The first thing I thought of when I learned of this theme was the little "Gingerbread Church" up in Cape May Point. The church was built in 1876. It has weathered 133 years of wind and storms. At one point, it had to be moved back from the sea to its present position, across the street from the dunes. My great-grandfather preached there when the family came down to the shore from Philadelphia, for summer vacations long ago. So here it is - St. Peter's By the Sea.
I also thought of the many lighthouses that stand along our shores. And then I remembered one that no longer stands, but we can still see the remnants of it out in Delaware Bay. This is Crossledge - now just a roost for sea birds. But I find it rather charming.
You can see it if you take a Lighthouse Cruise in the Delaware Bay, out of Cape May, NJ.
I have one more well aged item that I would like to show you. This is one of my favorite pieces of furniture. It is a nursing chair, well over 100 years old. It was made by hand by some member of the family, and somewhere (I wish I could locate it) I have a picture of my mother sitting on it when she was about a year old. My mother is the baby in the center of the photograph. That photo is also well over 100 years old.
