Lue's View

It must be autumn.

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January in Falmouth

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Once again, it was beautiful in Falmouth. The winters are just as wonderful as the summers but in a very different way. The peace, quiet and chill are all a great change from the confusion, noise and warmth of a beautiful day basking in the summer's sun. When the wind is whipping at your face and the sand is covered in a dusty snow, within your boots your toes are longing for the feeling of sand slipping through them. All that inhabit our shores now are the well fed seagulls that are dreaming of the tourists laying out a banquet table on the sand.
As you can see, by the top photo.....some of the seagulls fill up pretty well and are all set throughout the winter.

For Her

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As she walks away, I stand here watching a part of my life end.

A feeling from my chest follows into my fingertips, tears flood my eyes and my ability to speak vanishes just as her form fades from sight.

Moments before, when her arms were wrapped around my neck and her cheek to mine, I heard a faint whisper, "I love you Mom." It wasn't much clearer than the first time I heard, "I love you, Mommy" from her lips so many years ago.

Now in my mind I see her face, touch her curls and feel her with me. I hope she feels me with her every step of the way and in her mind hears from my lips, "I love you, you are like no other."

As she faded from my sight a part of her life is just beginning.

Christmas in Falmouth, 2010

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A stroll down Main Street in Falmouth, MA during the holiday season.

New Year in Falmouth and Needham, MA

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New Year 2010, Falmouth and Needham, MA

Falmouth in January is just beautiful and the New Year's snow left a dusting on the beaches and sea grass that just added to it's beauty.

New Year 2010, Falmouth and Needham, MA

Sunsets in Aruba 2009

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Vermont's beauty

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Die Hards!

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On the beach after Labor Day!
It was a beautiful, clear day at Bristol Beach in Falmouth.......you can run your toes through the sand in September.

Falmouth

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One of my recipes to ponder

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Just to ponder.................

As we go through life we meet people that we trust and love.
At first it is our parents.
They love us unconditionally and will guide us on our journey to adulthood.
They are responsible for forming and shaping us into the people that we will become.
Not to be just like them or have the same family life that they had but to have our childhood be a wonderful experience that someday we will look back upon with a smile that just slides across our face.
Many choices will face us. If we have been equipped with the skills to make mature decisions and have been guided with a structured hand we will make the correct choices throughout life. If a child is not nurtured in the direction of self confidence and success they will never feel the confidence in themselves to succeed.

Sidewalks of Dublin

2009-06-19T18:32:00.000-04:00

Candids of the locals.

A young Italian boy singing in the streets of Dublin.

The sidewalks of Dublin are full of wonderful, interesting people. Musicans, young girls on a shopping trip, flower ladies and the locals gathered around the statue of James Joyce.

40 Wonderful Years

2009-06-19T09:28:00.000-04:00

To mark 40 wonderful years with Tiger, I thought that I would post a few poems that have meaning to us.
Love you Tiger.....still after all these years.......

My Love For You
Such innocent love so young so new,
Tender and gentle while I was with you

We grew and love deepened with each passing year,
Holding me close, pulling me near.

Now as our lives are slower and gray,
I love you the same, that old tender way.

The following poem is so true, and I am lucky enough to never have lost my first love.

First Love
The sweetness of first love will always be on your lips.
Even as the days pass and his form becomes a shadow, the taste will remain.
Never will it be so sweet.
Others will brush your life and some will brighten your days but in your heart one remains,
never to be replaced.

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Nolan and Chloe

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Do you think we can spring this joint?

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Spring's Wonder

A simple walk with two of the wonderful men in my life, Tiger and Nolan, brought such beauty.
Right before our eyes the certainty of Spring was apparent.
We are now longing for warm summer days and cool ocean breezes.

March...in like a lion, hopefully out like a lamb

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March in Falmouth was a very wintry experience. Lonely seagulls wishing for the discards of sun worshipers and not the bite of snow on their feathers as they search for nourishment.

Ward's Dump Truck

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Memories of ocean breezes and laughing children fill my thoughts with warmth as I sit upon an icy deck, the freeze of winter to carry.

Little Christmas

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Waiting for Little Christmas.

The Island Queen

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The Island Queen is still hanging onto her holiday dressings!

Snow Touched Beach

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A cold, crisp chill filled the air on a deserted Falmouth beach this January, 2009 weekend.
The mocha colored sand mixed with newly fallen snow gave the appearance of spilled latte all over the shore.

Only a few ghosts of last summer lingered in the frigid ocean.

This boat seems to be waiting for the thaw and the sandy feet climbing aboard to hark the beginning of another warm, wonderful summer!

Christmas Lights

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Christmas Goose

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I have a family of Christmas Geese on our front steps but today after the snowfall, only Daddy was still visible! Poor Mommy and her babies are under all the snow!

