Photo Credit: Thanks Sandy :)

Precious Memories: My South Jersey Summers!

Since I am having a "memory rush" here from the thought of recollecting some happy 
memories, I decided to relate some of my experiences upon "instant recollection"!

I spent many a summer weekend during my youth at the Southern NJ Beaches
(by day) and boardwalks (at night).  Places like Cape May and Cape May Point!

I recall some construction projects I undertook as a youngster with a bucket, a shovel,
and a little sand brick maker to build elaborate structures all afternoon. Also made a
tunnel with a bridge over it and almost crawled beneath it - that was a deep hole,  my dad
and brother also pitched in on some of these "projects" :))))

I remember some of my late teens and early twenties on the Cape May and Sunset Beaches, 
watching the moon's glitter crossing the ocean, making it shine and shimmer over all the wave 
action:)   Hearing the seagulls, and the lapping of ocean water on the beach, listening to the 
sand "bubble" as the wave retreated back to "gather" new succeeding waves.   I remember 
watching small crabs and some pretty birds like the sand piper and heron crane. The seagull
wasn't that pretty a bird when walking about on the beach, but once airborne, it transformed
into a very graceful flier, floating about on windy days, even sliding sideways in strong winds,
which is quite an interesting sight. You don't want to stand under large swarms of seagulls,
they have had a tendency to become "stealth bombers", and leave something gooey on 
people and their clothing!

I remember a big oval shaped pond in the neighborhood where my grandmother's cottage
 in Cape May Point was; just right down the road, where I was treated to viewing many 
species of Northeastern birds, and I viewed the wonderful grace of white swans with long 
curved necks, gliding across the quiescent mirro surface of the pond, leaving long, parallel, 
rippled wedges of "wake" patterns behind the swans. I recall the sight of the ripples meeting 
together as they widened and intersected a few yards behind the swans. I recall the ripples 
reaching the shore one after another until the swans stopped at the other side of the pond. 
I remember I walked along side of the pond to "track" the swans.  I remember many colorful 
ducks sharing the water. On the edges of this pond were lilly pads where frog, turtles, and 
small lizards sunned upon them, and they plunked into the pond when ready to move on.

I could relate more, but time doesn't permit :)) Like the large number of family members 
occasionally there to celebrate big milestones or holidays. The eats therein, and all the 
playtime with my cousins, etc etc. - this could be the subject of future writings :)

Precious memories these!  

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