Wildlife on Cape Cod

Summer Flowers on the Cape

Early morning musings

Mary Oliver keeps popping into my head;
"Why I wake early."
" Stand still and be astonished."
This morning our 12 year old golden woke me at 5:45. That was good but 4:45 would have been even better. That would give me time to leisurely sip my coffee, get dressed and out before the sunrise.

I saw it rising over the trees outside my bedroom window but I wasn't out experiencing it. Before the wind begins to stir, there is a stillness to the morning that gives a canvas of ever changing reflections.  Walking along the beach this morning was like a religious experience. Nature never fails to amaze me with her palette of color, songs of the shore birds and smells of the sea. Maybe tomorrow I'll see the sunrise.

The magic of Chatham in early summer

First day of summer

first swim in the ocean
first sunburn
first day of oil pastels on the beach
first truly bad hair day ( this year.... )
first rose on the cape cod rambler
first fireflys

Use what talents you possess

" Use what talents you possess;
the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang except those
that sang the best. "

Henry Vandyke

Fun with Brooke ,Indie, Tatem, Jamie and Olivia at Ridgevale Beach