Pear sangria and wine samplers at Willow Creek Winery, West Cape May, NJ
https://citysonnet.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/may-colors-and-letters/
Pear sangria and wine samplers at Willow Creek Winery, West Cape May, NJ
https://citysonnet.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/may-colors-and-letters/
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Tagged Cape May, New Jersey, drinks, fruit, New Jersey, photo a day, photo a day challenge, Photographs, wine
First thing that came to mind for ‘lift’ was elevator… this beautiful sort of art deco elevator is in the train station in Madison, NJ.
Before I knew it I was adding other lift pictures. Like…
Morning lift to start the day…
This large, beautiful flag certainly needs help being lifted…
Need a lift? This is one classy way to go.
And finally, on one of the hottest days of the summer think ahead to this kind of lifting
https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2018/08/28/tuesday-photo-challenge-lift/
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Tagged architecture, cars, coffee, drinks, flag, New Jersey, Photographs, snow, Tuesday photo challenge
I’m doing ‘photo a day’ weekly instead of daily. Here’s the challenge for the week of July7 – 14.
8– River 9– Ice tea 10-Cherries 11– Park 12– Start with “D” (dock) 13– Flowers in Pots
14– Picnic (my version).
https://citysonnet.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/july-photo-a-day-challenge/
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Tagged boats, bridges, drinks, food, fruit, harbor, Hudson River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, New York, Oak Bluffs, photo a day, photo a day challenge, Photographs, rivers
Date: June, 1993 –
Place: Martha’s Vineyard –
Occasion: A Taste of the Vineyard
25 years ago my daughter Deb and I decided to treat ourselves to A Taste of the Vineyard, we’d never gone before and it seemed like a fun and different thing to do. Off we went to the Vineyard for a glorious long weekend of eating, shopping and tasting. The weather turned brutally hot all along the Eastern seaboard, it verged on 100 degress which is unusual for mid June. A few hours before the Taste was to begin welcomed thunder storms rolled in and dropped the temps about 25 degrees. The evening was cool and clear and perfect.
We donned our new outfits and headed over to the grounds of the Preservation Trust which are located at the Dr Daniel Fisher house in Edgartown. The house is a beautiful Federal style home surrounded by lush gardens. It’s gorgeous.
We gingerly and hungrily entered the tents where all foods and drinks were on display. Lots of eager tasters were already there. We got our dishes and start wending through the crowds. We found seats and set about our tastings.
The tables were set with crisp white tablecloths.. in the middle of the tables were mounds of sand with seashells and rocks scattered about and a large hurricane lamp with candle sitting in the middle of the sand. Simple and tasteful, much like the occasion. The bite sized portions of appetizers and entrees were just satisfyingly enough. Had to leave room for the abundance of dessert samples after all.
But… the thing that mostly interested me was trying for the first time the Frozen Cappuccino from Espresso Love one of my most favorite places on MV. I returned to our table with my cup, eager to taste what smelled and looked delicious. I set it on the table… or at least I thought I had…
…but no, I had sort of placed it precariously near the edge and it landed in my daughters lap, almost the entire cup of cappuccino!!!!! On her new skirt !
**(The part of the original skirt is now being portrayed by a stand-in)
Deb loved the skirt and had hoped to wear many, many times. I felt awful, I still do… it was an accident. I mean after all I myself had gotten a drop or two on my new shoes. We cleaned her up as best we could and I believe she went and got me a second cup of frozen cappuccino. I set it down on the table and… it hit the rocks and there before our eyes it oozed from the rocks and sand onto the table cloth. It looked like the tide had come in… it wasn’t pretty and it was embarrassing.
Could it be that maybe the third time would work! I had to find out so off I went for the third cup of frozen cappuccino. I walked carefully back to the table, avoiding being bumped or nudged. I approached the table… Deb grimaced… I held the cup tightly in both hands… I bent to set it down… and… I did it, I made solid contact with table. I then raised the cup to my lips and actually got to taste the frozen cappuccino and I have to tell you… it was good, it was very very good, it was joy to my taste buds. I loved it and I still do, I try to have one at least once during every trip to MV. And of course I feel compelled to apologize each time to my daughter for her long lost beautiful skirt.
This blurry picture of the two of us was taken at the end of the evening. At least we’re laughing because no matter what, we always enjoy ourselves on the Vineyard.
(PS.. apology #107..I’m still sorry about the skirt)
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I’ve decided to do my ‘photo a day’ weekly instead of daily. Here’s the challenge for the week of June 8 – 14.
8- Red fruit 9- Ice Cream 10- Water 11- Summer fun 12- Start with S 13- Flowers in vase 14 – Reflections
https://citysonnet.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/june-photo-a-day-challenge/
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Peach sangria, water and red wine. Willow Creek Farm & Winery – Cape May, NJ.
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Tagged drinks, glass, New Jersey, Photographs, postaweek, wine
The prompt: What does sweet look like to you?
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It looks like this to me…
My favorite dessert. Frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity 3 in New York City.
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Define “favorite” in whatever way works best for you. Anything goes, as long as it’s a photo from 2017. If you want to share several images, that’s fine too — a “best of 2017” gallery could be fun if you can’t settle on one photo.
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I have a hard time settling on one picture for almost all of the challenges and this one is no different so here goes… my gallery…
Martha’s Vineyard is up first… I can never take enough pictures of my favorite place on the planet. These were taken in October 2017.
Cape May, New Jersey.. April 2017
And of course one must have a favorite flower picture
But I think one of my favorite pictures is the re-creation my daughter Deb and I did of my mother and grandmother from the 1920’s, standing (and sitting) by the statue of Lincoln in front of the courthouse in Newark, New Jersey.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/2017-favorites/
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Tagged Aquinnah, architecture, Bandstand, Cape May, New Jersey, drinks, flowers, Gay Head cliffs, houses, Lighthouses, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, New England, New Jersey, Photographs, postaweek, sunset, water, weekly photo challenge, windows
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