I love the east coast (well, except for maybe the traffic)...its quaint little stores and homes...that nautical feeling. Personally, I could live anywhere up through the coast of Maine...Bar Harbor is one of my favorite places. But after living in Texas for a few years, I don't know if I'd want to deal with the winters anymore. So, I'll get a winter place on Isla and a summer cottage in Maine or Connecticut. Problem solved.
My aunt's home is about three houses down from the beach of Long Island Sound. A lot of the places in this little community are summer homes for families. My aunt lives there year-round now.
These pics were taken in May of 2005 and if I recall correctly, it rained almost every day I was there, so I squeezed these in between rainstorms.
That's a little island just off shore.
Kind of makes you think of "Jaws," doesn't it? I'm kidding...although I do remember as a kid they did close the beach once while we were there because of a shark sighting.
These are some of the homes in the area. They can range from very small and plain, to big and gorgeous. And a lot of them have been in the same family for generations.
Here's my aunt's living room. Doesn't it look like it's been there forever? Especially with all the paneling on the walls. Talk about a comfort zone. Good memories there.
Just more views. You have to have pretty thick skin to swim here because the water is icy cold.
But I think I'd take just about anyplace when it's next to the water.
