Ellie Potter, 90, swims at 6 A.M., seven days a week, at the Boughton Street YMCA in Danbury, Conn. She has been following this routine for 30 years, arriving with fresh baked cookies for the staff each morning. She still drives her car and loves to drive fast. She says “I guess God don’t want me yet!”
Having a Ball at 90
The Passionate Prince & Spirited Steed
Prince Harry and his steed during the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup match at the Greenwich Polo Club, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Prince’s team defeated St. Regis, 4-3. The winning goal was scored by the Prince. The polo match was played to raise funds for Sentebale, a charity Prince Harry co-founded in 2006 in memory of his late mother, Princess Diana.
Car Show on Main Street
Cleaning out some old files, I came upon this black and white negative. I took this photo in my early years in Danbury – probably 1978. I never printed it. But looking at it today, the moment intrigues me. These are children of a different era, when kids still went outside to play.
Casting into the overcast
During a break in the rain, Luis Garcia of Greenwich, casts his line into Greenwich Harbor from the Steamboat Road breakwater, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Garcia said he was having no luck catching fish. The National Weather Service is calling for better fishing weather on Friday when it will be sunny and in the 70s.
