Find the shoe baby Gregory lost on yesterday’s walk—the brown shoe somewhere along four miles of wet brown leaves! (Taken at Hammonton Lake Park in Hammonton, NJ.)
Photos: Snow walk, 1/8/2011. Theo, Francis and I took a 1.6 mile walk through the corners of our very large block. I estimated we trespassed on twelve neighbor’s properties but as you can see most of the interior of the block is long-abandoned farm fields and woods.
Our walk ended in Penny Park, a local playground. The lack of footprints showed that we were the first there. Theo shows his snow plowing technique going down.
Cub scout Theo at start of the Hammonton Halloween Parade
First responder Francis from Hammonton Downtown Trick or Treat 2010
Theo’s imaginary world from his class at the Hammonton Arts Center
Just try to get a pose:
I asked the boys to hold hands and smile for the camera. This is the best I got!
A path in the woods
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:
Our house circa 1963:
From the ultra-cool HistoricAerials.com
Hammonton Creek & Lake:
This is from the Egg Harbor Road bridge over the creek just south of where it opens out into the lake.
Waiting for things to begin: Julie, Francis and Theo wait for the statues to come out at the annual Mt Carmel Festival. More Festival pics at St Mary’s Flickr.
The obituary for our awesome neighbor Angie. A real saint, she’ll be missed. I can still hear her say “ah, but what are you gonna do?” response to all of life’s troubles.
DOMENICO, ANGELINA “ANGIE” (NEE MAZZA) 84 - of Hammonton, passed away Friday peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Hammonton she was a lifelong resident there. Mrs. Domenico was a retired machine operator for Aggressive Coat Co. of Hammonton. She was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and St. Rita’s Society of Hammonton. Angie was a loving caring, person that dedicated her life to her family and friends, who meant everything to her. She was a good cook who enjoyed cooking for her family and friends and never showed up anywhere “empty handed.” She was predeceased by her husband: Joseph A. Domenico. Angie is survived by her five children: Joseph C. Domenico, Rita Domenico, Michael Domenico, John Domenico and daughter in law: Barbara Restuccio all of Hammonton; Marie Sirolli and her husband Nick of Winslow; three brothers: Jack Mazza (Helen); Vince Mazza (Kathy) and Mike Mazza all of Hammonton; four grandsons: John Domenico (Teresa); Michael Domenico(Shannon); Vincent Domenico (Kristen) and Joseph. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday 10:00am in St. Joseph’s RC Church, N. Third St., Hammonton. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. A viewing will be held Monday evening 7:00pm - 9:00pm and again on Tuesday morning 9:00am at the Carnesale Funeral Home, 202 S. Third St., Hammonton. (www.carnesalefuneralhome.com) Published in The Press of Atlantic City on June 12, 2010
The DiMeo farming family owns and operates several of the largest blueberry farms in the world, in the “blueberry capital of the world” Hammonton, New Jersey.
Check out the new site I helped them launch at Dimeoblueberryfarms.com. I also profiled them over on MartinKelley.com.
More typical:
Theo really doesn’t run the bases so much as shuffle with the intent of kicking up as much dirt as possible. April 30, 2010
Slugger!:
Looks great until you notice that the ball’s only landing five feet in front of him. May 8, 2010
