None better, IMHO: Maidstone Beach on Gardiner’s Bay, L.I.
ALL I CAN SAY IN MY OWN DEFENSE (to myself, mainly, but also to readers who may have noticed I’m headed for a record low number of monthly blog posts since starting this endeavor almost four years ago) is that I’ve been in a state of suspended animation for the past few weeks. The thing I really want to blog about, the thing I really want to have happen, is well on its way to happening but hasn’t happened yet — the purchase of an un-winterized 1,200-square-foot house in Springs (East Hampton, N.Y.) that started in the 1940s as a fishing cabin and had an early ’60s add-on that gives the whole a modernist look. Quirky, naturally.
Lawyers are on board, a house inspection has been made, a survey ordered, and a contract of sale drawn up. A few days ago I signed that contract and delivered it, along with a down payment that represents all the bread I’ve ever managed to stash away (and I’m glad to use it for this purpose, because I believe it represents the best investment I could possibly make with the funds). I’m now waiting for the seller to execute and return his copy of the contract — and then, and only then, will I believe this is for real.
Elephant ears of autumn
Meanwhile, sitting here in limbo has drained my motivation for fall planting at my present house (and also apparently for blogging), though I spent September in near-bliss. The perfect weather! The cloudless sky! The peace of it, with the summer hordes gone! I swam in the bay and read on the deck and puttered just a bit in the garden. And wrote an article or two and a column or three.
For the record, I’m illustrating this post with some of the few photos I took of the events and non-events of fleeting September.
Above, Just a few (hundred) people showed up for a massive Women for Obama yard sale in East Hampton, which raised $3,000. I held my own copycat Obama sale the following Saturday
The mob scene at East Hampton’s Main Beach for taschlich, above, the ritual tossing of bread into a body of water (in this case, the Atlantic Ocean) to signify the letting go of unwanted habits at the Jewish New Year. The seagulls were very happy
Offerings of the season at Wittendale’s Nursery, East Hampton
Late summer at Louse Point
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I thought I was the only one in a blogging slump. Could this be a seasonal condition? Good luck on the next house–I’m looking for a project, too but not having any luck.
Keep looking, Patti. I’ve been on the trail of this one for about two years.
Hi
I enjoy your blogs. Good luck with your new real estate endeavor.
Hugs, Barbara
barbara schwerin marmelade714@aol.com
hi back, Barbara. Thanks and thanks!
You and Patti can have your little break and you don’t need to to double-time it to catch up. When I saw “September Slump,” I imagined how grim it must be to dread the northern winter. Happy October.