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[ilexforestshrine]

I'd forgotten how irritating minimize is in the early Pokémon games. 😒💢

[heritageartifacts]

Tiffany-blue hydrangeas and shingles on saltboxes grayed from ocean air fronting Tramp art mirrors and hand-looped rugs with nautical themes are beacons of home, like guiding beams from peppermint-striped lighthouses. Fraught, fractured family relations are sullied by too much Fox News, cheap booze, and thinking as antiquated as a longing for whaling or trawling cod from depleted seas. Wrap-around porches with screens doors that shush instead of slam overlook marshes dotted with tall nesting platforms to encourage osprey, and stout boxes to rid the peninsula of the miserable greenhead flies that swell the sun-charred flesh of picnickers. Foggy evenings mean quahog chowder and tepid microbrews in taprooms overseen by bosomy carved figureheads from long disused boats, while blue-sky middays find hands busy with lobster rolls crunchy from celery and sand, and hand-churned, wild blueberry ice cream topped on made-to-order waffle cones. - I’m an off-season, mid-week adventurer. Competing for reservations, standing in line, or sitting in traffic is a non-starter for me. Growing up on Cape Cod, living in NYC or Napa Valley meant working when others visited, reveling in the quiet beauty of my backyard after the throngs departed. We slipped onto the Cape before high season begins in earnest, when the weather is balmy, and the Atlantic just barely warm enough for a salty dip, but before the crowds and humidity of July and August makes it feel like practicing Bikram yoga in packed studio while experiencing a menopausal hot flash and sucking on a ghost pepper every fucking day. - We hiked the incomparable National Seashore, watched the sky change and the Common Terns nest, collected shells, and gorged on briny Wellfleet oysters, smoked bluefish pâté on shitty white rolls, and the sweetest steamer clams dragged through melted butter. The local radio stations play the same classic rock of my stoned youth, with Boston on heavy rotation: “It's more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play, I begin dreaming…. When I'm tired and thinking cold, I hide in my music, forget the day, and dream of a girl I used to know, I closed my eyes and she slipped away.” (at Cape Cod National Seashore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQYPvGqNxamOSDZhDC9ndl_lTbQHHV2EbPPNn80/?utm_medium=tumblr

[westernmanews]

SPRINGFIELD — Summertime is picnic time, and Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi is carrying on the tradition of his predecessor, former Sheriff Michael J. Ashe Jr., by holding Sheriff Cocchi’s Annual Summer Picnic.

“Sheriff Ashe really set the bar high with his annual picnic, which he held for 39 years,” Cocchi said. “I think it’s a great tradition that allows politicians, law-enforcement officials, and the community to come together in a fun and informal setting.”

The picnic will be held at the Springfield Elks Lodge #61, 440 Tiffany St., Springfield, on Wednesday, Aug. 16 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For $50 per ticket, picnickers will enjoy a full day of festivities, including lunch and dinner. Lunch will begin at 11 a.m. and include sausage grinders with peppers and onions, hot dogs, hamburgers, and clam chowder. Dinner at 5 p.m. will include beef kabobs or grilled chicken, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, and salad. Soda and beer are also included in the ticket price.

Between meals, attendees will enjoy live music, games such as ladder ball and cornhole, raffles, and more. For those interested in playing golf, the picnic will be preceded by a golf tournament at Franconia Golf Course in Springfield at 8 a.m. The cost to attend both the tournament and the picnic is $100.

“I hope we have a great turnout for this event,” Cocchi said. “I see this as a wonderful opportunity for one-on-one conversation between our constituents, state agencies, the law-enforcement community, and our legislators. We all work together to improve our communities, and this event is a chance to celebrate that.”

Tickets can be purchased in advance. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cocchiforsheriff.com.

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