Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts

Monday, August 06, 2012

stopping by sea

Stopping by sea on a summer evening...







Friday, September 09, 2011

across the harbor : 53 project week 31

Last week I wandered the dunes of Sandy Neck; this week I visited the easternmost end of the barrier beach.  A few of us local historians went out the the cottage colony to visit one of the cottage owners there, and see her wonderful collection of photos and Sandy Neck historical materials.  It was a rainy, wet September morning, very gray with low clouds and fog.  I took a quick walk among the cottages before we left, but could have stayed all day, capturing the rustic beauty of the place.  Look:

























Sunday, March 06, 2011

the 53 project : week 11

Wind.  Rain.  Sun.  Bitter cold.  Above freezing.  Mid-forties.  Partly cloudy.  Gale force winds.  Bright blue skies.  Scattered snow flurries.

It's March on Olde Cape Cod.










 It makes me think of the old SNL riff by John Belushi....

Well, another winter is almost over and March true to form has come in like a lion, and hopefully will go out like a lamb. At least that's how March works here in the United States.

But did you know that March behaves differently in other countries? In Norway, for example, March comes in like a polar bear and goes out like a walrus. Or, take the case of Honduras where March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a salt marsh harvest mouse.

Let's compare this to the Maldive Islands where March comes in like a wildebeest and goes out like an ant. A tiny, little ant about this big. 

Unlike the Malay Peninsula where March comes in like a worm-eating fernbird and goes out like a worm-eating fernbird. In fact, their whole year is like a worm-eating fernbird. 

Or consider the Republic of South Africa where March comes in like a lion and goes out like a different lion. Like one has a mane, and one doesn't have a mane. Or in certain parts of South America where March swims in like a sea otter, and then it slithers out like a giant anaconda. There you can buy land real cheap, you know? 

And there's a country where March hops in like a kangaroo, and stays a kangaroo for a while, and then it becomes a slightly smaller kangaroo. Then, then, then for a couple of days it's sort of a cross between a, a frilled lizard and a common house cat....

And so it goes.  Happy March!

Saturday, May 02, 2009

may showers & may flowers

You know the drill...click the photo to see the larger version