In my view Auld Lang Syne is a tortuous song, exacerbated by the overplayed version by Guy Lombardo. When Brian Wilson was just 22 years old, he decided to do something about it and created this *amazing* vocal arrangement for The Beach Boys. Tap and turn horizontal for stereo.

Happy New Year! We had perfect sunrise conditions until a snow squall showed up precisely at sunrise leaving us with no visibility. So this New Year's snowy sunny greeting is from February 2024. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day – and a great year!

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is officially mayor of New York City

Today one of our local coffee shops closed for the season – they reopen April 1 – so I had this lovely final 2025 espresso. The two other coffee-centric places in town as well as two other markets which sell coffee remain open.

If you are anywhere near Cape Cod and are in a hiking mood tomorrow, there are an astonishing **17** hikes taking place across the Cape throughout the day. (18 were scheduled and one got canceled leaving 17.) blt.org/firstdayhike...

Happy New Year's Eve! We had no sunrise this morning despite great promises of color, but here is a pre-dawn shot of some boats at one of our downtown docks this morning. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day – and I look forward to flushing 2025 with you at midnight!

For a timeline cleanse, Apricot was doing his best side view mug shot pose on the stairway earlier today. Tap for full size. I hope you are having a great day!

Happy Tuesday! Forecasted fierce winds had abated by morning so I had a pretty comfortable walk – but there was no sunrise. So as a consolation gift here's a shot from downtown looking into the bay towards Sandy Hook (NJ) today. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

One thing I love about this time of year is the reflections of the setting sun off the city. Everything depends on location – my neighbor five doors down has their best view a different day. It's a 16:9 horizontal so definitely tap for full size. I hope you have had a great day!

Happy Monday! It's the beginning of another holiday week! We had fog today so here is the second place vote-getter from yesterday, looking north over the snow-dusted dunes 20 minutes before sunrise. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Sunday! We had a nice sunrise today that was pretty reminiscent of Friday's, but this had the nice addition of yesterday's light snowfall on the beach. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Saturday! We had snow today so I had another nice morning sleeping in. Here is the other photo from Christmas morning that was tied for first place in bagel shop voting. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

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Happy Friday! The morning showed the potential of something spectacular that didn't emerge, but in its place we got a very nice combination of opposing cloud and wave angles that made for a pleasing sunrise composition. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

When you can't decide between lox or whitefish salad on Christmas morning, have both!

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! We had an amazing morning with an ever-changing sunrise and a 7-7 tie vote at the bagel shop for the favorite, so I got to be the tiebreaker today. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Know what’s worse than illegal migrants…? Raping children and covering up for ‘em.

Our town on the Jersey Shore is all decked out tonight for Christmas Eve!!! Tap for full size.

Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.

When the presents are all wrapped and the food shopping is all done and you still have a few hours left on Christmas Eve, why not put on a wetsuit and do some kite surfing? PS: Look how brown Sandy Hook looks – it's definitely winter in New Jersey!

I am so appreciative of my Bluesky family – you mean the world to me and I love that we can stay connected without the oppressive throttling of Elon Musk. You inspire me to get up every morning! This picture of Sandy Hook Light is my 2025 holiday card to you. Happy Holidays!

Happy Christmas Eve! Today's sunrise was a perfect visual articulation of "all is calm; all is bright." A beautiful sunrise bathed an ocean that was as peaceful and quiet as a pond. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Tuesday! After getting no snow for three years, we had accumulation for the second time this season today so there was no sunrise. So here is the sun from Sunday morning just at the moment it broke the horizon plane. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Other than the survivors🫂, WHO THE F cares about other pedos involved but Felon47? He is disgraceful, disgusting, guilty!!

Happy Monday! I arrived on scene late for the first sunrise of winter when the sun was already high above the horizon, but as a reward the shimmer was super-wide and beautifully even. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy final night of Hanukkah for those who celebrate! Here's a menorah my mom gave me almost 50 years ago that I still love today.

Happy almost Winter! The switchover officially takes place precisely at 10:03 AM ET. Our final sunrise for Atumn was simple but pretty. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Saturday! My extreme depression last night when it was confirmed that Donald Trump continues to get away with everything and there's never a peep of Republican pushback still exists – but the sun came up so at least it is another day. Tap for full-size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Friday! We made it through the week and are officially into the holiday stretch! We're having rain and winds today so I had a luscious chance to sleep in, so here is the second place coffee shop vote-getter from Monday. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Thursday! We are almost through the week! We had a rather quiet sunrise with some interesting low clouds but enough to give a decent albeit faint shimmer on the water. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

For a timeline cleanse, here is the view from a patient room (knee replacement) at Monmouth Medical Center on the Jersey Shore. Nice way to help the healing! Tap and turn horizontal for full size. I hope you are having a great day!

Happy Wednesday! We are halfway through the week! The temperatures are rising so this will be the last day of the beautiful white snow covered beach; and with the sun is rising so far south we were able to get it all together. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Tuesday! A quiet sunrise was forecast today but we ended up with just enough interesting eyebrow clouds along with some reflective shoreline water to complement the snowy beach and frame up the composition quite nicely. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Gotta love living at the Jersey Shore! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Happy Monday! It's a new week! The white snow looked gorgeous on the beach this morning that made this the easy preferred choice at the coffee shop. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

In a timeline cleanse before I pour myself into bed, here is a shot of a Christmas tree on one of our docks after today's snowfall. Tap for full size, particularly because it's a vertical. I hope you have had a great day!

Both of my children are carrying their passports.

Happy Sunday! Snow visited us this morning so I spent about 90 minutes wandering around town thoroughly enjoying it. It has now stopped and downtown looks like a quintessential Winter Wonderland from the house. Tap for full size. I hope you are having a great day!

I can't believe it's 10 p.m. and I'm just now getting on Bluesky. Happy Saturday! I slept in this morning because of fatigue and clouds, but this afternoon at Bahrs Landing I saw this nice lobster pot holiday tree. Tap for full size. I hope you have had a great day!

Happy Friday! We made it through the week! I thought we were in for a pretty quiet sunrise this morning but as the sun came up through the clouds it was clear that every amazing layer was going to be expressed in perfect detail. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Thursday! We're almost through the week! We had clouds this morning so here is yesterday's second place vote-getter from the coffee shop. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Wednesday! We are halfway through the week! We had a nice sunrise from the preshow to the ripple today and out of five sequential contenders this one took the vote at the coffee shop. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

I guess the president just announced he recently took his latest in a series of cognitive tests, this one in front of a room full of medical personnel observing him?

Happy Tuesday! I'm heading back to New Jersey after a very productive trip on Cape Cod so here is another photo from Sunday morning taken eight minutes before the sun broke the horizon at West Dennis Beach. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

I think more about John Lennon being shot than Charlie Kirk, and that was 45 years ago.

Like so many of us I am thinking of John Lennon today. Here is a beautifully designed tribute I saw one year at Strawberry Fields. 😢💔