Gary and Nancy Jane: Farm Market Shoppers

Sidewalk Chalk: A Brilliant Idea

Got My Wish - A Buddy in Town!!

Bill and I have lived together in Pitman for close to 40 years.  For lots of them, I have lamented that I had no friends to hang out with, do things spontaneously or just sit and have a cup of tea.  Well - that has changed - and changed - and changed.  A long time ago I met a woman at the Mullica Hill Friends School - we talked some but our children were different ages, so we just talked when we saw one another.  Then a few years ago, I started seeing her in K-Mart and the grocery store.  One day I went to Restore - the Habitat for Humanity store and there she was.  We traded stories and memories and phone numbers too and now I have the buddy I have searched for - and she has been here for a long time - just like me - well maybe not as many years as I have but awhile.  We do crafts, go to yoga class, laugh and talk and share feelings and it is wonderful .  Now that I am open to it all - gosh - so many more of these friends are around town and in my life - just had to open up and be more free and fun to receive - notice - pay attention - you get the idea!!  Isn't life just fun?!?!?  Every day in every way.

One Beautiful Dahlia - one new Friend!

Stay tuned - No - your eyes are not playing tricks on you - these are zinnias from the same garden - the dahlia picture is still in my camera and not close by.  I can still tell you the story about the flower garden.  A few days ago, I had to go to a local bank to get some money for some things I had bought for our Farm Market.  Right where I parked was an incredibly full garden - amazing colors and flowers crowded beautifully into a person's front yard!!  Yes, I took some beautiful pictures.  Today Bill and I were out for a bit of an adventure and I just had to take him by the garden.  A woman came out the back door and was watching us watch her house.  She came forward when I called out how much I appreciated her beautiful garden.  Her name is Ruby - from Hawaii - a native of the Phillipines - a retired architecht and a member of the Pitman Garden Club.  We talked about gardening, the Farm Market and the garden club.  She loves what she is doing - has even landscaped the auto service place next door.  What a wonder she is to her neighborhood and our town!  Thanks Ruby!!  I asked her to come by the Farm Market on Saturday and I would have one of my cards with her dahlia.  Later you will see how spectacular it is!!

Heather on a Whirlwind Visit to NJ!!

Upclose and Personal!! Stopping by for Lunch!!

On the Road Again - Arkansas Here I come!!

Up Up and Away! Bill's Perspectives

There is a lot of catching up to do with the words on the blog!  Life has been FULL to say the least and well, it's fun to be 'retired' - to have no responsibility but to self and those close to me - to live life to the fullest - to have dreams - to pay attention to the synchronicities - and to be FREE to FLY!!  On that note, it's so totally cool that Bill and I share views of the world.  Some days we just take off to see what we can see.  The interesting factoid is that we often see the world from different perspectives - and for that I am grateful - it's an eyeopener.  It makes me humble to realize that each of us is a unique individual and that it is all OK!!

Remember Life is a DANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS!!!

Babysitter - 36 years ago...Reconnectioins

Months ago, I got a friend request and a message from someone on Facebook who said she was our son, Jon's babysitter - oh 36 years ago!?!  There is so much spam and phony messages that I was hesitant to accept the request.  She wrote back with some more details and said that she even had a picture of the little guy with the almost white hair from those days.  When she could find it again, she would share it.  So we became Facebook friends and then she moved from Arizona back to Pitman.  A week ago, she came to the Uptown Pitman Farm Market -and...well, meet Margie Nelson and welcome back to Pitman!!

By the way - those are my Photography Greeting cards for sale at the Market!!  I have prints too!!

Wendy Wails!!

Photoschmoozer - me - loves to talk to anyone - pay attention to the synchronicities of life - and make new friends!  Meet Wendy Betz - here she is dressed to perform at the Bus Stop Music Cafe in Pitman with her band - Wendy Betz and the Riseing.  Yes, like you, I questioned the spelling of the word - why the 'e'??  She made me notice that it got my attention as it does many others.  People remember them in a different way.  We casually met before this event as we listened to music on open mic nights, gradually got to talk more and now have become members in our ever evolving "Pitman family".  It's focued around music, the Uptown Pitman Farm Market and now acupuncture, nutrition and alternative healing.  Just one more lesson of paying attention to the synchronicities and living life!  One never knows what lessons and adventure are just around the bend!!!

And folks - we can't forget Brother Doug@!@  J

ust a totally wonderful and supportive bro!!

Sunset Across the River - the City Lights Up!!

There is a story to everything.  My friends say I am a storyteller and that is the truth!  Every experience is a wonderful story in the book of life!  Now on lovely evening, Bill and I like to go out and find settings to watch and photograph the sunset.  Tonight, we decided on Wigging Park in Camden, NJ, just across the river fro Philadelphia - see the skyline??  Little did we know that there would be a baseball game at Campbell field AND a concert right in the same area.  Parking?!?  Well, I stopped to ask a policeman what we could do.  He directed us to talk to the guys at the parking lot and say we were just there for the sunset/photo ops.  We did...no luck.  I had turned around and as I was driving, the lights were flashing in my rear view mirror.  The policeman was taking care of us.  He told the security guy to let us park right there on the street and that he was to watch our car!  Two hours later, after the sun had set in it often beautiful way, we headed back to the car - and it patiently waited for us!

This sailboat - on first glance looking like a big Chinese junk, was coming up the river.  We kept taking pictures of it on its journey and this is the one I have chosen to share.  Just a group of people out for a sail on a lovely late summer's evening.  Not bad huh to see the beautiful buildings of the city behind them!!

Community Spirit and Positive Energy!! Uptown Pitman Farm Market

Here is our Number one produce vendor, Richie Green with his number one son and fantastic helper, Aaron.  Every week Richie brings us local produce from area farms so that we can truly eat locally!!  

Wendy Betz can belt out a song with her group Wendy Betz and the Riseing BUT she also makes amazing jewelry with lots of precious stones set in pretty perfect silver settings!!  She's definitely an asset to the Uptown Pitman Farm market with her energy, enthusiasm and fine craft!

Yet another craft of a totally different type!!  Conni~Joi Waters is a talented young woman who comes to the Market to share her skills with massage therapy and reflexology - see how she is dancing with life as she totally imerses herself in what she loves - what has a passion and purpose to her!  I can report that JoAnne totally enjoyed this session!!

Watching the River Go By

My buddy - my husband of almost 40 years - and a wonderfully patient and persistent guy.  Bill has a great quality of just sitting and watching and noticing.  That is the perfect 'being still' way of being as we head out on our sunset adventures. 

Sunset at the River -

Some of our favorite times...and activities - heading to the Delaware River to watch the sun go down!  When we get to Riverwinds in West Deptford, NJ, we are never alone.  They have made a beautiful park, and close to sunset the benches are filled with people - often couples - and people with their dogs - waiting to catch glimpses of the beauty that Mother Nature offers us!  Tonight was no exception  This couple sat and sat and sat for the longest time. They never talked - they just watched - and I respected their privacy by not going and chatting them up!!  Fancy that!!

There were so many opportunities tonight to catch the sun in each of its moments of setting - this one was awesome as it was just about at the horizon.  Maybe it's not technically the 'perfect' picture, but it is perfect in so many ways - and totally awesome in the colors shared!!

A favorite site to share is not only the sun as it is setting, but the light it shines on the water!  This couldn't be more perfect in my eyes.