Sunday, August 15, 2010

Mosaic Monday: Down the Shore





I'm so glad to welcome you all back to Mosaic Monday! Last week we took a little jaunt "down the shore," as we say here in New Jersey. For the most part, the weather was beautiful, and I spent a lot of time just walking and enjoying the sights that are so very different from my home.

Three of these shots were taken from the car window as my husband drove, and the beach cabanas and the gingerbread house were taken on a walking tour of Cape May. We spent a lovely afternoon browsing in the shops and having a wonderful lunch in this town with it's beautiful Victorian architecture.

And came home with a few t-shirts and a sunburn. Actually, my daughter also came home with an intestinal flu. :( And it may be my imagination, but I'm not feeling too great tonight myself... but let's think nice positive thoughts...

Now let's have some mosaic fun! Here are the instructions:
1. Publish your Mosaic Monday post.
2. Once it is published, click on the title of the post. This will lead you to the static link for your post. The static link is the page with only that post on it. Copy the url from your browser at the top of the page.
3. Paste the url into the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.
4. Type your name in the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.
5. Click on "Enter."
6. Please link back to this Mosaic Monday post so that your readers can find other wonderful mosaics.
That's all there is to it! It's always a good idea to then check and see if your link is working. If you have any questions, feel free to email me: mrcarroll(at)optonline.



70 comments:

  1. Hi Mary, so good to see you again! I've been in and out of the hospital again because of my kidneys so I haven't been able to post for almost 2 months. I'm so happy to be back! I can't wait to see everyone's mosaics! Happy Mosaic Monday to you! I hope that you have a beautiful new week!
    Hugs...
    Bobbi

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  2. Mary, wonderful photos from the shore. I love visiting Cape May. I hope you and your daughter are feeling better. Welcome back and I hope you have a beautiful week.

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  3. Hope you feel better, Mary! Lots of summer bugs going around.
    Beautiful shots of the shore. Funny how NJ calls it the shore, and we just call it the ocean.

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  4. Great shots of the beach, glad you had a wonderful time. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  5. Great shots, Mary, hope you and your daughter are feeling better! Looks like a grand time in spite of the bug! Weather looks perfect!

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  6. What wonderful and relaxing images. Plus the music, I'm just meditating here(don't want to leave).
    Hope you are feeling better-positive thoughts coming your way!
    Happy Mosaic Monday!

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  7. Lovely photos: Hope and your daughter will feel better soon. Have a nice Monday.

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  8. Good to see you again and looks like a wonderful get-a-way. Hope everyone is feeling better!

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  9. I'm definitely thinking positive thoughts. The last thing you need is intestinal flue!

    Wonderful shots by the shore. I want to sit in one of those cabanas!

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  10. Make that FLU ; ) No matter how you spell it, it's bad.

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  11. Hi Mary
    So glad you had a pleasant week off from blogland. Hopefully you will not catch the bug too!
    Judith

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  12. Hi there Mary, welcome back...and I hope you are not getting the flu!!!
    I want to join you today but can't see a link up as usual...am I not seeing great either????

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  13. Okay, Mary...I did find the linky thing...I guess I'm #1 this week...how great is that???...lol

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  14. Cape May is so delightful! I've only been there once, but it was a memorable once.

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  15. I hope your positive thoughts are working. Lovely shots of the shore. Wish I had been there as I'm sure it was cooler than inland. :)

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  16. I have ALWAYS wanted to go there! That pink house is adorable!!!

    m ^..^

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  17. I was at Cape May,NJ about 10 yrs ago very pretty there. I found its expensive. Every time we went to NJ we ended up getting off the the wrong turn and ended back on again. I think we did it 3 times and the guy let through without paying the third time. Finally, we went through. NJ is a strange state. Different though. I want to see more of it. I really want to go back to Myrtle Beach SC instead. Hopefully soon.. Have a good week and lovely photos.
    Nancy

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  18. Hope you are feeling better! I love Cape May!