Drive Home

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The Week Before Christmas

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As usual a wonderful Christmas Party was held by the IBEW District 2, at Water's Edge in CT. The food was delicious and the company great. Warm wishes and holiday joy were all around us but the impending snow storm was mentioned plenty during the night.
As planned, Paul and I stayed overnight and were going to start out nice and early in the morning but our plans to pick up our grandsons were changed due to the approaching, expected storm. I have to add that right near Water's Edge there is a fabulous discount mall......enough said....our early start was a bit delayed. We started home at 12:45 p.m. and drove through a white hell! We didn't arrive home until 5:30 p.m. Our 2 1/2 hr. trip took a bit longer than usual.
I thought that I would share some of the beautiful photos of Water's Edge, the many trees that are throughout the hotel, the weather conditions from our car ride home and then the lovely snowfall that resulted. I also am going to add a photo or two of my Christmas tree because I was very happy to see it when we arrived home safely!

This last photo is looking into our livingroom at the tree. It is decorated with photos of the children and ornaments that they made as children. We also have some ornaments that have special meaning to us. Not done all the same color, or like some in department stores but decorated with love and memories of 39 years of marriage.

Days Before Christmas

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An Old Fashion Christmas!

An Angel to Watch Over You

ChooChoo Santa Train

Toy Store Fantasy

Bird house

2008-11-16T20:59:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to add a photo of this beautiful bird house all covered in snow just a few days before Christmas.

For my birthday, in July, Camille and Louis made me a beautiful bird house. It was very hard to see it as it was almost hidden between all the lush leaves. Today, as we celebrated Papa's birthday, it was much easier for the birds to find this beautiful house. It isn't hidden anymore!

November in Falmouth

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Clear and calm on Bristol Beach

Nobody to steal food from!

Shades of Life

2008-10-28T20:16:00.000-04:00

Many years ago two trees were planted. From tiny seedlings to sturdy trees they both have grown. They have been through many bare winters, springs with budding beauty, full bloom summers and now, are once again shedding their glory in autumn. Like many of God's other creatures, these trees have not lost their passion or looks the same way. One has taken on a wrinkled, spent look that tells us that it's leaves have gone on longer than they should have. The other has turned it's crisp green leaves into a more glorious shade, grabbing for all the color it can while it is still hanging onto some of summer's life.

Halloween Approaching

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True Autumn Rainbow

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Is there a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow?

October on Cape Cod

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Still able to dip our toes in the Atlantic during a beautiful autumn.

Our back yard fence.

The Casino in the distance.

Autumn in New England

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Watching you!!!

Abandoned in the field

Can you find me?

Pumpkins anyone?

Autumn's rainbow

The Farm

Starting the change

Lovely backdrop

Cock of the walk!!

Colors of the season

Local Honey

For all you Red Sox Fans

Boston

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Boston

Fenway Park

Rainbow

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Lost in the heavens

Rainbow in a very gray sky

Sunrise

2008-10-01T20:02:00.000-04:00

I thought that for a change I would post a sunrise rather than a sunset. Maybe looking at the beginning of a bright new day will lift everyone's spirits.

These photos were taken in Newport R.I.

The weather wasn't as cooporative as I would have liked but for me to get a few more "views" it was well worth the trip.

Enjoy the beauty that God has given us.

I Think I Remember

2008-09-24T21:18:00.000-04:00

I think I remember when I didn't love you, it seems so long ago,

When the sound of your voice didn't thrill me.

When the sight of your face didn't excite me.

When the warm feel of your flesh didn't send chills through my body.

I think I remember when I didn't love you, it seems so long ago,

When my heart didn't sing at the sound of your name.

When I didn't hold my breath at the thought of you.

When I didn't care that you didn't love me too.

It's that time again.

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Autumn in Medfield MA

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Seasons change and so do we.

....and day turns into night........

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More Sunsets in Aruba

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I am in love with the sunsets in Aruba.

Baby Beach

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Many photo opps at Baby Beach.

Hazy Morning

A View from Heaven

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The beautiful coast of Aruba.

Angels in the Sunset

2008-09-22T08:59:00.000-04:00

As I floated through the sky watching day turn into night, I gazed at the site before me. Some clouds were grey, heavy and seemed to stand still while others flew by my eyes on flight to a better place. Those were the clouds that were hard to capture. They were gone before they were there. Just a wisp of what they once were in a different place below the sunset. They are the ones that gave me peace.

Road Side Stands

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Fishermen

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Colorful Doors and Windows

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Faces and Places in the Old Country

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Sunrise, Sunset

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Sunrise and Sunset......around the world

These area few shots taken in Italy, Sicily, Aruba and right in Scituate, MA.

Are We On Earth?

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Are We On Earth?

A Space Oddessy

Where in the world is this place? Hawaii, on top of a crater that was used in the movie "2001 A Space Odyssey".

Lighthouses

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View from the Lighthouse

Island Beauty

My View of the World

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Resting Caterpillar

Lemon Drop Fantasy

I have decided to start to post some of my photography and also a poem scattered through out my new blog. Photography and writing are among my hobbies so I thought that I would share them with my friends and I hope that you all enjoy them.