue...but it happeneD

I'm not sure if this was a different 'horse-drawn' carriage on Sound Beach Avenue...it has a different colored backrest rail, so maybe. I took the photo just outside the Rummage RooM

Inside the Rummage Room, near the corner of Sound Beach Avenue and Arcadia Road, within the window is this Winter display of Horses. I dont know if the Rummage Room window decorator knew that Horses would be working near their window tonight, but they diD

The white spots in the BlackandWhite image are snowflakeS

The was on of the CaptainS

In front of Arcadia Coffee. Arcadia Coffee was not open to 'the Public' as it has been in the past...they had a Private Party with a bouncer out front ... while many stores were open and giving in some unique way, and some were not, arcadia had a private event that excluded the public during a public event...i was not welcome by 'the NYC style' bouncer...and it's not the first time a bouncer has done this. I am obviously being critical in my dialogue here, which I am reluctant to do. I thought this is suppose to be a night of 'giving back'. I'm really naive about somethings which people dont believe at times, because I can write and act 'normal' , but you should know that things slip through the cracks...and that's probably true for most people...it's being human. So please forgive me for 'being human' or not getting it at times. ...That said...why go 'Private' on a 'Public' night? number onE ...I have more to say about this but I wont....the state of the Economy may make this necessarY

In front of the Rummage RooM

Flames shoot from an holed metal barrel on Arcadia Road. Teenagers hung out feet from the flames as one dude threw 'snappers' nearby...quick popping, mini firecrackers. The fire was being well monitoreD

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Wells Noonan artistically creating paint on childrens faces at IMAGES on Sound Beach AvenuE

EggNog was served by Rocky and Ken in two versions, Leaded and unLeadeD

How many towns have a band in their local gas station? Old Greenwich had two tonight! Is this the Greenwich that people think it is? It's so much morE

When I was 10 year old, 36 years old, this gentleman, Erf Porter was my baseball coach along with my father. I remember being on the field in the extreme heat of Summer wishing that I was in a pool of Grape soda...nine or ten years old. I also remember during the slow pace of the game (baseball) looking up into the sky as a plane flew by...but it wasn't a typical airplane , this airplane had a round disc above it in the center. I think someone on the field educated me and let me know that it was the Radar planE