Two days in Provincetown

For her birthday, I took Susan out to Provincetown for two nights, staying at the Benchmark Inn, truly one of the nicest experiences of any B&B we have ever enjoyed.  It was quite cold, but mostly sunny, the heavy rains not arriving until we were leaving.  Here are some photos from the trip.

From the week before, Green Harbor, Marshfield

Early AM, looking from the piers to the library.

The sunrise light on the windows of the town.  The Provincetown
monument is the tallest granite structure in America.

Race Point

Susan at the Library

One-half replica of a Grand Banks Schooner
constructed inside the library!

Susan at lunch at
Fanizzi's, delicious.

Bumping in to old friends, the Tinneys and the Bridges, from church.

The Provincetown Artists Association Museum

One of the may galleries on Merchant Street

The Mews restaurant. Slow-cooked Lamb Shank!

From the deck at the Benchmark Inn, late at night.

Enormous flock of White -winged Scoters.

Susan doing her favorite thing.

6th. walk in 7 days.

I exercised every day (one day was on a treadmill, since it was 4 degrees outside), and feel very good about it.  Here are some shots from yesterday's walk in Pratt Farm.

My walk started about 3:00 PM, and already the shadows are long.

This is Stony Brook Pond, one of two in the area.

A bit of color on the otherwise very drab forest floor.

The path around the lake.

A bit of marble thrusting out of the forest floor.  Shining Rock is a large mountain viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway,
near Brevard, N.C. where I lived through HS and 2 years of college.  The entire top of the mountain is covered by outcorps of pink quartz, and as the sun sets, it appears that the mountain top is on fire.

One ray of dying light

Jan 3rd. 3rd Walk

Three days in a row, three walks. I'm  doin' fine. This was Willow Brook Farm in Pembroke, a Conservancy Trust
A few photos

Wonderful series of trails

Even at 2:30 the shadows are long.

Great to see families out walking

Meeting new friends

These stone walls go for miles.  Think of the labor involved in construction.

Back through Lakeville, and a far distant Hooded Merganser 
in the last moments of sun shine.
I wish I had had my 400mm lens.

New Years resolution: walking!

SO. I've been two days into the new year and I have taken two walks.  So far, so good.
There isn't  a lot to photograph, but there sure is soliltude.  Especially today when it got really cold.
A couple of photos, however.


These two shots are from the Strier Conservancy

Getting dark at 4:00 PM.

An amazing old wall at Pratt Farm.  Is the wall holding up the tree, or the other way around?

And, in case I haven't put it on the blog,
my wonderful Xmas present from my sister,
Barbara, who is a real artist.

Cartoons for the yhear

Every year, Susan and I put cartoons we admire on the fridge, and then start again.  Here are some memorable ones, mostly from the Boston Globe.
I hope you can enlarge them adequately.

Holiday fun

Haven't seen Star Wars yet, but the season has been delightful so far.
Here are a few pictures from the past several days.

Christmas Eve AM , brunch with the Mazzoli's, and Scott, Cheryl
Alex and Carter.  A quick stop over at Bill Daley and June Snow's to show the boys their Xmas decorations

Back to our house for a little "War" before brunch.

Carter, Alex opening presents

And the family picture
Carter, Scott, Alex, Cheryl, Carol, Rigo, Doug, Susan
In the afternoon, I had a concert at 2nd Parish in Hingham,
and then that night, a candlelight service at Old South

Christmas Day, and a brunch at the Daleys
Doug, Bill Daley, Doris and Bill Bassett, Susan,
Glen and Elaine Soulia, Willis Soulia,
and June Snow

And my very special Xmas gift from sister Barbara
an original, signed pastel created by her.

Susan and I took Christmas afternoon by ourselves,
went to Ellisville State Park, and saw lots of seals.
Tomorrow, it is up to Groveland to see Ken, Erin, Jackson and Oliver
Then I stay overnight so as to bring the boys to
Christmas Revels at Sanders Theater, Cambridge.