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Weekend by the sea

Warning: photo-heavy post ahead The first week of April is always eventful around here.  Neil and I chose April 1st to get married sixteen years ago, because April was an uneventful month in our...

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Spontaneity

Who decides at 7pm to take a road trip to the beach for ice cream?  We do!! It takes a little over an hour in the car.  We park in Ocean Grove, walk down the boardwalk into Asbury Park, choose our...

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Boy, was it foggy

Despite the fact that we are now on our third year of having kids in school full time, it just doesn’t occur to us that we could have dates during the day. That changed last week when Neil suggested...

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Weekend surprises

The above are some scenes from part one of our weekend: a surprise overnight stay in Ocean Grove. The boys had never spent the night there before, so they were excited when we revealed about an hour...

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If I lived at the beach

If I lived at the beach in the summer, I would want to live in a little house in the middle of town. It would be close enough to the beach that I could hear the waves crashing and smell the ocean...

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Night Tripping

We went down the shore over a week ago, and I forgot to tell you about it! We took one of our usual nighttime “day” trips to Ocean Grove. We drove down after Neil’s day job let out, arriving around...

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Snapshots

It was Neil’s birthday on Saturday, and we decided to have a night out in Ocean Grove. It’s rare that we do that on a weekend, since we don’t enjoy crowds or traffic, but hey, it was a special...

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Jump!

I love going to the beach in the late afternoon. The crowds are starting to disperse, the sun is no longer blazing hot, and it’s a great time of day for taking pictures. Along with reading a book,...

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TWiP: Windblown by the Sea

Oh! What a full week we have had! It started on Saturday, celebrating Eamonn’s 12th birthday with a little family party. Sunday was Easter and another family get-together. The rest of the week has...

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So we ditched the kids and ran to the beach

Our anniversary trip was a nice one. Cold, wet, wintery, but nice I’ve got a slide show prepared for each day. If you like that kind of thing, read on! If you can think of nothing you’d dislike more...

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TWiP: Beachy Keen

It’s been another very yarny week, between finishing up my Everyday Cardigan, and starting two brand new projects in one day (one of which I have already finished)… I’m on a real roll here with the...

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Spontaneity

Who decides at 7pm to take a road trip to the beach for ice cream?  We do!! It takes a little over an hour in the car.  We park in Ocean Grove, walk down the boardwalk into Asbury Park, choose our...

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Boy, was it foggy

Despite the fact that we are now on our third year of having kids in school full time, it just doesn’t occur to us that we could have dates during the day. That changed last week when Neil suggested...

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Weekend surprises

The above are some scenes from part one of our weekend: a surprise overnight stay in Ocean Grove. The boys had never spent the night there before, so they were excited when we revealed about an hour...

View Article

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If I lived at the beach

If I lived at the beach in the summer, I would want to live in a little house in the middle of town. It would be close enough to the beach that I could hear the waves crashing and smell the ocean...

View Article


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Night Tripping

We went down the shore over a week ago, and I forgot to tell you about it! We took one of our usual nighttime “day” trips to Ocean Grove. We drove down after Neil’s day job let out, arriving around...

View Article

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Snapshots

It was Neil’s birthday on Saturday, and we decided to have a night out in Ocean Grove. It’s rare that we do that on a weekend, since we don’t enjoy crowds or traffic, but hey, it was a special...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
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Jump!

I love going to the beach in the late afternoon. The crowds are starting to disperse, the sun is no longer blazing hot, and it’s a great time of day for taking pictures. Along with reading a book,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

TWiP: Windblown by the Sea

Oh! What a full week we have had! It started on Saturday, celebrating Eamonn’s 12th birthday with a little family party. Sunday was Easter and another family get-together. The rest of the week has...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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So we ditched the kids and ran to the beach

Our anniversary trip was a nice one. Cold, wet, wintery, but nice I’ve got a slide show prepared for each day. If you like that kind of thing, read on! If you can think of nothing you’d dislike more...

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