“As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats”
I have been industrious. The screens on the doors are in, the wash is spinning and the bed is made. I don’t know what has come over me. On the table are three new books. The day is beautiful with a bright warm sun, and I swear the deck is calling my name. What am I doing being a hausfrau? If I put on a dress, pearls and small heels, send help.
I am still amazed by Cape Cod. In the spring, the wild roses in whites and reds are everywhere. They grow on the edges of fields and woods and in front of old captains’ houses. They have no shape but grow willy nilly, wild and tall. The captains’ houses are mostly half capes with sloping roofs. Their shingles are gray and weathered by years of wind and salt. The air in the morning sometimes smells of the ocean even this far away. On those mornings, I linger on the deck. When I cross the bridge over river on an early morning, I sometimes see fog spread across the water and quahoggers outlined in the mist. The warmth of June has brought gardens filled with color. Short white picket fences stand behind them like sentinels. Some houses have carefully tended lawns. Others just have pine needles spread across their front yards. It seems we always have a breeze, mostly from the south. The nights are beautiful, bright and starlit. They perfectly complement the loveliness of the days. I always think how lucky I am to live here.
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June 18, 2010 at 1:08 pm
You describe Cape Cod so well that i can see it in my head! In a way it looks much like where I was last saturday, but still not at all. The roses are there but mostly only red. But on the other side there grows lots of beach cabage with lots of white flowers. In some paces there´s a lot of Sloe bellies instead of pines. The wind is ubiquitous. I wonder about that last word though 🙂 🙂 I hope it means what I think it does 🙂 🙂 🙂
Have a great day now!
Christer.
June 18, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Christer,
Your description too gives me an image of how it looked: similar but not the same. I had to look up a picture of the sloe berry shrub. There are none here.
Ubiquitous is just fine!
June 18, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Kat, this sounds delightful. You love living where you grew up. It’s your hometown. We are having our summer doldrums with electrical storms knocking out power; strong winds off the ocean; heavy, heavy rains that last hours. It’s followed by humidity which keeps us in the A/C rather than sweat all day outside. Our summers are your bad winters.
June 18, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Z&Me,
I love the cape. It is so different than when I was young, but you can find the unspoiled, undiscovered spots.
Today was the hottest to date, and I had my car air conditioner cranking. It’s already a bit cooler, but it will be warm tonight-in the low 60’s.
June 18, 2010 at 6:50 pm
… except Joe’s old dinghy; it’s been sunk for years.
Cheers
June 18, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Minicapt,
or was that his wife?
June 19, 2010 at 12:16 am
I was referring to a small boat; I have no idea how one could construe that as a reference to a putative lady.
I AM SHOCKED!
Cheers
June 19, 2010 at 9:46 am
Minicapt,
It’s an old joke.
There were two twins, Joe and John. Joe was the owner of a old dilapidated boat. It just so happened that John’s wife died the same day Joe’s boat sank. A few days later a kindly old woman saw Joe, and mistaking him for John. Said “I’m sorry to hear about your loss. You must feel terrible”
Joe, thinking she was talking about his boat, said “Fact is, I’m sort of glad to get rid of her. She was a rotten old thing from the beginning. Her bottom was all shriveled up and she smelled like an old dead fish. She was always losing her water, she had a bad crack in the back and a pretty big hole in the front, too. Every time I used her the hole got bigger and she leaked like crazy. I guess what finished her off was when I rented her to those four guys looking for a good time for the weekend. I warned them that she wasn’t very good, but they wanted to use her anyhow and were willing to pay. The fools all tried to get in her at the same time and split her right down the middle.”
The old woman fainted.
June 19, 2010 at 6:17 pm
I know …
Cheers
June 19, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Of course you do!!