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 agree, great story. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 29-Dec-2012, at 2:49 PM, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information