Brookfield Center with the old village store. (2015)

An aged barn on the historic Ethan Allen highway, now Connecticut route 7. The rock by the roadside may have been to help riders mount and dismount their horses.  (2014)

Brookfield was both a farming town and also part of the industrial community around Danbury.  Here an old rock crushing machine also near to route 7. (2014)

Part of the Ironworks district to the north of the town, now better known as the Four Corners.  On the right the railway line that connected Brookfield to Danbury and the former station building, now used by the Brookfield Craft Center.  (2014)

The Still River that rises in New York west of Danbury, through which it flows and then (unusually) heads north to join the Housatonic River in New Milford.  To the right is a former mill dating from 1780 that is now the main building of the Brookfield Craft Center.  (2013)

Part of the Happy Landings Open Space towards the end of a long winter. (2013)

Good Friday sunrise at Happy Landings with a late frost on the grass.  (2017)

A dogwood shows signs of spring behind a picket fence. (2013)

A dogwood in full bloom near Williams Park. (2013)

The Memorial Day parade featuring many bands and other performers,  Here the Brookfield High School band marches through the historical district. (2013)

After the parade, a gentle walk home, passing here in front of the historic tavern. (2013)

Shakespeare's Garden, formerly the ? nursery, on Obtuse Hill is filled with trees and plants.  (2015)

The little known falls of Merwyn Brook, which drains parts of Obtuse Hill and flows down to the Housatonic River.  (2017)

The gazebo shelter by the Still River in the Arthur A. Harris Linear Park.  One of those spring days when even the air seems to be turning green. (2013)

Echo Bay, Candlewood Lake.  On the dock and ready for summer to arrive.  (2017)

Part of the former  Ironworks district with the Brookfield Craft Center and the general store.  (2015)

The Hop Brook in Barkwood Falls after a spring rain storm.  (2007)

The Hop Brook in Barkwood Falls after a spring rain storm.  (2007)

A summer day at the Gurski Farm Open Space.  (2015)

Summer vegetation at the Happy Landings Open Space.  (2017)

Haying the Happy Landings Open Space.  (2014)

The Capt. Benjamin Dunning house on Obtuse Hill.  (2013)

Former dormitory of the St. Paul's school on Long Meadow Hill.  (2013)

The Backlog house, 150 Whisconier Road.  (2016)

The Merritt Hubble house on Alcox Road in the Ironworks district.  (2014)

A sculpture garden on the Dingle Brook below Obtuse Hill.  (2017)

Candlewood Lake Club, Echo Bay.  (2013)

Arrowhead Point, Candlewood Lake.  (2013)

Sailing Candlewood Lake.  (2013)

Kayaks heading upstream on the Still River by the Linear Park.  (2013) 

Summer sports camps at Brookfield High School.  (2017)

The route 133 bridge over the Housatonic from the Bridgewater end.  (2013)

The former Waidelich Christmas tree farm on Silvermine Road.  (2007)

Laurel Hill cemetery on the Ethan Allan Highway.  (2013) 

The commercial center at the Four Corners.  (2013)

Some hidden urban art by the Still River.  (2012)

Nightlife at the Four Corners.  (2013)

Colonial era holloway leading down to the Old Bridge on the Housatonic River.  (2015)

A little-known corner of the Hop Brook near Brookfield High School.  (2016)

The Housatonic River at the Old Bridge Sanctuary.  (2015)

The Housatonic River at the Old Bridge Sanctuary.  (2015)

The Still River footbridge in the Greenway.  This is the longest footbridge in Connecticut!  (2016)

One of my lone trees in the Happy Landings Open Space gives a Daliesque impression.  (2013)

A windmill at Happy Landings is an icon for the town.  (2013)

Winter sunset at Happy Landings Open Space.  (2011)

The former Brook's Quarry below North Mountain Road.  (2007)

Skating at Whalen Pond near Brookfield High School.  How long will this tradition last?  (2010)

xxx Obtuse Hill Road  (2010)

The old barn now used as the Ceramic Studio of the Brookfield Craft Center.  (2018)

Former dormitory of the St. Paul's school on Long Meadow Hill.  (2013)

Former rectory of St. Paul's Anglican church on Long Meadow Hill.  (2014)

Former rectory of St. Paul's Anglican church on Long Meadow Hill.  (2014)

The x x house on Alcox Road in the Ironworks district.  (2014)

xxx Long Meadow Hill Road.  (2015)

xxx Long Meadow Hill Road at the corner of Riverford Road.  (2017)

Le Chantier, Barkwood Falls hidden in the forest.  (2018)

The former Gurski homestead, now the Gurski Farm Open Space.  (2015)

The Jewish cemetery on Grays Bridge Road.  (2015)

Part of the Ironworks district to the north of the town, now better known as the Four Corners.  On the right the railway line that connected Brookfield to Danbury and the former station building, now used by the Brookfield Craft Center.  (2015)

The Municipal Center.  (2015)

The Horses by Peter Busby of Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut.  (2015)

The Horses by Peter Busby of Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut.  (2015)

The little known Brookfield Alps.  (2017)

The cove on the Housatonic River.  (2017)

The trains don't run here anymore.  (2013)

The Field of Flags, the Congregational Church of Brookfield.  (2010)

Cove Road, Barkwood Falls, 31 October 2010.  The "Hallowe'en Storm" dropped 30 cm of snow onto trees still bearing leaves.  The result was one to two weeks without power - hence also water - for many residents and the breaking of many thousands of tree crowns.

The "High School Bridge", so-called because it is used by the students as their billboard.  12/14/12 was the date of the mass shooting of twenty children and six teachers at the Elementary School in nearby Sandy Hook.  (2013)

The Hop Brook in Barkwood Falls.  On 15 May 2018 tornados and macro-bursts devastated towns across norther Fairfield and southern Litchfield counties.  Some thousands of trees were brought down and hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed. (2018)