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  19. Oh I do like your pictures this week. So very peaceful! Cathy

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  20. Love the gingerbread house styles and pastel colors in Cape May. Haven't been there in awhile, but my mom still goes every year!
    Glad you got some relaxation! Very pretty and serene mosaic.

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  21. I grew up going "down the shore" and have had to get used to saying "going to the beach" down here in NC. Such wonderful photos you've taken. Love the pink house, of course! Hope you stay well! Thanks for hosting.

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  22. Oh, Mary...you can't come home from such a beautiful place with a bug...yes, let's think positive thoughts and hope that your daughter feels better quickly, also.

    Such a beautiful place.

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  23. Beautiful photos and place, Mary! Your mosaic is fabulous. I hope you don't come down with something. I have been in bed all day myself, been sick....Christine

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  24. Beautiful scenery. Sorry to hear about your daughter and I hope you are well.
    Thanks for hosting despite that and sunburn!
    God Bless,
    Kathy

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  25. I have lots of good memories of weekends at Cape May - and of the beautiful painted houses.
    I hope you feel better soon - a flu bug isn't a nice souvenir of a visit to the shore.

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  26. I just came across your blog and love what I see - so glad I found you. I've got to come back soon when I have more time to pay attention. For now I'm following and I look forward to seeing more!

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  27. What great photos, Mary! I love the gingerbread trim on the house! It sounds like you had a relaxing break! Happy week!...hugs...Debbie

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  28. Lovely to see you back Mary. I hope you and your daughter are feeling better soon. I have been away travelling for 4 weeks, and am looking forward to catching up on everyone's beautiful work. Jill

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  29. Pretty, pretty photos!

    Deborah :)

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  30. Love seeing your photos and thanks for sharing them with us. Sure hope you and your daughter are feeling much better. I had some kind of issue this last week, but am doing much better. Thanks for hosting again this week - you are appreciated.
    Have a great week!

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  31. I grew up in Pa. and my mother grew up in New Jersey. We always went "down the shore." Now that I live in Delaware, we call it "going to the beach."
    You were right across the bay from Lewes, DE where I live!

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  32. Hi Mary!

    Beautiful and peaceful pictures! Hope your daughter feels better soon and you don't come down with the same thing!

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  33. Mary..
    Love your easy breezy shore visit..
    so much different than my Florida beaches..
    but each possesses its own unique beauty!
    I love being a part of the Mosaic Monday crowd..
    and we ALL appreciate your being such a delightful host! Thanks!
    warm sandy hugs..
    Loui♥

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  34. Fabulous place for some time away ... great shots! Particularly liked the 'Gingerbread House!' Very cute.

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  35. O, this is so beautiful...living on the plains of West Texas with no water for a long long way, I just can't imagine living somewhere so beautiful.
    bwaaaaaa...why did we have to settle FOR LESS???

    Thanks for a beautiful mosaic....and come by to try winning $70 CSN gift card...:))
    xo bj

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  36. Just beautiful. I love pictures of water of any sort. Carla

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  37. I hope you aren't getting sick:(

    These photos just made me sigh...isn't that house just perfect? It looks like a wonderful place to be.

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  38. Wonderful mosaic and shots. That building is beautiful.

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  39. As always thank-you for hosting and taking us along on your weekend journey. Looks like a very fun place to spend time!

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  40. Hi Mary!

    I'm on the west coast tonight so I'm late linking up to MM.
    I love Cape May! We used to go there and Wildwood Crest often when our kids were young. Nice memories :)Loved your mosaics!
    ♥ Pat

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  41. mary hope you are feeling better.
    Beautiful photos.
    Alison

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  42. Looks like you had a beautiful little vacation! Love the pink house :-)

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  43. Hello Mary,
    the landscapes on yours fotos reminds me at the landscapes of the coast of the northsea. It must have been a splendid time out there. Have a nice week!
    Anja

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  44. Lovely shots. Love the details on the beach house. Hope you & daughter are feeling better..

