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| Photos by Salt Water New England |
On campuses, there is often a bittersweet energy as well. For seniors, as exams are taken and papers turned in, they begin the shift from being students to whatever comes next. Even before graduation, many fill up the SUVs and station wagons or rented trucks, and say goodbye to that part of their lives,
In this context, summer is a perfect transition. Jobs are waiting, but so is the next launch, the next sail, and the next gathering with friends.
As I continue to try to chronicle the soul of coastal New England, May provides an embarrassment of riches and insights, a rare rawness seldom felt the rest of the year.
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I don't know how I feel about those black windows on that white house. It seems too HGTV for such a classic house.
ReplyDeleteYour comment reminds me of a blurb from an Emily Post book: THE PERSONALITY OF A HOUSE(a great book on how to decorate a house). She mentions how one would never paint exterior window trim in black because it would look like too much mascara---I'm paraphrasing but she compared black trim to mascara which always stayed with me.
DeleteIf there aren’t any houses with black shutters around you; old, new, big, small, or cute white houses, you’re not in New England.
ReplyDeleteI think Bernie meant the black muntins, and I agree with that. Doesn't look right.
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ReplyDeleteThe Frances is stunning. Thank you for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteAlas, the languorous days of April and May at the New Haven campus in our days have been replaced with riots and slogans. Our riots against Nixon were conducted off campus and, unlike today's childish panting at Beinecke plaza, were attended by hundreds of us of all colors, sexes, nationalities and age. Some of us yelled and screamed hoping the war would end before we were drafted, others did so because bombing North Vietnam was killing tens of thousands of civilians.
ReplyDeleteStunning photographs, exactly capturing May, thank you !
ReplyDeleteNorfolk terrier, appropriately suited in a weather resistant double coat, a la Muffy, SWNE
ReplyDeleteAgree with Ferd above. Unfortunately those idyllic scenes of students are not what are playing out across campuses across the country these past few weeks, even in New Haven....
ReplyDeleteYour photographs do coastal New England justice. Beautiful image choices
ReplyDeleteI always seem to have a little surprising 'wow' reaction when I see your photos of Redbuds, daffodils and so on. It feels like jumping back in time, only about a month or so, from my Virginia perspective, probably at least 500 miles south of wherever you are. Our garden looks like July already, complete with overly-large mosquitoes, and my teacher husband grumbling about the lack of snow days in recent years. But I'm sure springtime is all the sweeter for New Englanders!
ReplyDeleteI am spending my first “spring” in southern Kentucky (and I put spring in quotes because as you said, it’s been summer for at least a month and a half now). The difference is insane. I will never be a southerner at heart. I don’t know how long I’ll stay here, but I long for New England every day, pretty much all day long.
DeleteI'm sorry that you're not in your happy place anymore! I've lived in the south since the late 90s and spent the first several years fairly bewildered and bemused, coming from England. It took me a long while to 'get it', then I went through a phase of really liking it, but that's proved to be temporary. I long to be in New England too (but I fall for that every spring and summer, haha!). I honestly wonder if I could cope with the winters up there, I've no idea how to drive in snow, other than that I do think I'd really love it. They seem more 'my people' having spent some time there, and having friends there. Hmm...it's complicated.
DeleteTwo dozen superb photos. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhere were all the canines during the glorious weather?
I haven't said this for a while, but "I want to live where you live!" Beautiful chronicle of the rite of Spring.
ReplyDeleteJust superb photos! Thank you, so very much! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteSplendid photographs which show New England looking so very well in the emerging Spring ; the beginning of newness once again . Must arrange to visit soon as home is still almost gripped by Winter .
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures of New England. Article diminished by unfortunate political commentary.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! Thank you for brightening my day!
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