August 20, 2013

A step back in time...



"Cape May"
Cape May, New Jersey


To Cape May.  The southern most tip of the Cape May Peninsula.  Where the Delaware Bay meets the great Atlantic Ocean.  Where we say "going down the shore" and not "going to the beach".  However, once we are THERE?  Then we go to the beach.  Make sense?








Where the nation's oldest seashore resort is located.  It says so...on the national historic register.









Where Victorian architecture is omnipresent, and lovingly restored.  Actually, it's the second largest collection of Victorian buildings in the country...right behind San Francisco.  Not too shabby for a small Jersey seashore town.


























Where if you didn't know better, you'd think you somehow wound up at a Disney Resort that has been meticulously modelled after a turn of the century eastern seaside resort town.  








And where frozen custard and salt water taffy reign supreme.  Yep, Disney could only hope to do it as well as the folks of Cape May.  It's like stepping back in time.






Please join me on Sundays for Song-ography.
This week's song title is Frank Sinatra's "The Summer Wind".

31 comments:

  1. Cape May is beautiful in your photographs! It looks like a great place. You captured some lovely architecture. And I love the yellow ducks lined up in the window--funny contrast to the chandelier!

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  2. Loved the different subjects here.
    Wonderful place!

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  3. Such a scenic collection of architectural styles and colours. Love the detail in the 4th photo. Exquisite and beautifully preserved.

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  4. What a cool spot to visit!!! Never been to Jersey...I'm thinking it's on my list!!!

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  5. I love Cape May. I have only been there once when my step son graduated from the Coast Guard station based there. Did you know that Cape May is home to the only Coast Guard "boot camp" in the country? There used to be another one in California but they closed it. So now every person who joins the Coast Guard has to go through Cape May.

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    1. No, I had no idea about this! Thanks for sharing the info.

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  6. Can I please just reiterate my words in reply to your last post to your great ability for this genre of shots. Always so colourful and vibrant and meaningful. Renee.

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  7. I really want to go there...I went to Rehoboth a lot years back, and I never took the ferry to Cape May. I wish I had! Your photos are gorgeous.

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  8. I enjoyed your photos of this beautiful town - better than a tourist brochure!

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  9. All just beautiful! Love the ducks and the chandelier ...and the old door!! I'm always so glad, when I see things like this, that there are people devoted to the preservation of places and architecture from days gone by.

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  10. One of my favorite things about the shore is the beautiful hydrangeas! You just don't see the same colors at home. You had beautiful weather.

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    1. I bellieve the color of hydrangeas has to do with the alkaline vs acid in the soil. I guess that is why the shore hydrangeas are so different from what we have here.

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  11. it all so familiar to me!! you captured some of my favorites spots, beautifully!!

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  12. great photos of Cape May! Someday I will get there;) Anyone have an idea of a font that would match the Stewart's Root Beer sign? Love it!

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    1. Hmmmm....it looks like a Broadway or Marquis type of lettering to me. I do believe there is a Broadway font.

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    2. Thanks Kathy! I found a couple that will work:)

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  13. Oh, what a beautiful place. I see somebody has all their ducks in a row. I bet you had a great time!

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  14. Very nice photos and tour. I loved seeing the Root Beer sign. My dear brother that passed on last year LOVED Stewart's Root Beer. You are a very talented photographer. and ...I like to read your edgy text, too. Thanks for the compliments and attention.

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  15. The colors just pop and love the little details you provide Kathy. xo

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  16. I just love these Cathy. The best places to get salt water taffy is anywhere by a coast and NOT your local supermarket!!! Some day I'll get to the east coast...some day

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  17. I'm visiting from the Wordless Wednesday Hop. I totally enjoyed your these pictures. I would love to visit this colorful resort town. thanks for taking me on a mini trip.

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  18. I like all these photos,
    seems to be an absolutely amazing place to photograph at.

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  19. Great pictures! I loved looking at them and they make me want to go there. Maybe someday.

    Linnea

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  20. Makes me want to pack my suitcase....what a lovely place! And the duckies un front of the chandelier? Hilarious. And you are right about the colour of the hydrangeas- many years of trying but never succeeding in growing "just" that color!

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  21. I really want to visit this part of the USA one day... it looks so beautiful and unique

    Mollyxxx

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  22. You do such a great job of documenting. I feel like I just strolled through the streets there :D
    I love all the captures... it looks like a unique place!

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  23. very nostalgic for sure..great shots.
    Aloha

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  24. Beautiful,I want to visit now. Fab photos x

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  25. Beautiful photos!!! I love victorian architecture. I could spend days just shooting my camera there. The boys always complain about how slow I am because I want to photograph everything, so I would definitely have to go alone. Haha!

    I would love it if you would share this post with us at Photog Show and Tell link party.

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  26. What a beautiful place. Your shots are gorgeous.

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