Item 6: A cat. Just kidding!

This is our grandcat.  He's living with us for awhile.  He was watching me take photos and generally getting in the way as I worked.

Item 6:  A sepia print of the old Jenkinson's Pavillion in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ.

Point Pleasant Beach, NJ (PPBNJ) is where I used to live.  It was a great little town.  They say you can never go home again and and it's true.  This is a nice town but it's not like it used to be.  It was a small town on the beach.  Now it's a resort.  It was always crowded from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  Now it's packed from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  And it's more crowded all year round.  Not as bad as in the summer but more than it used to be.  (In the good ole days.  God I'm old.)

We loved the summer and the beach but couldn't wait for Labor Day to say good bye to all of the summer folks; lovingly referred to as bennies. (There's a great explanation of bennies on Wikipedia.)  But now I am a benny.  I have been one for 30 years.  I don't act like one but I am one.  This print has been hanging in my office as part of the beach decor.  You can't go home again.  My home is in my memory bank.  In my mind I can smell the salt air and hear the waves crash and the buoy bell clang.  If I want to see a picture of what we referred to as 'Jenks', I will call it up from my memory bank.