sunday hike

this morning morgan was explaining to me about the software they needed to learn for their design school. it looked very complicated and was only one of at least four programs they had to learn.

after getting extra help from friends and a tutor, the best way to learn the program is to work with it, and it takes time to become proficient.

korrina recently completed a beautiful sweater in fingering weight yarn that she dyed herself a few years ago in the studio of alex creates. the pattern is from purl soho . . 

 

and is edged with a particular hem that looked a little complicated but added a really nice finished touch.

 

it's very soft and comfortable and is easily cleaned as it's a superwash yarn (she popped it into her building's washer and also dried it carefully for just 30 minutes).

we had pie for breakfast before going off on our early morning hike . . 

to the walking dunes . . (past dune walks from 2012 are here and here) . .

admiring the lichen . . 

reading about the dunes and how the wind shapes their path.

the groundwater which is supporting the forest . . 

and tin the distance the bay . . . .

 

at the tip of the dunes where they are slowly moving east and covering the forest.

beach heather . . 

the cranberry bog where the winds have created a depression and exposed the fresh groundwater.

an interesting find . . 

back at the bay . . 

reading the last marker about the harbor . .

skipping stones . .

tiny  whelks . . 

 

sand and stones stained by the high concentrate of iron by this bay.

walking back to the car . . 

 

 

 and heading home . . 

watching the rain begin to fall . .

scrambling eggs for brunch . . 

toast, orange juice, eggs and chicken apple sausage . . 

and it turned into a rainy day (which had been predicted by the weatherman) . . 

reading books, doing schoolwork, knitting . . 

 

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a selfie pic from their afternoon beach walk . .

 

after dinner dessert . . (dinner was fried chicken with potato, three bean and cole slaw salads from herb's in town) . .

and a few rounds of may i . . 

good night!

walking dunes and gosman's dock

friday morning was silvery grey . .

and jack had a barking fit on the deck . . he usually never barks . . maybe he was smelling the deer that like to come around . .

enjoying some quiet knitting and reading time . . 

my sister and nephews had never been to the walking dunes.

it was great to hike it with them, and to hear about the names of many of the plants from my nephew.

you can see where the dunes are encroaching on the woods in this picture . . they are slowly rolling north eastward.

napeague bay is in the west behind them.

on top of the dune facing south.

just a small mushroom poking up through the sand!

a bayberry plant . . 

panic grass . . 

a lone cranberry from the nearby bog . .

red cherry . .

goldenrod gone to seed . .

pea shoots in the sea grass.

collecting scallop shells someone discarded at napeague bay.

there's a lot of iron in the sand and on the shells.

you can see the iron clinging to the metal of morgana's camera case.

oh, they picked up a pygmy puff . .

and decided to take it home.

after the walk, and before going home, we stopped at gosman's dock where there was a 40 percent sale at one of the store's we like. we picked up a few birthday gifts for friends.

korrina and i walked along the water before heading home.

saying good-bye . .

it was late, which meant it got too dark to knit in the car!

back in the city . .