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Paul Goldfinger ©. September 2019. Click to enlarge. Deal, NJ. Click to enlarge.
Geo George is the winner of our “name that Jersey Shore town contest.” This snazzy color scheme is a bit unusual for Deal.
THE NIGHTHAWKS “Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails:
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Ocean Grove boards on Oct. 1, 2017: bikes and dogs allowed whenever. Dogs can also go on the beach. A woman with blue hair-is she blue? Paul Goldfinger photo. © Click image to enlarge the picture.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Notice the sign. In big letters it says WARNING!!! NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY. Isn’t that enough warning for those who might consider swimming? So why do we need 3 exclamation points? We don’t need even one.
Recently we heard from a surfer dude who wants red flags to be posted in October when the water is dangerous. But maybe this sign is more than enough to try and discourage dopey daredevils.
And the sign says “No Diving!” Is there any way anyone could dive at this beach? I suppose someone might walk over to the pier and dive in, but if anyone is so inclined, the little message on the bottom of this sign is not likely to be influential. And besides, it’s all sand under there. Maybe the sign should also say, “Don’t stick your head in the sand!!!”
The lady with blue hair smiled at us as she went by, but she was moving fast, and we don’t know why she smiled or why she has blue hair in Ocean Grove. This is a rare sighting here, but maybe she was going to Asbury to attend a meeting of the Blue Hair Society.
And the girl on the bike? She was on the beach and came up to get her bike—seemingly caught between the seasons.
BARBARA ROSENE WITH VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS. “Am I Blue?”
Posted in Jersey Shore gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, tagged Horses in Seaside Heights, Paul Desmond on Blogfinger on December 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Seaside Heights. October, 2015. Paul Goldfinger photo © Blogfinger.net Click to enlarge.
PAUL DESMOND: “Romance de Amor” (arranged by Don Sebesky)
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, tagged A derelict house is not a home, Long Valley, Long Valley NJ on November 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Farm house. Long Valley, New Jersey. 2014. By Paul Goldfinger ©
Do you think that this house was once a home where lovers comforted each other? Who lived here and when? How did it become a “derelict house?” They all have stories to tell. —–PG
MILDRED BAILEY:
Posted in Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove lifestyle, Photo news from Ocean Grove, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography: Faces at the Shore, Photography: girls in summer clothes, tagged Ocean Grove fall flea market on November 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Ocean Grove Fall Flea Market. Sept. 10, 2016. All photos by Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net ©
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net
September 10. 2016. Ocean Pathway, Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
The ad said “rain or shine,” but today at the OG Giant Fall Flea Market, there was a bit too much shine. It was hot—nearly 90 degrees, but nevertheless, a large crowd showed up, and there were sea breezes.
The Boardwalk Pavilion was crowded as a group had assembled to enjoy the simple pleasures of the shade along with cool air from the ocean.
I like the ambience of flea and farmers markets, while Eileen is more of a shopper. I, on the other hand, could visit every one of the 385 vendors here today and I would find absolutely nothing that I would want. But the photo ops—that’s another story.
If you are a photographer you can sympathize with me. At noon, with the light changing at every step and with my automatic meter being unreliable, I had to figure out exposures from moment to moment, and it was annoying to manually keep changing the settings.
Noon is the worst time of day to get good photos due to the harsh high-contrast light. I much prefer to shoot in the shade whenever possible. And then there are the flea market throngs, with a giant person stepping in the way just as a Jennifer Lawrence look-alike enters my field of vision.
Some people ask me why I photograph women. The answer is quite obvious—what is more beautiful? Even women enjoy looking at pictures of women, especially those unique types whose dress and manner are so graceful, interesting, and enticing.
And especially at the famous flea market on Ocean Pathway in the Grove, by-the-sea, where a photographer cannot deny girls in their summer clothes.
Flea Market Gallery: First turn on the music. Then click on one then follow the large arrows. To return to this page, click on the small X on the left.
