With the arrival of spring, beach days are becoming that beacon at the end of a dark pandemic winter tunnel.
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Focus: Riverfront Sunny Side Leg Up
Photos/Elaine Van Develde … exclusively for R-FH Retro
It’s always good to get a leg up on brighter days, especially when it involves a simple riverside adventure, a friendly hand from a childhood friend.
The picture says it all.
Soaking up the sun on the horizon is more than symbolic these days. Basking in it all at an iconic spot down by the Navesink River at Barnacle Bill’s in Rumson is, well, tradition. But it’s more poignant than ever as we begin to head out of pandemic darkness and into the light. Better weather ushers that better view into a fuzzy warm focus.
Looking to the bright side of spring …
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Focus: River Walk View & Red Flag Weather
The Rumson-Fair Haven area has been cold-snapped out of spring fever.
After a little seedling bloom of spring weather last week, the forecast for this week put a bit of a chill and flash of hazard back into the outlook. And it looks like temperatures will only reach a highs in the 40s with chances of rain in the mix.
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Focus: Sunny Shrewsbury River Daze
Out came the sun and sopped up all the snow, leaving behind some hope for brighter days, vaccinations and a closer-knit spring.
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Retro Ice Storm Chillin’
Photo/Elaine Van Develde (age 12)
Our Retro Pic of the Day is a sort of “gratitude journal” reprise from an original 2015 post in honor of the short-lived Valentine’s Day ice storm.
Chill out with thaw and the reminder that, though it is pretty cold outside, and it’s been a pretty snowy, icy February, it could be worse.
This, albeit blurry, instamatic camera shot from December of 1973 takes us back to what we referred to as The Big Ice Storm of ’73.
Limbs of trees, coated in very pretty, but dangerous, icicles were snapping all over the place. So were electrical lines. So were adults’ nerves.
As kids, however, we thought it was pretty cool. We were unfazed. We went out with our instamatic cameras and posed for pics. In reality, it was pretty treacherous.
Take a look back to a Fair Haven ice storm scene. Remember?
Retro RFH Snow Daze
Photo/George Day
A snowy reprise from last winter and musing about snow days at RFH …
Well, the weather forecast threatened snow, and that’s what we got. That and a bit of a mess of a wintry mix. Whether or not it’s going to continue this weekend to pile up remains to be seen.
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Focus: Shore View & Week Ahead FYI
Photos/Elaine Van Develde
The sun before the storm. It has a way of lessening the messy, blistering blow of inclement weather and times.
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Week’s Start Focus: Fort Hancock & ‘Infamy’ Day, Photos, COVID & Weather
With the sting of wintry weather taking hold as COVID cases surge, the sun is still shining on what seems a desolate stillness.
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Focus: Black & White; Skyline from Sea Bright
Photos/Elaine Van Develde
It’s black and white. The view of the New York skyline from Sea Bright public beach is unfettered artistry on a clear day. Stark comparison.
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Scene Around: Weather, Tides, COVID & River View
Well, last week wound down with electricity still down and out in the Rumson-Fair Haven area, but sun spirits up for those who took advantage of the water’s calming effect.
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Scene Around: A Fair Havenite’s Beautiful Morning & Forecast
Photo/Bill Heath
It’s not the musical Oklahoma, but the song “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” certainly came to mind when seeing this snapshot from Fair Havenite Bill Heath, retired borough police officer and now a captain with SeaStreak Ferries.
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Focus: Dank Fair Haven Dock Daze
After a brief respite of sunshine and classic crisp fall weather, damp, windy days are here again in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. Â But, the sun will make a return appearance by Saturday, the National Weather Service predicts.