Sunday, June 27, 2010

Why the cake?

I'm going pretty crazy trying to figure out how to do alot of things others just take for granted. I added a cake picture. I was very happy when I saw it, but it really has nothing to do with my original blog. Oh well, I'll get this eventually. Right now, I'm also trying to find out how others see this blog. Maybe I'll be back. The fruit was delicious.

Summer vacation

I just started this after returning from my vacation. I thought it would be nice to start a diary of events. I return each summer and at various times throughout the year to our summer home in Brigantine, NJ. I had an unsettling feeling about the "ladies". The two that are left of the 9 that built the summer home. At 92 and 87, they are slow and have many ailments. I wonder if any of us will live as long. The cousins did the cooking. We did the cleaning. Not much of either was done. It was too hot and the "cookers" and "cleaners" were on vacation from their jobs. We were just too tired to do too much of anything but talk, eat and sit on the beach.
We, of course, mentioned how lucky we are to have such a wonderful home and closeness. We have been going there since the 50's. The home was started by my grandmother. We have little black and white pictures of her and my dad and uncles when they were casing out the island for a lot to start building. It was at a time when there was nothing there. A few homes, and at the end of the street a lifted pavement that ended and a street of sand. It was great. But some of us kids thought we were in the boon docks. There were the famous "greenhead" flies that bit like bees. This is the beginning of my story. I have many stories that I will share. Right now I have to go eat some fruit.