Sunday shots: New Year's By the Sea

At the beginning of 2009 we went to visit some old people and places that we left behind us in 2008. Love got us a great deal on an oceanfront room...guess not many people go to the beach in December. We saw old friends and remembered some places we loved but got too busy in the "business of living" to photograph. As the sun rose over the ocean on the first day of the new year, I remembered my New Year's wish from a year ago; that God would bless our union and that we could become parents, or at least on our way to there, by the end of the year. God answers prayer. Who knows what's in store for 2009?

Here's some of my favorite images from our trip back to the oceanfront:

Sunrise over Virginia Beach, January 1, 2009

Sunrise over Virginia Beach, January 1, 2009

On the right is Old Cape Henry Light, marking the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. This was the first aid to navigation constructed by the new United States Government in 1792. On the left is the newer marker to the entrance of the Chesapeake, built in 1872 to replace it. After the one at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Cape Henry light is the second-tallest on the east coast.

Cape Henry Memorial, on Fort Story at Cape Henry Virginia. This marks the spot where members of the Virginia Company became the first English to set foot on the North American continent. They re-embarked their boats and sailed another 18 miles up the James River, founding Jamestown.

St. Theresa's (Our Lady of the Sea) chapel, on Fort Story, at Cape Henry, Virginia.

St. Theresa's (Our Lady of the Sea) chapel, on Fort Story, at Cape Henry, Virginia.

St. Theresa's (Our Lady of the Sea) chapel, on Fort Story, at Cape Henry, Virginia.

The former site of Duck-In, a locally-famous seafood restaurant known for its patio and gazebo overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. We were the last wedding reception held here. The building had already been purchased, and it was torn down in October 2005 to make room for a bayfront condo development. Construction financing fell through, and the site of our wedding reception is now a vacant lot. In the background is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.