After a winter eventful in all the wrong ways, it’s a relief to be able to call the current situation, overall, merely “dicey”…

Unlogged late year activity included installing fenders on Grand Toro. A hopeful gesture, since on a drizzly day right after repairing and cleaning my commuter (read: beater), I still took out the latter. Maybe I’ll have the stomach to subject Toro to the weather it’s built for next year (-_-).

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This drizzly ride took us to the shores of Lake Basile, a residential water slab of which there are dozens in Greater Hartford. Basile, however, has the unique distinction of being in Simsbury, just off the greenway. You won’t find another small pond in the county as well-signed and exposited:

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On a distantly related note – I don’t like conflating commercial and civic benefit, but the state of broadband in our area is pretty moribund. If anyone in Bloomfield chances across this blog, I’d like to refer you to GoNetspeed. Checking availability for your address registers interest and increases the likelihood of our area receiving their fiber-to-premises service. (Though it’s more likely people from other towns will see this and move Bloomfield further down the queue (-_-);