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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – S

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Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free… ~ Emma Lazarus

Blogging From A to Z Challenge – S

 “S” is for statue; for this post it’s the Statue of Liberty. 

Lady Liberty was a gift from the people of France and dedicated on October 28, 1886. She was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, and made of copper. The statue represents Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad. (Courtesy: Wikipedia)

I took the photo above on a trip to the “Big Apple” with my daughter. As I stood there looking up at Miss Liberty, I could only imagine what the immigrants felt when they entered New York Harbor and saw her. They were coming to America to begin a new and better life. She represented the hopes and dreams of some twelve million people who passed through Ellis Island and continues that esteemed purpose to this day.

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Mundane Monday Challenge #55

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Mundane Monday Challenge #55

Birds of a feather usually flock together, but this solitary fellow was off by himself gazing out at the water.

I got to thinking about how I love to sit by the ocean and reflect on my life: past, present and future. Away from other people and the hustle bustle of daily living. The only conversation I engage in is with myself. My feet buried in the warm sand and feeling the cool sea breezes against my face.

Since we have much in common with animals, I wondered if he was doing and feeling the same things. 

Or, if he was merely contemplating which direction to fly in order to make a tasty catch for dinner.

Which, if I sit on the beach long enough, I do, too. Yes, we are alike. 

Blogging From A to Z – O

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Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions. ~ Nikolai Gogol

Blogging From A to Z – O

“O” is for outer, as in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

These barrier islands separate the Atlantic Ocean from the mainland and consist of:  Hatteras, Bodie, Oracoke, Roanoke, and Ile d’Ocracoke. The beaches, state parks, ship wreck diving sites, and lighthouses make this a popular vacation destination. 

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Over thirty years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, a group of 117 weary men, women and children waded ashore and made history on Roanoke Island in July 1587, establishing the first permanent settlement of its kind in the Americas.

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Three years later the colony and all its inhabitants had vanished. Their fate has been the subject of many theories and the story is reenacted every summer during performances of  The Lost Colony, the nation’s longest symphonic drama. If you visit the Outer Banks, be sure to see this wonderful production!

For more information on the Outer Banks click this link:  OBX