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
Jonathan, is that you? Getting swooped by a seagull can be a bit Alfred Hitchcockish. You just never know that that bird’s eye view is capturing and processing in the moment. Or who the bird is that one — that Jonathan Livingston Seagull — trying to be a non-conformist.
Continue reading Nature Call Focus: Gull’s Eye View
Blooming spring buds were the perfect stage set for last night’s pink moon.
Continue reading Focus: Bloomin’ Pink MoonOn the second Easter without an egg hunt, we offer a look back at some classic egg hunt moments in the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
Sea Bright had its beach egg hunt this year. We didn’t realize. But, the pre-pandemic look back offers some classic snapshots in the moment a few years ago. Rumson’s egg hunt moments offer a grassier picture and a different hunt perspective.
Enjoy the eggcellent captures (couldn’t resist)! See you all on the egg hunt battleground next year!
— 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 …
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 Weather
Every dog may just have his day; and that day just may be one that calls for springing into a sun-drenched walk on the beach.
Continue reading Scene Around: Dog Daze of Spring AheadThere’s a great deal of power in place. The places in people’s lives anchor them, comfort them, change them, inspire them. Each place to which we travel, even within our own hometown iconic spots, does one or all of these things. In one way or another, place defines us. That’s the power in place. It brings us to a home base in our hearts.
Continue reading Changing Landscape: Power of Place 2020
Ohhhhh, the pain … of pandemic distancing? Well, when you look back at some scary Santa experiences, you start to think, uh, not so much. The pandemic may have spared some kids a lifetime of PTSD flashbacks of Beelzebub cloaked in ol’ Saint Nick garb and merriment.
Continue reading Focus: Classic Santa Slaying Moments
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