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I leave early in the morning with my youngest daughter for a week at this cabin in Maine on the Penobscot Bay. I’ll be blogging daily but will have to take my computer into the local library to occasionally upload, so your blog email blasts will be a bit bunched up and sporadic next week. … Read more
While in Annapolis, I was down on the docks for two of my meals. So here are a few boat shots and some water. Both nights – due to being in a hurry – I missed taking photos of a big red sun setting over the water on the marinas. “Red sun at night/sailor’s delight!” … Read more
We had fun chasing Block Island’s sunsets. We could imagine what riches a longer stay would garner if these were the ones from our short stay! Our last sunset was the ferry leaving for the mainland when our sunset was swallowed by an immense black cloud which would later prove to be an impressive thunderstorm … Read more
Hundreds of rock cairns were built on Mansion Beach on Block Island, a few of which are photographed here. We made one ourselves. Many sides of me loved this – the fun-loving childlike side, the structural engineering side, the creative side… Which one is your favorite? Which one did we do?
Block Island, being on a migratory pattern, was layered with diverse birdsong. It both woke us up and put us to sleep, and we heard the birds more than saw them. Here are the creatures we did see and some of them were surprises! We especially enjoyed these teenaged seagulls. And why does the chicken … Read more
Vaill Beach was our other favorite beach on Block Island. Also on the Atlantic side, it is wild and picturesque. We loved the way the rocks made melodic tricking sounds every time a wave receded. We wish we had a recording of that! Depending where you stood, the tone was different based on the size … Read more
We enjoyed the island architecture, the mortarless walls with sky showing through, and the glorious flowers! Enjoy…
This was one of our favorite beaches on Block Island. It is on the southern edge of the island, with spectacular raw beauty and the crashing waves of the Atlantic. Apparently surfers on the island like it too, but we had it practically to ourselves. It is reached by 150 steps which cuts down on … Read more
Block Island is a wonderful tear-shaped island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island. This was our first visit but we hope to be back! It is surprisingly varied both in people and scenery, with interesting architecture and good food, and thankfully is not as overbuilt as many such areas due to an active … Read more
All three of our children are away at camp adventures and my husband and I had our first opportunity in over 17 years to get away alone together! My pottery teacher offered us her cottage on Block Island on days it hadn’t rented out and we snatched up this opportunity. Here are my photographs of … Read more
I’m just enough of a foodie that I couldn’t resist showing you these photos of a great gourmet grocery on Montague Street in Brooklyn, between the Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn Borough Hall. Stores like these are one of the many pleasures of the city. What did I buy? A bag of plump, juicy Mount Rainier … Read more
It was a pleasure to see “Wicked” on Broadway in New York City. My sister was visiting from North Carolina for the Little People Convention and I came into the city to hang out with my her while her daughter (my niece) relished her scene. I had never before seen so many dwarves in one … Read more
On Monday, I was in Bedford, NY taking my 12 year old daughter to a poetry class given by a hip slam poet. The class was near a tiny chapel of a church dating from 1851 and a mill waterfall, both of which you can see below. The weather was pristine, magnificent, and sublimely … Read more
Today was a full day of walking and sightseeing. The first three photos were taken in Quiet Waters Park which is a wonderful place I will return to. I spent the early morning there. I wish I had my bike! Then I had a serendipitous thing happen as I was driving down Bay Ridge Drive … Read more
The Palo Duro Club is where several of my husband’s relatives have cabins. It is about twenty minutes out of Amarillo near Canyon, Texas. While we were out there it hailed, which accounts for the strange light. We were pleased to tease my husband about the size of the hail since it was exactly the … Read more
These photos are taken on the airplane during landing, and from the Amarillo Club which is a nice restaurant on the top of Amarillo’s tallest building.
