Cape Cod Bay in the Spring

What a GORGEOUS day we had today... this sunny Spring day felt more like summer!

When I visited this bayside beach today, I was greeted by some sidewalk-chalk art! Someone (or some people) must have used several boxes of chalk to create this huge spring masterpiece in the parking lot.

It's hard to tell from my photos, but it spelled out "We Love Spring"!

And the gulls love this spring weather, too!

I swoon whenever I see beautiful cedar-clad beach houses like these.

It was nice having the beach to myself for a short time, because before you know it the summer visitors will return and this place will be hoppin'!

If you had a dollar for every street name that started with the word "CAPT" on Cape Cod, you'd be very rich indeed! Happy Friday!

Olde Cape Cod

It's such fun transforming my photos of Cape Cod into sepia tone prints... much like the old postcards of long ago!

A bayside beach on a hot sunny day.

The Cape Cinema in Dennis, Ma.

Another bayside beach at suppertime (when everyone has gone for their fish and chips)!

The beach buoys. ;)

Happy Monday!

Return to SPRING!

With the return of SPRING (yeah!), I've decided to return to my blogging roots! I even changed my blog header to reflect this beautiful place I'm fortunate to call home.

I started blogging when my now second-grader was a baby... my how times flies. I blogged alot about Cape Cod, with its gorgeous beaches and lovely shops, as well as other lovely spots in Massachusetts.

I thought now that since I'm truly enjoying photography, I'd add more Cape Cod-dy type posts to my blog (and New England posts in general). (The above bridge is in Plymouth, MA... located a hop,skip & a jump from the Mayflower II.)

I can never resist snapping photos of weathered beach fences... and when they have old buoys on them, that much better!

Before you know it, the beach roses will be returning.

And if I'm fortunate enough, I'll snag the blackberries in my yard before the birds get them this year!

Happy Monday!

i fancy fences

I truly love taking photographs of the beach... especially when they are lined with weathered fences!

These boundary fences also help curb erosion of the small dunes, keeping people from walking across delicate areas.

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Thank you for visiting!

in the still of autumn

With each leaf that falls from the trees, the Cape's beaches are becoming quieter. If you can brace the cold whipping winds, there are some lovely scenes here to photograph. I'm sure as winter's storms arrive, these beaches' landscaping will change once again (in fact, one of my favorite beaches lost its final battle with winter and surrendered its parking lot to the ocean last January)! ;)

back in business!

Finally! After the past two months of getting back into a "new" routine, I think I'm finally able to start posting here again.

I also reopened one of my etsy shops yesterday, Cape Cod Cupboard. This shop is where I sell my Cape Cod Fisherman's Cowls (so warm and cozy for the cold weather). You can find the link in my sidebar.

Have a wonderful weekend!

a new beginning - autumn!

The end of summer vacation was a whirlwind! Now we're back to school and on to a new autumn routine. And the beach! It's also taken on an autumn tone! ;)

And the gulls didn't seem to mind me getting too close for these photos... I think the absence of summer's exuberant children on the beach has settled the wildlife down a little bit.

Happy Monday!

beach day!

views of the sea

just a few colors of summer