Wordless Wednesday

Chestertown, Maryland - Humane Society of Kent County

The previous post shows my mom as a very young child in the arms of her father.

While she and I are not sure of the exactly location, we think it is "Old Harbor," a beach near Roxbury, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The photo was taken in the mid 1930's and possibly by my Uncle Johnny, who was considerably older than my mother.

 On my way to the houseboat this past weekend, I stopped in at the Humane Society of Kent County which had these signs out front...

I left knowing that three animals would be adopted at no cost to their new families - in memory of Ruby.

Wordless Wednesday

Tale of Two Cones...

Every hear the expression, my friend / parent / significant other went to someplace special and all I got was a t-shirt?  Ever think that was an ungrateful and ungracious thing to say?

Recently, a wonderful friend of mine went to Disneyland Land (the one in California), and visited the most marvelous spot on Earth... can you imagine an entire motel for cones???  I wanted to pack my bag(s) and head there the very instant I learned of the place - and in fact, may well retire there... I'll be the old guy driving the lawn tractor around (sneaking photos of any wayward conies!)  Little did I know that a few days later, in the snail mail, I would get a package with a plastic bag from Disneyland and find within it... a plastice drinking OCHA from Cars Land!! I used it today to drink some iced tea - and felt like a King!

Parsley Cone - Thank You Parsley!!

Just about the same time, and I apologize for being so late with this "Thank You" post, Farside of Fifty sent me a wonderful hand carved cone. Every time I look at it, it says something to me... it's other-worldly and old-worldly at the same time. Or perhaps I just watched E.T. the Extraterrestrial one time too many? It is so unique and different I put it on the fireplace mantel at work were it faces my desk and I see it each day.

 

Farside of Fifty Cone- Thank You Connie!

Overwhelmed by all this cone goodness - I fended off the latest cold nights with a SpongeBob SquarePants Snuggle Blanket! I don't look as good as the model wearing it - but the blanket does!

 

Ladystyx's SpongeBob Squarepants Snuggly - Thank you Ladystyx!

Happy Mother's Day!

A Wordless Week

In Wordless Week: Day 5, the old photo is from a 1971 Surflight Theater playbill - my brothers and I were attending a summer stock theater show (maybe "Peter Pan?").  I'm sure we were told to "ham it up" for the photo!  I have many fond memories of playing on the beach with some of the people in the photo, as well as of the shows - they may have been off-Broadway, but they were always well-done and entertaining.  Joseph P. Hayes, the man that owned and operated the Surflight was a true entertainer, and he would go on stage before each show and introduce the story.  He always closed with "...and the lights go down and the foot lights come up!" and while saying that auditorium would turn inky dark and the stage would become brilliantly lit.

 

The woman in the second photo is my (honorary) Aunt Bea.  She is the one in this blog post:

http://intenseguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/aunt-bea-molly-and-bottle-tree.html

The Spring time photos were taken during a class I took on "Wildlife Photograph" at the Morris Arboretum.  I learned (and relearned) some things about taking photos - and actually dusted off the old "it uses film!" camera in order to use its much better (telephoto) lens.  I had to find a place to develop the film - it has been so long since I've done that!

The Virginia Bluebells (in Wordless Week: Day 4) were located along side the Schuylkill River Trail near Betzwood (the home of the Steel Balls - Gosh has it been 4 years already since that memorable trip with Karla and James?)  Every year the Bluebells carpet the Valley Forge Historical Park near Pawlings Road and every year, I make a point to go see them. :)  Along that trail is the "Buttonwood Bridge" in Wordless Week: Day 2.

The duckweed-covered turtle in Wordless Week: Day 1 was spotted on the Delaware Canal near the town of Yardley, PA.

Last weekend I made the annual trip to Long Island to go fishing with my younger brother and my Dad.  We had perfect weather, a nice drive/ride, and caught a ton of fish.  The photo shows my dad holding a nice size Porgy (The name “porgy” comes from an American Indian name meaning “fertilizer,” a common use for these abundant fish during Colonial times.) They are quite good tasting but boney.  This year we went a day early and visited the lighthouse at Montauk.  More on that later. :)

I hope you enjoyed the photos.  The spring weather and the flowering trees were so nice, I wanted to bottle it up and send all of you some of it!

Wordless Week: Day 7

Wordless Week: Day 6

Wordless Week: Day 5

Wordless Week: Day 4

Wordless Week: Day 3