

Just when I thought there were no new things to photograph on the beach, an empty lifeguard chair proved me wrong.
Read More: Jump!

Just when I thought there were no new things to photograph on the beach, an empty lifeguard chair proved me wrong.
Read More: Jump!

Our seventh annual trip to Ocean City was cold, rainy, and really great (as always). We saw dunes being rebuilt, carpet being laid, and we danced on the boardwalk in our pajamas. Good times.
Read More: Ocean City, season 7

I bought a print from an old high school friend, and she featured my family room on her design blog. Fun was had by all. And also, briefly mentioned: the shore and me being at it.
Read More: My space

Was it cruel of me to dangle that Sheet Swap carrot in front of your nose like that, and then disappear for almost a week? Oh! I had such good intentions, I promise you! I was going to write up one or two posts about selecting vintage sheets, and making beautiful things from them, schedule […]
Read More: Tradition

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 that he take a day off so we could go to the beach. By ourselves. What […]
Read More: Boy, was it foggy

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 flavors, sit on a bench and watch the ocean with our rapidly-melting treats, take […]
Read More: Spontaneity

At the risk of winning the “longest time between experiencing the event and blogging about it” award, I thought I’d show you some pictures from our annual Ocean City getaway. Almost a month ago. We drove down on Friday afternoon, right after school let out, enjoyed a sunny Saturday, a cloudy Sunday, a rainy Monday, […]
Read More: Ocean City

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 family – no other anniversaries or birthdays nearby to contend with. Well wouldn’t you know it, eight years later we […]
Read More: Weekend by the sea

Just popping in really quickly tonight. I’ve been down on Ocean Grove lately, not because it’s not a wonderful place (oh, it is!) but because I haven’t had a lot of luck with taking pictures there. I’m happy to report, there were no such problems on our most recent day trip. It was smooth sailing. […]
Read More: Ocean Grove, redeemed

Or so I was beginning to think. We took a day trip yesterday to Ocean Grove. Or, more accurately, we took a late-afternoon-into-night trip, as is our usual m.o. These are the only pictures I was able to take before my camera seized up, lens partially extended, and refused to come back on. If you […]
Read More: Ocean Grove eats cameras