WILLIE NELSON AND LEON RUSSELL From the album One For the Road
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Eileen's Recipes, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, tagged Homemade cranberry sauce in Ocean Grove on November 14, 2020| 4 Comments »
Ocean Grove. October 2015. Design by Eileen Goldfinger. Paul Goldfinger photo. Fresh cranberries harvested at Chatsworth, NJ. Leaves from the Garden State Parkway. Eileen’s homemade cranberry sauce is in the center. Click to enlarge. © Blogfinger.net
Harvest time. Cranberry bog. nchip.uga.edu
By Eileen Goldfinger, food editor @Blogfinger and Paul Goldfinger, official taster and photographer @Blogfinger.
In October we usually attend the Chatsworth Cranberry Festival. It’s fun. Read about it at http://www.cranfest.info.
It was cancelled for 2020.
The Festival is a very crowded event in the Pine Barrens, about an hour from here. The best bet is to go on Sunday morning early and park along the side of the road. Mark your calendar for October 2021 and check the date on-line since that date has not yet been announced.
New Jersey is one of the most important cranberry growing regions in the world with over 3,500 acres devoted to the crop. In the US, we are second in size to Wisconsin and Massachusetts. Cranberries are grown in bogs where the soil and water requirements are quite complicated. The harvest is usually complete by the end of October.
In New Jersey, most of the growing occurs in Burlington County, around Chatsworth, where the annual Cranberry Festival is held.
Annual Cranberry Festival. Chatsworth, NJ. Oct. 19, 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click leftWe go to the Festival to enjoy this unique cultural event—-Appalachia in Jersey. Hear bluegrass music and buy fresh picked cranberries. Eileen purchases her usual 7 pound box. Vendors make all sorts of products from this versatile fruit.
In 2015 we were away for the Festival, so we drove to Tabernacle, NJ ( BF search “Tabernacle”) down the road from Chatsworth, one week later, and visited Russo’s Farm Market where Eileen purchased her supply of cranberries. That’s where we went recently (2020)
She makes fresh cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and freezes the rest of the berries in small Ziploc portions to use throughout the year. Fresh cranberries can be purchased at Wegmans and Delicious Orchards. Or take a ride to Russo’s. But remember the Pine Barrens scene in The Sopranos.
2013 photo design by Eileen Goldfinger. Background is a 1950’s dish cloth. PG photo ©. Left click to enlarge.Below is Eileen’s recipe for homemade cranberry sauce. It’s a treat for your company on Thanksgiving, so don’t get bogged down with that gelatinous canned stuff.
EILEEN’S CRANBERRY SAUCE:
1 cup of water
1 cup sugar
2 cups fresh cranberries
1 orange, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon orange zest
1/8 cup Grand Marnier (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix sugar and water in a medium sauce pan.
Bring to a boil and stir to dissolve sugar.
Add cranberries and bring to a boil; then reduce the heat and gently boil for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat.
Cool to room temperature.
Add diced orange and zest and Grand Marnier.
Refrigerate.
Makes approx. 2 cups of cranberry sauce. In general, if used as a condiment, it will serve about 4 people.
MICHAEL GIACCHINO, COMPOSER OF THE MOVIE SCORE OF RATATOUILLE. From the soundtrack of the Disney/Pixar film. The selection is “Le Festin” by Camille.
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, tagged Navesink River, Sarah McLachlan on Blogfinger on November 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Navesink River 2. Rumson, NJ. Paul Goldfinger photo ©.
SARAH McLACHLAN
Sarah McLachlan
Posted in Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography Nights in Ocean Grove, Photography: Faces at the Shore, tagged Halloween in Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove lifestyles on October 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Witches assemble on Heck Avenue for Halloween. Under the levity is what? 10/31/15. © Paul Goldfinger photograph.
YO YO MA: ” Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The eternal vow” by Tan Dun
