Back to the Beach for the New Year

snowy beach

Hello! What a beautiful day it is today! Too bad I am snowed in. And oooh, is it cold. Same for most of us, I am thinking. I can't open my back door. I took this pix by sticking my phone out the 2" crack that the drifts allow.

Despite being stuck inside for today I am feeling re-invigorated by the gorgeous open and empty beach and I am trying to again have my daily hikes, to rebuild some stamina.
I have a new iPhone app called Map My Walk:

Kinda cool. I love the somewhat inaccurate map that clearly shows my meandering trail.
But MMW sent me a hilarious email earlier this week. Above the purple line it says"Hi, you kicked laziness in the butt in 2013. Bask in the glory." LOL. Picture me, like, basking, please.

Because if you then scroll down you can see I walked FOUR times with a total of 3 1/2 miles. Sure I just got the app...and I forget to use it sometimes...but before my sudden illness last July I regularly walked 3-5 miles six times a week! But if I look closely, I can see that even with this small record, I have walked further each day [inhaler in my pocket, sigh] and with faster times. Inspiration/ incentive indeed.

So---off to the beach.
Before the snow came: dawn, New Years Day. The year dawned so sweetly, so gently.

Note how the sun is so far to the east-southeast.

I took my annual New Years walk. Snow squalls towards New Jersey [below, far right] hint of the storm to come.

The big tankers all lined up, waiting for the Port of New York to reopen on the 2nnd.

Quiet ocean, smooth and flawless beach.

A beautiful sea duck, a merganser, I think, all by herself. (the males have a sort of mint green with their white patches.)

 

 

 

 A few treasures, finally! My pockets have been so empty. The black disk is a mystery. It must be man-made, shaped with straight sides, like a biscuit!

And a doggy tag. I hope only the tag was lost long ago and not the dog herself. ''Sasha".  Should I send it to the owner? Or use it on one of my found object bracelets? I can't decide.

Indoors today, I tried hard not to clean or dust or put away the Christmas stuff. Instead I am making lavender hearts and putting finishing touches on last year's quilts. Hot chocolate in my mug.

Wishing you all a cozy, happy weekend.

 love 

lizzy

gone to the beach..........

 

click to enlarge the photos, please....