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Hammonton NJ is your end of the rainbow

Hammonton Lake after a storm

Two chairs found:

We found a second chair for the Hammonton Lake lookout and put them together hoping Backy would notice and post it to his Flickr. But he already knew there was a second chair hidden in the nearby bushes (of course he knew!).

The back Lake:

Hammonton Lake

Brackish water:

The backside of Hammonton Lake. Relatively invisible, you have to trek through some woods to get this viewpoint. As far as I can tell there are no established paths to this area.

Small clay pieces:

6yo Theo made these in his clay class at the Hammonton Arts Center.

Clay tray:

6yo Theo made these in his clay class at the Hammonton Arts Center.

Traced leaf:

6yo Theo made these in his clay class at the Hammonton Arts Center.

Tray with leaves:

6yo Theo made these in his clay class at the Hammonton Arts Center.

Traced leaf:

6yo Theo made these in his clay class at the Hammonton Arts Center.

Theo’s imaginary world from his class at the Hammonton Arts Center

A path in the woods

Hammonton Lake:

From the trail-end lookout. I think that’s the White Horse Pike on the other side.

St Mary’s Festival (and Francis) featured in Phila Inquirer: The Feast of the Assumption Festival is front and center on page B-1 of today’s Philadelphia Inquirer with great photos from staff photographer Akira Suwa. Captions: “Sunday was a day of summer fun at the 87th annual Feast of the Assumption Carnival at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Malaga, Franklin Township. Top, Francis Heiland, 4, of Hammonton, splashes down a water slide. Above, the train ride was a popular attraction. Bottom: Colleen Bingam and Andrew Pron of Cape May carry their midway prizes. The carnival also featured a chicken barbecue and musical performances, and the day was to be capped off with a fireworks display.

Here’s how it looked on the page spread:

Backyard before and after: We had eight trees taken down this week—all Norway Maples in various stages of death. I went back through the archives to find a picture of the backyard and the one on top from the Summer 2004. It was our first realtor visit to the house before we bought it. The shady backyard was one of the selling points*. Below it is the same vantage this afternoon. You can see some interactive notes on the Flickr page.

* Selling points along with:

• the cool wood-panelled basement den. Taken out due to mold problems, it’s now bare cinder blocks.
• the retro kitchen, which we gradually found out to be unsavable as we renovated.