Tuesday, August 5, 2014

New Jersey pictorama

A trip to the Jersey shore isn't complete without a visit to the beach.


But of course some of the Garden State's weirder attractions deserve some homage, too.



 (I learned more from the dinosaur artist's wikipedia page than I ever learned living a quarter of a mile from him for decades.  I have no idea what's up with that Tin Man, but Jersey's certainly got heart...)

I also was glad to show my son the school where I went to kindergarten through 4th grade...


and to go digging for treasure at the local swap meet,


However, we had just as much fun rooting around my parents' musty attic...


and checking out the local flora and fauna.

 
 




A heavenly good time.



FYI, that flea market contained what I think is a pretty rare find... at least in my geeky universe... and I'm planning another post to talk more about it.
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  1. SuzeAugust 6, 2014 at 6:52:00 AM MDT

    So green!

    I instantly felt this wonderful feeling inside thinking about you and your son visiting your old school and nosing around your parents' attic. Gosh, I love stuff like that.

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    1. CygnusAugust 6, 2014 at 7:19:00 PM MDT

      It was extremely green... as it is in New England this summer, too. (That's one thing that I think we'll miss in the foothills of the Rockies...)

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    2. SuzeAugust 6, 2014 at 10:00:00 PM MDT

      You will have *plenty* of natural beauty, I promise you.

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  2. The Armchair SquidAugust 6, 2014 at 8:32:00 PM MDT

    The Voyage Home...

    Your old elementary school's gorgeous! All schools should look like important places.

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    1. SuzeAugust 6, 2014 at 10:01:00 PM MDT

      Another gosh. What a lovely thing to say!

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    2. CygnusAugust 7, 2014 at 8:08:00 AM MDT

      :-) It was built in the 1930s. I remember the ceilings being really high, but in this case that's not (totally) due to being a little kid!

      I wish I could have gotten a better shot of the circular stained glass window above the middle entrance. It's the Earth -- mostly blue, but with green & gold/brown continents.

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    3. The Armchair SquidAugust 10, 2014 at 1:32:00 PM MDT

      My high school used to be beautiful - built in the late '20s, similar style to this. Murals spanning the decades adorning the walls inside. They renovated about 15ish years ago - modern and charmless.

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    4. CygnusAugust 11, 2014 at 7:33:00 PM MDT

      Aw... sorry to hear that. I hope that architecture will come around again to an uplifting place. My little dude wants to be an architect... I should show him some art deco and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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    5. The Armchair SquidAugust 13, 2014 at 8:10:00 AM MDT

      No doubt, he's a fan of the LEGO architecture series? My wife loves those. She has the Guggenheim.

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    6. CygnusAugust 14, 2014 at 9:54:00 AM MDT

      Yup, he just did the Roman Trevi fountain! :-)

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