Haddonfield, New Jersey

 

     It was the Friday before Labor Day and we mistakenly thought the flea market at the Berlin Farmers' Mart was opened.  Despite our mistake we  ambled around inside visiting the vendors.  So we discussed where to eat lunch and I jumped at the  suggestion that we would see what Haddonfield had for dining.  While driving there my son suddenly turned into a popular pizza place near where the Philadelphia Flyers practice. It was great and we even sampled the over the top baked ziti on a slice of pizza. 

 

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    So then we looked for public parking downtown in the affluent town of Haddonfield.  The streets are lined with a mix of impressive colonial homes and Victorians on rather small lots.  Visitors to the downtown area are treated to updated urban-styled cafes, quaint furniture shops, upscale thrift shops, florists and a good number of professional photographers. The city is rich in colonial era history.

 

                                               


     As a third grade teacher (retired), I always made a point to tell my students about the story of the first dinosaur skeleton Hadrosaurus   Foulkii found in Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1858. I personally find that to be such an amazing story.  Also I always liked to share the geology of southern New Jersey.   I would explain that where we lived in Egg Harbor City,  it was quite different millions of years ago.  It may well have been at the bottom of the sea.  I am no expert on the details and the time frame but I also always liked to mention that at one point the land was unified into what was known as Pangaea. These things were not a part of our curriculum but I was glad to share this amazing science.   I hope I was able to ignite a spark in a few students. They were just the perfect age to grasp the basics of the wondrous forces of nature that changed the earth and of course they loved learning about dinosaurs. 

 

 

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 I did not count the rings but maybe when this tree was a sapling, it was during the time the first legislature of New Jersey was called to order in the town:

I guess if you were eating seafood these were the dishes to use:

 

 

This Limoges set is either 900 dollars or $1,900.  I tried reading the little note there:

 

 

                                  Another featured set with seahorse pedestals:

 

 

 

My son had a special interest in this "lucky" cat with the waving hand:

 

 

 

 

Always loved Willie Nelson's look and he is not bad at singing either:

 

One of the posted menus:

 

 

 

This kid was playing with me.  At first I did not notice that he was a live "kid" in the window.  He had the greatest smile!!

 

 

Then his sister got into the act.  Another beautiful child:

 

 

Took a shot from the car window as we left

Haddonfield.  This train station was in Magnolia: