Many Slices: my stories and photos

Colorful Cape May

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Pallets of colors:

Painted in a spectrum of colors on houses

Patterned on fences

Highlighted on eaves and lattice

Punched on porches

Dappled on store fronts

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Long empty beaches speckled with only a few vacationers also has its share of color.

Here and there among the warm sand and breaking s

urf  the unexpected colors of:

  pink star-topped umbrellas

smooth orange rocks gathered in my scarf

 russet colored oak leaves and green sea glass

and stained rimmed sea posts in iridescent green.

 

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Being in Cape May equals:

never attempting to even pick up the room we are staying in

reading on the beach

collecting stones and shells {every year I chose a color  to scan for as we walk the beach...this year's model was orange in honor of October}

finding new cafes and restaurants to spend way to much money and have leisurely conversations at

After a cloudy cool Saturday the setting sun streaked out of dark stubborn clouds that kept us in jeans and long sleeves all day as we shopped and ate like tourists, Mr.MS says:

"For one day a year we have a pocketful of cash to spend on ourselves...then tomorrow comes"

I felt like I was receiving a gift from the sky as we picked our way, shoe-less, toward the shore and the poking sun rays turned into a glorious sunset.  I have never seen orange turn to red turn to pink turn to dark purple turn to gray-blue so quickly, so beautiful.

Everyone on the beach and promenade turned photographer.

"i love this guy"

AND

 "why in the sam hell did no one tell me i had that many laugh lines"

 

Heres to marriage time outs

spending way too much money on eating out and alcohol

and sand in the toes

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

Cape May Bomb: #2~ look at all that pink; shadow Sunday , i heart macro, pink Saturday

 

I am so very, very glad I am not color-blind.

Houses such as this one simply could not translate its wonder without seeing those  soft and stunning confetti of pinks, greens, purples, and yellows.

I am fairly certain that the Easter Bunny must reside here at least part of the year.  Is it not the architectural equivalent of an Easter basket?

I love pink and that beautiful tone reigns queen here in Victorian Cape May.

The kindred~ pink~loving ~souls at Beverly's how sweet the sound

would not want to go home if they came here.

Pink is everywhere:

 cracked and welcoming on some worn front steps

intricately carved in heart facades

pink petals fill in the cracks and street curbs...a true flower fairy dusting...magical trim for stones and cement

has a sailor's wife ever leaned her skirt against this widow watch?...how many hours?...has she ever shed tears of thanksgiving or heartbreak on the smooth pink banister?

Where I come from narrow alleyways typically end in boarded up apartments, not pink Georgian architecture.

Being in Cape May at the end of September means I saw lots of harvest orange peppered in with tones of pink.  Such a pretty unexpected juxtaposition of color.

Leading me to perhaps unconsciously purchase this orange and  pink scarf (I usually hate orange- you can only find it in my home come October in the form of pumpkins...I even rip out those orange day lillies that spread everywhere).

And doesn't this stripe-y shell match perfectly?

 

And for my shadow shot Sunday group at hey harriet and my  "I heart macro" shot at water stone jewerly  I leave you with this last warm shot:

 

We decided to drive through the night to get here early on Wednesday; when you only have 2 nights and 3 days to escape, you squeeze every spare minute in.  This was our view from the popular McGlades on the Beach Restaurant.  Gazing at the Atlantic Ocean with a steaming cup of coffee was the only thing I kept thinking of during the usually hectic  and hideous pre-trip preparations.  Including, but not limited to:

*children in the urgent care unit

*backing into a parked vehicle in the drug store's parking lot getting medication for said sick urgent care child

*sinus infections

*last minute school meeting

*scrambling to find out when the school picture photos can be re-scheduled because, of course, they made Picture Day earlier this year and my girls missed it!

Let me remind you again that you can find links to:

pink saturday;  shadow shot Sunday;  and i heart macro;

at my sidebar on the left.  I highly recommend.

Cheers!

 

Cape May Bomb: slice #1~an overview

 

Me and Hubby returned today from our much~too~short~much~too~lovely annual~ September~ trip to Cape May, New Jersey; on the southern most tip of the Garden State.  It was exactly one year ago, right here, that I took the plunge and started "many slices".    Our inn owner made the comment: "you can't take a bad picture here".  I think he is right.

I am really tired right now-just uploaded a bunch of pics on facebook.  It goes without saying, however, that I must share a smattering of eye candy with my fellow blog-inians.

I walked the beaches, was professionally rubbed in a semi-lit room by a masseur,  and gazed at miles and miles of rainbow colored Victorian lined streets, ate incredible food, and found myself, time and time again, formulating in my brain just how I would structure my Cape May post(s). 

After one year of blogging I understand the sentiment I have often read that: "blogging changes your life".

Check in every day this week to catch a "slice" of my Cape May Bomb posts.

Here's a teaser:(though even the best-laid plans have a way of crumbling and disappering like a sand castle built too close the breakers when you share your home with four children).  We shall see.

eating and           

drinking(where most the money goes)

and a brief history on

"widow watches and walks"

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

STORES:  where the rest of the money goes

BEACHES: free moving beauty

FLOWERS & ARCHEITECTURE: lining  every street, from stately &immaculate; to quirky & fun; to rustic & romantic

COLOR:  every tone, evey texture, everywhere

Cape May and my camera shall return.

Have a great weekend!  I hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of Fall.

Cheers

"If You Are Lucky Enough To Live By The Sea; You Are Lucky Enough"

                        Good-bye Cape May

                          Good-bye Restless Sea

                            Once Again You Have Been

                               So Good For Me                     

Antiquing With A Creative Eye

These vintage gems were picked up at the West End Garage, (I mistakenly called it the Cape May Garage in an earlier post).  The little glass queen bust is my fav.  It sits on a simple wooden stand.  I immediately thought that this regal little lady would make such an ornate and completely frivolousness single stamp pad topper.  I have several "L" monogram stamps I use to label my items with.

Why do such simple little items, causually glanced over and dismissed by countless others no doubt, so strike and inspire and please me?

I guess that is what the definition of "art" would be