I spent my first couple decades vacationing on Fire Island, a barrier beach off New York’s Long Island. Once you get islands in your system, you never want to get them out.
Nowadays I frequent an island that is part of a state that calls itself an island, too: Rhode Island. Here are some pictures from my latest visit.
The photos are mostly self-explanatory, but I would like to draw your attention to the carrot. The young man in the photo pulled that carrot out of the ground for a neighbor, who gave it to him. His mother washed it, and he ate most of it in one sitting.
And he didn’t even feel like he had overdone the eating the way Peter Rabbit did. No need for a dose of chamomile tea.
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That is a magnificent carrot, and the delight on his face is palpable.
And the chestnuts! ❤ ❤ (I love them)
The shark information was interesting and a timely reminder, given the shark sightings and attacks we've read about this summer.
Chestnuts! I was wondering what they were. Thanks!
Don’t photos like these make you wish summer could last forever?!
The truth is I fear I wouldn’t appreciate it enough if I had it year round.