Tag: Southwick State Park

Beach Accessibility

I love that our local beach invested in making it easier for people who can’t walk so easily in sand to be able to dip their toes in the water. There is also a spot for people in wheelchairs. I also love how it protects the dunes.

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Hikes with Family and Friends

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 11/14/2019
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Hikes are great. Friends are great. Family are great. Put them together? Perfection!

Tags Beach, Family, Friends, Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, mountains, nature, New York, Photography, Pond, Southwick State Park, summer, Utah, winter

Nature

Back to the Bergs

April 11, 2019 I thought I missed them – my winter icebergs that I love. You can see them in full size on my post from a couple of years ago. And I was really sad. Then realized I had no right to feel sad. My reason for not getting to the beach to see […]

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Beauty on the Beach

Tags Beach, butterflies, monarch, monarch butterfly, nature, Southwick, Southwick State Park

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Dandelions and Picnics at the Beach

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 05/18/2018
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Dandelions and Picnics at the Beach

Tags Beach, Lake Ontario, nature, Photography, Southwick State Park, thanks

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Inspired by Waves in Winter

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 03/24/2017
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A slideshow: And a 54-second video if you, like me, love the sound of waves. So mesmerizing.

Tags Beach, Family, Ice, Lake Ontario, nature, Photography, Southwick, Southwick State Park, Sunset, Water, winter

England 40 Years Ago — September 28, 1980
September 28, 1980 I saw something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before this week. With the sun shining, blue sky showing, and only fluffy white clouds overhead, I saw and felt rain! I was tempted to ask the first person I met on the street if I felt what I thought I did, but […]
Sadie Speaks
I was proud of myself for sitting by the side of the road when GrAnne told me to. The grandsons call her Gran, but she’s GrAnne to me. I like to put a little growl at the beginning of her name. They say, “SADIE! CAR! SIT!” I don’t know how to car-sit, but I’ve figured […]
England 40 Years Ago — September 21, 1980
Last Monday was John’s birthday. He said they made much of it in the office, scads of people stopping by his desk to wish him well. As a special treat for dinner, we had onion soup. The treat for the girls was that they were not required to eat it. John $ seems to be […]
Tossed!
Our conversation turned into a contest, which I lost. I was laughing at myself and shared what I did at the bathroom sink. I used a hair band to keep hair away from my face. After washing my face, I raked the band off and tossed it in the waste basket instead of putting it […]
September Fun Days
We finally met John’s sister Chris and husband Steve from South Carolina to celebrate all our birthdays. Four times a year we plan to get together, but many things intervened this past year. Chris arranged to have the other sister, Barbara and husband Thom, join us with a video call from New York. It was […]
England 40 Years Ago — September 14, 1980
Kate’s finger is getting better, though looking awful. John took her to the casualty department Monday night, and she came home beaming with the impressively large bandage on it. She was told to keep it on for five days, but it fell off before then. You should have seen some of the funny looking things […]
England 40 Years Ago — September 8, 1980
Someone commented last Sunday that there must have been a wedding because of the confetti. The girls picked up a few pieces, and we discovered it was paper in the shapes of hearts, flowers, horse shoes, etc. The only confetti we had seen before was made up of tiny pieces of shredded paper. In talking […]
Camera Not Handy! September 2000
Daughter Kate and her boys spent the afternoon with us. It was almost unbearably humid, so I retreated to my air-conditioned bedroom where Nathaniel (7 months) was sleeping in a portable crib. Before long David (5) joined me on the bed. I read three books to him before he began constructing a tent with blankets. […]
S’mores on Labor Day
Grandson David worked a full shift on the holiday and came home to eat his warmed bison burger, prepared earlier by Uncle John $pencer. We had been longing for S’mores, a common campfire dessert made with Graham crackers, milk chocolate candy squares, and marshmallows. David’s mom had left the extra fixings from our July 4th […]
Labor Day 20 Years Ago
September 4, 2000 On Labor Day John and I went out to eat in the middle of the day. I knew we couldn’t go far, because John was slated for the late shift at Borders. We both wished to avoid the tourist crowds in Port Jeff, and neither of us wanted to spend a mint […]