midweek miscellany

Just some miscellaneous images

and some fences

taken on a lunchtime walk

down Rendezvous Lane.

Isn't that the best street name?

So full of possibilities.

This is one of my favorite village dogs.  Her name is Lucy, too.

Hearts.  They're all around.

Happy Halloween...

In the rose garden birdbath at St. Mary's.

Remnants of architectural details on the carriage house at the Daniel Davis House.

Some departed visitors -- forcefully relocated, I think.

Powerless.

Last of the October roses.

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:

left behind

This house has intrigued me since we first moved to Cape Cod seven years ago. It has sat deteriorating and empty, nestled among historic homes on Route 6A, for a very long time. I got permission from the realtor to photograph it as part of a library project to document old homes in our area.


It is still filled with items from the people who once lived there. Plates and mugs, furniture, clothes, canisters of beans and pasta. Like houses in a ghost town, it is as if the residents just got up and walked away in the middle of the day, leaving dishes in the sink, the tea kettle on the stove, towels hung on the back of the bathroom door, and curtains in the windows.







This house is filled with ghosts of memories. My goal is to preserve those memories through images and stories. If you have information on this house or know of other old homes in the area that should be documented, contact me.

farm animals in the news

My smiling goats made it to the front page of the Cape Cod Time's weekly reader photo gallery. I also got this handsome sheep to pose for me. Who could ask for better models?

Oh, and let's not forget these sweet faces.


And this stately fellow.