In Sight

Dominicka Bialy, 2, is no fair weather sailor. Taking advantage of a quiet day at Cummings beach, she discusses plans for castles which were to begin construction within the hour.

Remember how much fun snowfall was before you had to shovel?

Grammy Award-winning percussionist and composer Ralph MacDonald’s rhythms rolled into the Palace Theater as artists flocked to perform a musical tribute Monday evening. Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, Roberta Flack, Dennis Collins and Bobbi Humphrey joined throngs of percussionists in a private ceremony memorializing MacDonald who died Dec. 18. MacDonald earned multiple Grammys for work including ‘Calypso Breakdown,’ ‘Just The Two of Us’ and ‘Where is The Love.’ Valerie Simpson and her late husband Nick Ashford collaborated with MacDonald on numerous hits including “Solid.” Simpson, above, donning the best shoes to cross the stage all night, performs “Trade Winds” at the Palace.

Sound Tiger Trevor Gillies was involved in two nasty fights in the first two periods of their AHL matchup with Binghampton in Bridgeport on Sunday, January 15, 2012. You don’t usually see blood like this, though.

My colleague Brittany Lyte is reflected in the storm door as we interview Stratford condo residents about new EPA groundwater testing. What could have been a dull assignment became visually interesting when this resident answered the door with a cat on her shoulder!

The view outside the Connecticut Post editorial office is spectacular when the winter sun sets during the 5p.m. news meeting. A fantastic end to a hard days work, or in the case of the copy desk, a beautiful beginning.

Margaret Urbanska, of Stratford, feeds the seagulls at Short Beach Park in Stratford, Conn. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.

Does anything ease the close of another year or kick off a new one quite like a New Year’s Day nap?