Our Impromptu Picnic on the Beach | Part 2 of Mother's Day Weekend

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9qcMBHFiCGXbpfPfJx6V6JWu2XImgNwnLmAdI54BJ5MarOtUeZahv4mJCdzuNlQyaI2n5xpB9gX0uxjCvd98vwjFSa4QwKbQJY-957iB07j70Z3YJpuyZ59KTNw8_LEcvXTe_SKQTxgD/s1600/IMG_6487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9qcMBHFiCGXbpfPfJx6V6JWu2XImgNwnLmAdI54BJ5MarOtUeZahv4mJCdzuNlQyaI2n5xpB9gX0uxjCvd98vwjFSa4QwKbQJY-957iB07j70Z3YJpuyZ59KTNw8_LEcvXTe_SKQTxgD/s640/IMG_6487.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Impromptu Picnic on the Beach</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Part 2 of my Mother's Day weekend </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I was enjoying <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/05/brimfield-antique-show-in-massachusetts.html" target="_blank">my Lobster Roll at Brimfield</a> (Mike had a pulled pork sandy- you can take a boy outta KC...) I said, 'It is so nice out today - would be great to be at the beach. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22uuYIVotech8masOECPE2HjCd1PdxMjRipGalMpFEQy9V85hHgp7PvH8djHMqC4B4bvUwsehrdzW4o12322AAEGbuPNZKM1BJyV_nYAF1K_LvfOMPl26infU-UE8orISOX86ZJ4xL643/s1600/IMG_6475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22uuYIVotech8masOECPE2HjCd1PdxMjRipGalMpFEQy9V85hHgp7PvH8djHMqC4B4bvUwsehrdzW4o12322AAEGbuPNZKM1BJyV_nYAF1K_LvfOMPl26infU-UE8orISOX86ZJ4xL643/s640/IMG_6475.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />An hour later, we were. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9013XA7EULZZ4wUuTlsZ0fLqsSGrwY2L83KuECJgekdBNmFI0eKtqB155OHINKDzUBzuZ6N0dAqrwNgfRhx5XzntUTdwcLnOZuNnyygtw84FoJTdqnxBH5ofnNj8HjhnEN7KGFALIAWl/s1600/IMG_6476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9013XA7EULZZ4wUuTlsZ0fLqsSGrwY2L83KuECJgekdBNmFI0eKtqB155OHINKDzUBzuZ6N0dAqrwNgfRhx5XzntUTdwcLnOZuNnyygtw84FoJTdqnxBH5ofnNj8HjhnEN7KGFALIAWl/s640/IMG_6476.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> It was really one of those surreal moments - as all moments are when you first get to the ocean.  You forget how massive it is.  Each time I get near a beach, I get that oh so small feeling that feels oh so good.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbjLBIacgG2Gy1sWOoJwALD-2Y5wx2G6fprg_-4Ok8dQULjHNuAq_SgmvERwVPmA817EtnHH4jJcTsCCn00tJ1YMPjaxe-HTOBaVCYXjBCw4kVl95SaG5_rYyHhFg2GjkTunaIMRYGvwip/s1600/IMG_6484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbjLBIacgG2Gy1sWOoJwALD-2Y5wx2G6fprg_-4Ok8dQULjHNuAq_SgmvERwVPmA817EtnHH4jJcTsCCn00tJ1YMPjaxe-HTOBaVCYXjBCw4kVl95SaG5_rYyHhFg2GjkTunaIMRYGvwip/s640/IMG_6484.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />We stopped by a marina-front seafood shop and picked up dinner, picked up a bottle of wine in town and took our blanket (that hosted two picnics in one day...) down to the <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2011/09/duxbury-ma-new-england-day-trip-south.html" target="_blank">Duxbury beach</a>.  As you might remember, we've been here before during the Fall- I called it <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2011/09/duxbury-ma-new-england-day-trip-south.html" target="_blank">a beachfront Home Alone neighborhood</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Ebg9xCmm2p3d_Wn9tjAhQHxzFHXRwDyil91wwQR5dDDdBq8wyiVzV2MKu8lQeyZ41LDxFy_pC6vP2AZ941vqw82EwdafrDvKBgfNNjIGfalEwGXP2JxQHPNWnOfTFIUYCEXLhL4hQLbZ/s1600/IMG_6494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Ebg9xCmm2p3d_Wn9tjAhQHxzFHXRwDyil91wwQR5dDDdBq8wyiVzV2MKu8lQeyZ41LDxFy_pC6vP2AZ941vqw82EwdafrDvKBgfNNjIGfalEwGXP2JxQHPNWnOfTFIUYCEXLhL4hQLbZ/s640/IMG_6494.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_M5OGrAHp5qfEeuwR5IthHswU4Tt1LjqV3RxfSkugUPhrGOWOZceYjPOuwOpThchK6XaCEhtdoAz0HHPh6m0Utio8loifpGReW6yN8SNqwpPOYNa6L-eE4dmu5KXNgx2vs6Riu-NIRnPt/s1600/IMG_6501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_M5OGrAHp5qfEeuwR5IthHswU4Tt1LjqV3RxfSkugUPhrGOWOZceYjPOuwOpThchK6XaCEhtdoAz0HHPh6m0Utio8loifpGReW6yN8SNqwpPOYNa6L-eE4dmu5KXNgx2vs6Riu-NIRnPt/s640/IMG_6501.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Emma was mesmerized by the sound and the waves as they crashed in.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMQf6bjTQCIi5gms7wcYAQAiVdnjSslilCHXNIjAGcKev751NfskWQmudqS1OosniWju3fBM1LcU5M2Mo3AJymwqt3uIJtUuyYFi-LirwKIE52-rHOKKEAArnNrj07cUN8gi7mJb-AR_x/s1600/IMG_6503.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMQf6bjTQCIi5gms7wcYAQAiVdnjSslilCHXNIjAGcKev751NfskWQmudqS1OosniWju3fBM1LcU5M2Mo3AJymwqt3uIJtUuyYFi-LirwKIE52-rHOKKEAArnNrj07cUN8gi7mJb-AR_x/s640/IMG_6503.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">  Through the eyes of a child... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_h19GPeUzoP6rvBmVhhtY_efztKq_v227XH49XPqdmcNnmXwkxReiN7xSD0rtWQwr1FRnuqmbH-jkUzxWe9X7w3ld-Gy9ZCu8mO9yzDBJVz8qkYd0J1JJ3fxaK3pk9gGdeqTJDIn2a3J/s1600/IMG_6499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_h19GPeUzoP6rvBmVhhtY_efztKq_v227XH49XPqdmcNnmXwkxReiN7xSD0rtWQwr1FRnuqmbH-jkUzxWe9X7w3ld-Gy9ZCu8mO9yzDBJVz8qkYd0J1JJ3fxaK3pk9gGdeqTJDIn2a3J/s640/IMG_6499.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, those eyes. </div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOtC-xjBCr2FZV84D7817jhJPiPXe5JbRfCnA70R3oXeRcLd36Hzeg-nXif4huKu8bIFC7qdR5tlz_kGK2zSnmn2wLsQidjn2e-JMDcwvWxvL4TQ5AI819x8_hkuTbtIMtRnUIF39wd4z/s1600/IMG_6502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our Impromptu Picnic on the Beach | Part 2 of Mother's Day Weekend

Our Impromptu Picnic on the Beach Part 2 of my Mother's Day weekend As I was enjoying my Lobster Roll at Brimfield (Mike had a pulled p...

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