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  45. Lovely beachy shots, I recognised Cape May straight away.
    A few years ago we stayed at a wonderful B&B there, The Angel of The Sea.
    Sorry you & your daughter have returned home with unwanted souvenirs of your trip, get well soon.

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  46. YAY!! You are back.
    Thanks for hosting this for us. You are appreciated.

    Love the row of cabanas. MB

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  47. That's such a pretty house in Cape May... is that really called a gingerbread house, or are you just saying that? There are traditional homes with a similar kind of woodwork trim here in the Philippines. I'll have to find a beauty to photograph one time to post.

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  48. Hope you enjoyed your rest Mary - love the architecture of that building and the beautiful seascape scenes. Thanks for sharing and hosting :) Rosie

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  49. Sounds and looks like a nice holiday.

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  50. Great shore shots. Beautiful landscape

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  51. Hi Mary - Hope you are feeling better. Thanks for the Jersey Shore trip! Love the Victorian home.

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  52. Oh dear, Mary, I hope your daughter is better very quickly and you aren't coming down with the flu too. I am happy you all had a lovely day trip, though.

    Beautiful pictures. I love the gingerbread house. How adorable. The wood work is so sweet.I've never actually seen one other then in photos before. What a pretty style of house.

    I am keeping my fingers crossed you don't come down with anything and I truly hope everyone gets well and stays well soon over there.

    Hugs,
    Susan

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  53. your photos are so gorgeous!

    fiona
    http://fionadesigns.blogspot.com

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  54. looks beautiful - love the ocean, to look at.

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  55. Oh, dear, Mary, that stomach bug IS getting around. Well, I hope that it doesn't change the refreshing time that you had!

    Love, katy

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  56. Wonderful photographs Mary. I used to love to drive to Cape May. What a lovely drive and what beautiful photographs you shared today.
    Karen

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  57. Beautiful photos of "the shore." Sorry to read about the nasties and hope that you daughter is feeling a lot better and that it was all just a figment of your imagination where you are concerned. Summer is a lousy season to feel ill.

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  58. Lovely shots! I do hope you are feeling better by now. We had an intestinal bug go through all of us last weekend....no fun.

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  59. thank you for sharing your photos of the new jersey shore. one of my sons moved to new jersey last year and i sure do miss him!

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  60. I just got back last night from my first trip to Atlantic City. I saw the signs on the expressway for Cape May. I wish i had known about it sooner I would have loved to have stopped there. Thanks for sharing.
    Denise

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  61. Beautiful photos Mary, sounds like a perfect afternoon! All my favorite things... The beach, Victorians, and Shopping!

    Have a nice week!!
    Hugs, Sherri:)

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  62. Hi Mary,

    What beautiful photos..I can see your time of relaxation was great!

    Happy Day,
    Stephanie ♥

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  63. Lovely shots! I simply adore that pink house. What a great perspective shot too. Makes me think of the beach and the different things you can find there besides swimming in the ocean. :) Nice mosaic.

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  64. Oh Mary how miserable to bring back a souvenir virus! Even salt water taffy is better than that.

    Gorgeous shots. I have never been to Cape May; it may go on my list of Things To Do In The Fall; it's not all that far away!

    Beautiful!
    And I hope your daughter recovers quickly, and that you dodge that particular bullet.
    Ick, summer sickies -- no fun.
    Cass

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  65. My old college roommate lives on the shore in Sea Girt year round...I keep saying I have got to go and visit her but just have never found the time:(

    Hope the "bug" never developed into much!

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  66. Hello Mary

    I love your "down the shore" photos.

    You did well taking them out of the car window - I would not have guessed.

    have a relaxing and enjoyable week.

    Take care
    Shane

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  67. Hello, Mary
    I like to read your blog because you write so fascinating and you language so perfect that I enjoy reading it. And it helps me to improve my English.

    Many thanks.:)

    Svetlana

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  68. Feel better, hope your daughter is better, and thank you for sharing the beautiful photos! Not the image of New jersey most of us have, for sure. It is lovely, and so old-world looking.

    I cannot wait to play on Mosaic Monday!! :-)

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