Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the story a lot too :-) the beach looks a little sad in this light, but must be gorgeous in the warmer season :-) Amiti?s Philippe Le 29 d?c. 12 ? 03:09, Ric Carter a ?crit : > nice pics > > even better story > > ric > > > On Dec 28, 2012, at 8:36 PM, Jim Hemenway <jim at hemenway.com> wrote: > >> Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA used to look like '50s Coney Island in >> the Summer... until folks discovered Cape Cod and other far away >> spots. >> >> Some folks walk the beach in the winter to find vary large, almost >> one pound clams. They look for small holes in the wet sand about >> the width of their finger, and then dig out the clam from under >> that hole. >> http://www.hemenway.com/NantasketBeach.jpg >> >> Since it's owned by the State of Massachusetts, there's no fence as >> in the nearby town of Cohasset, which I showed here yesterday; >> http://www.hemenway.com/Cohasset-Closed-til-summer.jpg >> >> >> My father went to a racetrack with some of his co-workers in >> 1945... the only time at a track in his entire life. He won the >> Daily Double for over $2,000.00, a lot of money back then. >> >> He arrived home tipsy and tossed $100.00 bills all over the floor >> of the vestibule, shouting "Look Frances, look Frances" My mother >> gathered it all up and put him to bed. >> >> The next morning she got us kids into the car and dragged him out >> of the bed with his triumphant hangover. We went to Cohasset, >> Nantasket, Hingham, and last Weymouth where they bought a small two >> story summer cottage, mounted on posts for $1,000.00... >> >> At any rate, our little neighborhood had a rocky beach which was >> almost useless at low tide, so often my folks would bring us to >> nearby Nantasket, which being right on the ocean, had plenty of >> water when the tide was out. >> >> Here's our rocky Wessagusset Beach; >> http://www.hemenway.com/WessagussetBeach.jpg >> http://www.hemenway.com/WessagussetBeach-2.jpg >> >> The Fore River Shipyard where the USS Massachusetts BB-59, and >> aircraft carriers USS Wasp CV-7 and the USS Bunker HILL CV-17 were >> built and launched during WWII, is off to the left, so they all >> would have passed by this beach on their first voyage. >> >> My folks kept the cottage until they sold it in 1977 after we had >> all gone... my brother to San Francisco, my sister to nearby >> Marblehead, MA and myself to Jonesboro, TN. >> >> We had wonderful times there every summer, learning to swim and to >> sail and to go camping on the various small islands in Boston harbor. >> >> Several times a year I drive to the South Shore to visit my old >> haunts and take photos, these were shot this past October with my >> Leica R8, Elmarit 19mm and Provia. >> >> Hope that you enjoyed my little story. >> >> Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information