They just might be called those “lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer,” as in the song, because when the heat is on and the humidity’s as high as it’s been, sluggish is the feeling one gets.
Continue reading Focus: Hot, Hazy Summer Daze
Oh, what a beautiful morning! The tune is an ear worm of background music for this scene that started the day and week today in Fair Haven. And it’s not Oklahoma, either. It’s the Fair Haven Dock at sunrise.
The serene scene never gets old. And while the focus may be honed in on the familiar scene in this utopia, it changes every so slightly with each ripple of water, each sigh of contentment with each capture.
This dawn of this new day in the Rumson-Fair Haven area was freeze framed in warmth by Fair Havenite Susan Culbert.
A snapshot of embracing calm. Ahhhhhh …
The week starts with a forecast of sunny skies and warmth through Wednesday and some thunder and rain toward the end of the week, according to the National Weather Service. Take a look …
There’s nothing quite like a burger at Rumson’s Barnacle Bill’s and a sunny, clear day’s river view. It’s a rite of passage for Rumson-Fair Haven area dwellers.
Continue reading Focus: A Barnacle’s River View
It never gets old, or cold, for that matter — a little time down by the Navesink River in Rumson. It warms the soul.
And when the sun shines, a certain glow is cast over a familiar waterfront scene that can only be described as a locals’ utopia. River time is golden, enduring. The image, the mindset, the enveloping warmth come together in a snapshot that is a forever best friend — always there, always smiling at you, for you, with you. Nothing but bright, pristine sunshine.
Focus on the soothing snapshot (click on one to enlarge and scroll), as some stormy weather lies ahead …
Continue reading Focus: Sunny Daze River Time
Blooming spring buds were the perfect stage set for last night’s pink moon.
Continue reading Focus: Bloomin’ Pink Moon
To quote the sad hope sentiment in that red-headed orphan Annie song, “The sun’ll come out tomorrow.”
According to the National Weather Service forecast, it will. It will also peer through the clouds a bit on Wednesday. The rest of the week is a dank April showers washout.
So, here’s a little clear day’s view on the Navesink at the iconic Barnacle Bill’s and looking toward Highlands from the Shrewsbury at Sea Bright. The glimpse is a reminder of soothing sunny days and a better outlook for spring and summer.
Here’s that forecast for the Rumson-Fair Haven area … (And click on one of the photos above to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy the view and sunny springtime outlook!)
With the arrival of spring, beach days are becoming that beacon at the end of a dark pandemic winter tunnel.
Continue reading Focus: Spring Beach Daze
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 …
Continue reading Focus: Riverfront Sunny Side Leg Up
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.
Continue reading Focus: River Walk View & Red Flag WeatherOut came the sun and sopped up all the snow, leaving behind some hope for brighter days, vaccinations and a closer-knit spring.
Continue reading Focus: Sunny Shrewsbury River Daze
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?
The sun before the storm. It has a way of lessening the messy, blistering blow of inclement weather and times.
Continue reading Focus: Shore View & Week Ahead FYI
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