at the beach

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I was away all last week on vacation. I spent the week at the Jersey Shore with my family. It was fantastic. Mostly great weather, with the combo I love of warm days and chilly nights (hoodie sweatshirt chilly). And so, to celebrate my return, not one but two photos that I snapped while on vacation.

The first, a Fisherman in the morning.



The second, a photo suggested by my Aunt Claire, shot with the help of my cousin-in-law Rob's tripod, and executed by me: bicycles in the moonlight.

rough seas ahead

I spent the past weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, visiting my friend Lisa. And I had a lovely time. When talking about our futures (Lisa is recently engaged) and plans for where we were going to eventually settle our respective broods (hers in the near future, mine in the still-dont-have-a-boyfriend-so-im-not-really-worrying-about-that-yet future) I came to a conclusion that I had long thought about, but took four days in a land locked state to definitively decide: I never want to live in a land-locked state.

Tennessee is beautiful, and there's some water around. But nothing like the Ocean. Or Orient Harbor, where this photo was taken.

the only bug i like

living on long island really affords you a luxury some don't have...the ability to head out in a boat, and enjoy the open water. i never even knew i was a boat person until three years ago, when a friend of mine took us out on her dad's boat while we were visiting her parents in North Carolina. it was great. and i got to steer. just call me Captain Ahab.

I took this picture in October of 2006. On our annual celebration of my dear friend Chrissy's birthday out at her parent's summer house in Orient Point. Her dad took us out on her boat for a wild ride. At one of the not so wild points, we came upon the "Bug Lighthouse."

According to OffbeatTravel.com,

"Imagine a Victorian house with a tower and you've envisioned the "Bug" lighthouse, named because at high tide the original lighthouse looked like a giant water bug. Sadly, the original structure was destroyed by arsonists in 1963 but the reconstructed lighthouse has been designated as a Federal Aid to Navigation. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the lighthouse was that it was completed in only 60 days. The 250 millimeter, solar powered light, 63 feet above the water, was rededicated in 1990. If you're wondering about the speed with which it was rebuilt -- it was constructed in 3 pieces, hauled to the site. and assembled in less than a day. Astounding at least one boat captain who left in the morning with no lighthouse, and returned to find one standing serenely in the water on the return trip."