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Sub-freezing temperatures and lots of snow doesn’t put a damper on activities in Waveny Park, on the contrary, snow-shoers, skiers and paddle tennis players flanked the year-round visitors to Spencer’s Run.

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2010 Family Fourth

Photographs of the fireworks!~

Waveny Fireworks 2010

Growing grass

At first glance, a walk in the ‘cornfields’ ~ the area of so much contention and landscaping in 2008-2009, appears returned to level ground with new grasses growing.
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I have never read such selfish fiction as I found on a website devoted to defending the capitalist notion that we should sacrifice our public parkland for a New Canaan-based Continuing Care Retirement Community.

The website ccrcfornc.org states:

Q: Was this the type of Waveny land usage envisioned by Mrs. Ruth Lapham Lloyd?

A: Most definitely.

Q: Are “Open Space” and a CCRC on Lapham Road mutually exclusive concepts?

A: Absolutely not

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Spencers Run below zero

You’ve got to love New Canaan!

Sunday’s howling wind, light snowfall and sub-zero temperatures didn’t stop residents from visiting Spencer’s Run dog park in Waveny.

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Waveny has always been a retreat of sorts; a quick getaway from of our busy lifestyle located minutes from home. Here is a photograph looking out from Spencer”s Run across the driveway toward the open fields in front of the house.

Autumn in Waveny

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Family Fourth Parking New Canaan Family Fourth was Fantastic! Friends and family filed into the Waveny fields to enjoy perfect weather before the evening’s fireworks and what a show it was!

Some of these pictures are Amazing. I hope you enjoy them.

Happy Independence Day

It’s almost Family Fourth time and there’s a rainbow over the Waveny Castle. Wednesday evening, July 2nd, after a quick downpour on an otherwise sunny day a rainbow stretched from field to field across the beautiful Lapham Estate.

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Scheduled revamping of the Waveny.net image gallery software took place over the Memorial Day weekend.

Visitors may not have been able to view images attached to posts during this maintenance. Thanks for your patience with the state of affairs. Have a peaceful Memorial Day.

Waveny Fields, May 22nd

Waveny Fields, May 22nd

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Waveny Remaining

Went for a walk in a part of Waveny Park rarely experienced. Now that most of the Lapham Estate trails have been altered and landscaped, trucks are parked permanently in the woods and even the athletic fields are diminishing – I thought I’d take a walk in the little-altered section of Park land across Lapham Road. This area is home to the rugged Waveny Disc Golf Course and at the far end, the D.O.T. managed piles of compost. From Rt. 106 to Lapham Road is a dense and lush example of New England forest. Continue Reading »

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