I love your description of your summers at the beach. I've got lots of happy memories of summers spent on the beach where I grew up in Mumbles and on the Gower Peninsula too, both in South Wales. We'd spend all day on the beach, with our buckets and nets looking in the rockpools, having picnics on the beach and paddling in the sea. Oh and ice cream too!
While I love spending time in Maine every summer, my favorite summertime getaways have been to London and Woodstock, VT. Very different places, obviously, but both have such a strong sense of place that I find comforting and appealing.
The beach for me was always a magical place . I could explore all day in the tide poles and never get enough. I would collect rocks and shells and all sorts of treasures (which I still do today!)
When I am prompted to share my favorite memory ,its always the same.
Lying on the top bunk in our trailer in Montauk with my head against the little window screen, water droplets collecting as the fog rolled in at night, listening to the sound of the foghorn , the crashing waves and the smell of the salt air .
Yes , I was soooo very lucky to have those
summers . It became a part of who I am today. Thank you for carrying on the tradition!
My perfect summer day would be a mix of all the places I love, doused in sunshine: NY’s Hudson Valley, with its perfect peaches and evening fireflies; NYC, enjoying rooftop cocktails and watching the greatest city on Earth come alive as the sun sets; the garden of an English pub, sunshine so sweet after so much rain, a frosty pint in hand; SoCal, poolside, palm trees overhead with that gorgeous ocean breeze that never gets old; and finally, the Middle East, where I grew up, its oven-like temps met with all-day swimming with my very best friends.
I used to love Martha's Vineyard. This was our summer playground. Now I love Malibu/Zuma. Especially early in the morning, it is gorgeous when there are only some surfers trying to ride the waves.
I love your description of your summers at the beach. I've got lots of happy memories of summers spent on the beach where I grew up in Mumbles and on the Gower Peninsula too, both in South Wales. We'd spend all day on the beach, with our buckets and nets looking in the rockpools, having picnics on the beach and paddling in the sea. Oh and ice cream too!
I adored Tom Lake. I grew up as a latchkey kid in Kentucky. No memory of place, but I did love days at the pool.
While I love spending time in Maine every summer, my favorite summertime getaways have been to London and Woodstock, VT. Very different places, obviously, but both have such a strong sense of place that I find comforting and appealing.
Sounds like a wonderful childhood summer. We were in Maine for summers, now married, it’s Cape Cod ~always and forever with a book in hand.
In Maine. On the rocks: reading and swimming!
Brooke
I can’t agree with you more !
The beach for me was always a magical place . I could explore all day in the tide poles and never get enough. I would collect rocks and shells and all sorts of treasures (which I still do today!)
When I am prompted to share my favorite memory ,its always the same.
Lying on the top bunk in our trailer in Montauk with my head against the little window screen, water droplets collecting as the fog rolled in at night, listening to the sound of the foghorn , the crashing waves and the smell of the salt air .
Yes , I was soooo very lucky to have those
summers . It became a part of who I am today. Thank you for carrying on the tradition!
My perfect summer day would be a mix of all the places I love, doused in sunshine: NY’s Hudson Valley, with its perfect peaches and evening fireflies; NYC, enjoying rooftop cocktails and watching the greatest city on Earth come alive as the sun sets; the garden of an English pub, sunshine so sweet after so much rain, a frosty pint in hand; SoCal, poolside, palm trees overhead with that gorgeous ocean breeze that never gets old; and finally, the Middle East, where I grew up, its oven-like temps met with all-day swimming with my very best friends.
I used to love Martha's Vineyard. This was our summer playground. Now I love Malibu/Zuma. Especially early in the morning, it is gorgeous when there are only some surfers trying to ride the waves.