
Long Island Sound (Drone photo/Henry Porter, rising freshman at Fairfield Prep)

Long Island Sound (Drone photo/Henry Porter, rising freshman at Fairfield Prep)
We seldom notice culverts.
But the small tunnels, carrying water from streams or ponds underneath roads and railways, are a prominent feature of Westport.
Last week’s Photo Challenge showed one. Guesses were all over the map — literally. Riverside Avenue? Kings Highway North? Sherwood Mill Pond?
Nope. Nope. And nope.
This one — photographed by Janine Scotti — is near Gorham Island, off Parker Harding Plaza. (Click here to see.)
It’s a little bit of (semi-) nature, in the heart of downtown.
It’s a good reminder: Keep an eye out for culverts. They’re all over the place. They perform important functions.
And, in the case of one wrong guess — the one near the Mill Pond — you can even use it to kayak all the way to Burying Hill Beach.
Here’s this week’s Photo Challenge. If you know where in Westport you’d see this, click “Comments” below.

(Photo/John Maloney)
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Compo Beach (Photo/Sunil Hirani)
Well, the weather forecasters nailed this one.
They said “severe thunderstorms” at 7 p.m.
Right on the dot, that is what we got.
Here are 3 apocalyptic-like scenes from Compo Beach:



(Photos/Dan Woog)
And then it got even more ominous, a few minutes later.
But I was already racing to my car.

Cedar Point Yacht Club. Compo Beach is across Long Island Sound, at the top … (Drone photo/Nathan Greenbaum)

… and Saugatuck Shores (Drone photo/Henry Porter, rising Fairfield Prep freshman)

Axel and Elle Enslin dancing around the Peace Circle, at the Westport Library (Photo/Jamie Walsh)

Sherwood Mill Pond (Photo/Patricia McMahon)

Ned Dimes Marina gangway (Photo/Paul Liistro)

Compo Beach cannons (Photo/Jay Babina)

Post Road West and Cross Street (Photo/John Maloney)