02 September 2015 @ 02:46 pm
[Topic] Photos Post #2 of 3 - Our Retreat  
Here are the photos from our retreat. I took a LOT which can be found here at the album—below are just my faves of the bunch. As a reminder from a previous post, we all piled into a boat (pictured below) and took a three hour cruise along the Connecticut River. It was quite a muggy day (which you can see in some photos), but on the river it was just nice with the slight breeze. It was actually a very relaxing and fun trip (and I think 99% of us enjoyed ourselves—there’s always one that complains about something). After the boat ride, we drove back into work (10 minute ride) and had the ‘meeting’ which thankfully was only about 45 minutes and then they let us all go <3. It was a lovely day!


1. View up the river toward our capitol, Hartford, from the dock. 
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2. One of my favorite coworker friends (and biking partners) Ani…doing her ‘queen’ wave.
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3. You’ll see a lot of random shots in this post of random things … here is one.
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7. The boat we cruised on. We thought it was tiny, but it actually had a lot of room.
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8. Some of the work peeps already gathered.
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9. Vincent, another fave coworker. Ive mentioned him in the past. He was a POW in the Vietnam war, and lost most of his hearing/sight. Sweet man!
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10. More gathered.
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11. My four favorite troublemakers at work (though one is looking ‘away’). I love these gals! <3
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14. Part of the old Colt factory building … which was in downtown. My mom now works for Colt in their ‘newer’ (but still old) building.
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15. Dialogue is always happening!
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18. Part of Hartford. I’ve been to that Science Center (cool looking building). It was a lot of fun.
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19. More of our small Capitol.
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24. This was really up high so I was glad I had my zoom lens … it’s a hawk’s nest! I wish I’d caught a few of them flying around, but no luck ): Still… HUGE!
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26. It was a VERY muggy day, which you’ll see clearly in some photos.
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All of these Im sharing are some of my FAVES …but this one is my favoritesssttttt one. DSC_0380

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37. If you look close, can see the ‘outline’ of the actual plane.
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39. Another Hawk’s nest down the ways.
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40. I wanna do this cruise when the trees have changed.
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47. Coworkers chatting.
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49. More coworkers chatting.
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Robert[personal profile] permanentmidnight on September 2nd, 2015 08:55 pm (UTC)
Those are really great pictures!
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Miss Autumn: Dominion - Michael & Alex[personal profile] missautumn on September 4th, 2015 01:16 am (UTC)
Thanks! It was a perfect sunny day, which helps a lot :D
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Bri[personal profile] brisus on September 3rd, 2015 03:15 pm (UTC)
Wow, I love the pictures! You captured some great shots as always.

Glad the trip was fun and you could relax a little bit!
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Miss Autumn: books[personal profile] missautumn on September 4th, 2015 01:17 am (UTC)
Thanks, Bri! <3

It was a lot more relaxing/fun than I imagined. It really was a 'do your own thing' type of deal. I thought they might want to try to do 'team building' crap :D Who needs that! HAHAHA :D
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t_hale_capital[personal profile] t_hale_capital on September 3rd, 2015 03:43 pm (UTC)
These are great! Looks like a really fun time, and a beautiful day too. I love your friend Ani's hat :)
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Miss Autumn: Im a Panda[personal profile] missautumn on September 4th, 2015 01:17 am (UTC)
LMAO She is a trip. She definitely has a style all her own, and we love it :D That hat was pretty epic, even though she staid INSIDE the whole time HAHAH! :D

Thanks! It really helped that it was a very sunny day :D
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