Trinity sings of being “‘Neath the Elms” for our alma mater, but I haven’t been able to capture that experience at Commencement quite so literally prior to now.
Graduating ‘Neath the Elms
Category: Connecticut
Clement with Flowering Trees
From every angle, Trinity College’s Clement Chemistry Building has been surrounded by flowering trees. Great for photography… But not so much for people with a pollen allergy.
Long Walk Walking
A springtime stroll along Trinity’s Long Walk has more leaf-generated shade every day.
Bright Trees and Long Walk Stones
Final exam week is winding down, which means we can finally emerge from our Neo-Gothic cocoons and enjoy Trinity’s perfect spring campus.
Hartford Skyline in Spring
After a 2025 spent with construction fencing and destroyed surfaces, Bushnell Park in downtown Hartford is back and better than ever.
Weird Trinity Trees
Trinity is technically an arboretum and spring brings out the photosynthesis in some of my favorite trees—with, of course, some great chairs in which to sit and enjoy them.
Pink Sky at Bushnell Tower
A huge facade of reflective glass is just the thing to amplify the pink clouds of a perfect evening in Hartford, Connecticut.
Towers’ Spring Reflections
Bushnell Park in Hartford plays host to spectacular spring sights that juxtapose nature and life with the stark linear forms of skyline towers. I love the effect—but then, cities are my favorite places.
Spring Near Downtown
We returned to Connecticut just in time for a display of peak Southern-New-England springtime perfection; though the photographs from our trip through the Mediterranean will return soon, I couldn’t help but share our charming local neighborhood.
Heublein Tower at the Start of Spring
Central Connecticut’s Heublein Tower (a good topic for a much longer post) keeps watch over the very start of spring.
Three Springtime Views of Trinity College’s Chapel
Flowers emerging around Trinity College’s chapel tempted me into a multi-photo study of the contrast between spring pastels and epic limestone.
Early Morning in Hartford
Don’t make me get up early, but if I’m awake anyway… Give me a good sunrise.
Trinity Chapel
Neo-Gothic architecture demands dramatic, high-texture black-and-white and I know how to deliver.
Approach the Schlenk Line
Air-free chemical processes require specialized apparatus like the glass Schlenk line inside this dramatically lit fume hood.
Bushnell Tower in a Blizzard
Though even April doesn’t guarantee and escape from blizzards in New England, I’m nonetheless cathartically purging myself of wintery aesthetics, like I.M. Pei’s Bushnell Tower standing proud at the edge of Hartford’s downtown.
Decaseconds 