by the beach

 

the sun was warm but the breeze was very chilly so we didn't stay long after my swim (as you can see, greg is quite bundled up comparatively). However, i did take a moment to sketch in my nature journal book.

my aloe plant and its babies are doing very well. the one here at the apartment is not as bright of a green or as big, but it is growing slowly.

we picked up dinner from a favorite place and had: manhattan clam chowder, cole slaw, fried clams with the bellies and fish tacos.

watching his florida state football game . . 

peepers and other nighttime creatures . . 

sea poems . . 

we made it home just when the predicted heavy rain was starting.

at the beach

 

greg and i drove to the house for a short visit. we left in the late morning after his zoom work meeting and were out east in time for a late lunch. we were at the beach by 3 pm . . blue sky, cold water and a nice breeze. it felt so wonderful to be swimming again.

dinner at our favorite place . . 

i had fried clams with the bellies and cole slaw; the others had fish and chips and fish tacos. at night i watched the knicks game with warren and adam . . and they won! i couldn't believe it! the game went late so kathy and greg had gone to bed but said they heard my joyous yell. nyc went wild. korrina and deychen sent me videos of the boisterous cheers heard from their apartments and the mayor posted on instagram: thursday. parade. manhattan.

from korrina . . 

and from deychen.

such an exciting night!

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my aloe is doing better now that i added one of the babies to the pot. 

we went to church this morning and said good-bye to pastor bill. he's retiring and moving to michigan to be closer to his daughter and his wife's family. we'll miss him. 

the beautiful stained glass window . . 

we then had another lovely afternoon at the beach before heading home. the water was colder today than yesterday, which surprised us. it was so cold that i couldn't stay in as long as i would have liked. my hand started tingling and cramping. 

i've been reading the scarlet pimpernel as eva shared that she and flora were reading it for the second or third time together and i thought i would join them. i have never read it before and don't want to put it down. i highly recommend it!

the beach roses were all in bloom . .

all too soon it was time to head home . . 

8:18 at night . . chanda was home to help us bring up a few cat items from the house - two cardboard scratching posts and a large set of plush steps to help pluto climb onto the bed or the armchair.

more beach days

 
greg and i drove out east tuesday morning to meet my sister and brother-in-law for a few days together at the house (greg took three vacation days).

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(meanwhile . . chanda was flying home from london . . which was good because she took care of the cats.)

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(back at the beach . . )

swimming in the bay . . 

talking on the phone with my nephew . . 

we ordered dinner in: calamari salad and mixed seafood with toasted italian bread . . 

and played two rounds of may i . . 

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a windy day at the bay wednesday morning . . so no umbrella . . (yesterday it blew over and almost hit me while i was napping).

knitting (trust the process by trés lis with fiber gentili yarn).

exploring . . 

the pond . . 

and where the schooner amistad came ashore . . you can read the story on wikipedia here.

exploring north neck point . . 

where the h.m.s. culloden ran aground during a severe storm in 1781 while trying to intercept french ship at newport, rhode island. it's the only local shipwreck on the national register of historic shipwrecks and is a protected site.

now where to?

to a replica of the amistad moored at the wharf nearby! (you can view their website here.)

it's a beautiful ship and it was wonderful to be able to walk around it. (the large mast was put together with douglas fir logs.)

two photos from the local paper of the opening ceremony . . 

dinner at the inlet . . 

and then a walk by gin at sunset . . 

(and we played another two rounds of may i at home).

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warren and i went for a morning swimming at the bay thursday morning (i wish i could do this every day).

it was windy!

but it was energizing and refreshing . . (the water wasn't too cold).

a walk into town after cleaning and packing . . 

where we met a local photographer we follow on instagram and facebook (i bought one of his photos of the beach on the fourth of july). here they are texting my nephew adam to say hi as we figured out they both knew each other from adam's last visit to the local galleries.

observing several crows squawking at a smaller bird in the pine tree (who finally flew away from the harassment).

grabbing a local paper . . 

and lunch at hooked!

finally on the road a few hours later . . we stopped at hampton chutney for treats . . 

and ran into terrible traffic which we tried to drive around . . but instead got caught in even worse traffic (an hour and a half moving only about one mile . . it was frustrating) . .

and didn't get home until around 10 pm . . you never know when you will run into heavy summer traffic.