{"id":12999,"date":"2013-09-21T10:58:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T14:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=12999"},"modified":"2013-09-21T10:58:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T14:58:27","slug":"focus-on-life-quiet-moments-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=12999","title":{"rendered":"Focus on Life {Quiet Moments – New England}"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peaceful, quiet moments…that is this week’s\u00a0Focus on Life<\/a> challenge. Now that is indeed<\/em> a challenge. \u00a0In a house of 4 boys, quiet moments don’t happen very often. \u00a0Well unless you count late at night when everyone is asleep. \u00a0You’ll find me up then, but there are no interesting pictures to share when I’m in my night owl mode.<\/p>\n

\"Park<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0sitting still – a rare moment at the park in Salem, Mass.<\/p>\n

When I opened the dryer today, a piece of sea glass tumbled out. \u00a0It must have been tucked in to pocket. \u00a0It reminded me of our trip to New England a few weeks ago. \u00a0Our last adventure before the start of the school year. \u00a0We love exploring towns up north, especially along the coast. \u00a0As you can tell by my photos (especially if you follow me on Instagram) I’m forever drawn to the ocean. \u00a0It is there that I truly find my quiet moments. \u00a0The boys are occupied (this is the key ingredient) on their boogie boards or searching for rocks and shells. \u00a0I watch them while sitting on the sand or strolling along behind them on our walks. \u00a0It is incredibly peaceful and I often think to myself that I have truly found a slice of heaven on earth.<\/p>\n

\"Parsons<\/a><\/p>\n

To see how others spend quiet moments, visit the Focus on Life post here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’d like to see more photos from New England (hardly quiet), scroll on down.<\/p>\n

Photos from previous trips here<\/span><\/a> <\/span>and here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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\"Scenic<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0A small but scenic inlet in Essex, MA<\/p>\n

\"Kennebunkport,<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Kennebunkport, Maine<\/p>\n

\"Kennebunkport,<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Scenic lobster<\/em> cruises?<\/p>\n

\"Parsons<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Parsons Beach, Kennebunkport<\/p>\n

\"Playing<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Happiness<\/a><\/p>\n

A lab puppy hustled down from his yard and joined us on the beach for a little frolic (see him heading over in photo above). In all the commotion, I dropped my cell phone and didn’t realize it was missing til we walked to the car later. \u00a0My husband eventually found it after crossing the beach in a grid pattern, partially covered in sand. \u00a0He called it but couldn’t hear it because of the sound of the waves. \u00a0I was lucky we ever found it; he was just about to give up!<\/p>\n

\"Parsons<\/a><\/p>\n

Ah, no crowds. This is bliss.<\/p>\n

\"Antiquing<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Antiquing<\/a><\/p>\n

Antiquing in Maine – lots of great shops along Rt.1. We have our favorite\u00a0places to scour for treasures. \u00a0Here is my #1 treasure-hunter.<\/p>\n

\"Marginal<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Ogunquit, Maine on the Marginal Way. \u00a0The boys made several rock statues too – you can’t help but do it.<\/p>\n

\"Ognquit,<\/a><\/p>\n

\"NYC\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally NYC. \u00a0It’s a tradition to stop here on our New England sweep. \u00a0We celebrated our son’s 9th birthday here.<\/p>\n

\"NYC<\/a><\/p>\n

A stop in the Lego store<\/p>\n

\"Window<\/a><\/p>\n

5th Ave. window shopping<\/p>\n

\"'til<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thank you for visiting today. \u00a0I hope you find a quiet moment or two as well.<\/p>\n

– Cindy xoxo<\/p>\n

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\"Cindy<\/a><\/p>\n

Cindy Wimmer is a jewelry designer with a passion for combining vintage elements with modern wire design. \u00a0\u00a0She is the co-founder of\u00a0artBLISS<\/a>, hosting jewelry and mixed media workshops in the DC area. Her wire jewelry design book ,\u00a0The Missing Link<\/i><\/a>, will be released in the Fall of 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peaceful, quiet moments…that is this week’s\u00a0Focus on Life challenge. Now that is indeed a challenge. \u00a0In a house of 4 boys, quiet moments don’t happen very often. \u00a0Well unless you count late at night when everyone is asleep. \u00a0You’ll find me up then, but there are no interesting pictures to share when I’m in my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,35,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-52-weeks-focus-on-life","category-photography","category-things-to-see"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}