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Tuesday, February 26. 2013

Wellfleet, Massachusetts


My Mom loved the Cape. At the funeral, my cousin Dave recalled how Mom would hand us a bucket and a clam rake at low tide, and send us out into the mud flats for Quahogs. Later, a clam-packed New England Clam Chowda for supper.




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Memories are all that we have after a loved one passes and you seem to have some good ones. God bless you.
#1 Pete Parks on 2013-02-26 07:20 (Reply)
Great memory, BD. It sounds like your mother helped provide a very nice childhood for you! Obviously great mother!
#2 mudbug on 2013-02-26 09:42 (Reply)
I have those same memories with my family as well. Mother being quite elderly now is slower getting around and finds the trip out the Cape to be tiring and difficult at her age, but we both cherish our memories there, and make a point of taking her there whenever possible. Father loved the place, and we miss his presence but somehow recapture with each visit. Though the recent storm was not kind to their old shoreline neighborhood. Wonderful places are best enjoyed with those we have loved.
#3 Seppo on 2013-02-26 09:42 (Reply)
As I am getting older I am finally starting to understand the depth of the emotion and meaning in the song "Precious Memories". I love Emmy Lou Harris' version. On a funnier note, I found my car keys in the refrigerator on top of the chicken legs I bought at the grocery store today. I called my neighbor in a panic to drive me to the vet's office so I could retrieve my puppy who got spayed today because I couldn't find them.
#4 shirley in memphis on 2013-02-26 19:10 (Reply)
My favourite (yes Merc...there's a "U" in favorite) desktop.

The Canuck
#5 Garry on 2013-02-26 19:57 (Reply)
There's a shark in the pond!
#6 none (Link) on 2013-02-27 01:10 (Reply)

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