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Houses of Cape May This is really Part II of a blog posting I did on a mini vacation that my daughter, Judi, and I had planned for a much needed getaway. Although the weather didn't cooperate and we had to leave a day earlier than planned we managed to enjoy the sea air, good food and shopping. It was cloudy and humid and during a period of about 2 hours when it was partly sunny I raced around and took a bunch of pictures of some of my favorite houses.  I would be remiss if I didn't start with the beautiful B&B, Angel of the Sea. Some years ago I toured this house-it is actually 2 houses connected. There is a story that goes along with the history of the house, how it was moved here in sections from another location many years ago. It has the distinction of being.... Notice this one is circa 1700! It was hard to keep the camera still with the wind but I really like this house s
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Cape May mini vacation Happy Sunday! It's early morning and I am lazing in bed reading blogs. The weather has finally turned cool and I for one am relieved. Yesterday I turned the furnace on! I wanted to start a fire in the fireplace but dear husband informed me that it has to be cleaned yet. We have a chimney sweep do his thing about this time every year.  My bit of news is that Judi and I did make it to Cape May, New Jersey for a much needed time away. We stayed in a lovely large hotel called LA MER. It advertised "ocean front" views so Judi was very disappointed when we arrived to find that was a bit of an exaggeration. We could see the surf in the distance across the street and beyond the shrubbery and sand dunes. The surf was wild due to a hurricane off the Bahamas. The air was thick with humidity the first 2 days and we both suffered, Judi especially since she has Sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease in her lungs. But we shopped and s

HUMBLE, HOPEFUL, HAPPY AND HOOKY

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Happy AUTUMN! I have been watching the coverage of Pope Francis in Washington D.C. today. I am not Catholic but was very moved by his message to Congress. Simple, heartfelt and moving. Especially the part about the Golden Rule. The last of my sunflowers. I'm also working on HOOKY projects today. My snow flake throws have been gathering dust for the past few months but I'm hopeful that they will soon be COMPLETED and I can finally move on to something else....mainly the 2 ponchos that I want to have completed for 2 of the grandchildren by Christmas. However, there's still a lot to do on them yet. I'm trying to decide on a border.  Because working on a large project can become tedious about three quarters of the way through, I have tried my hand at designing something to take a break from snowflakes-don't laugh now-my first stab at it is to come up with the perfect pot scrubbie. So far I am 3 down and each one is different. They are made with tull