I wiped away the weeds & foam. / I fetched my sea-born treasures home... Ralph Waldo Emerson







Tuesday, January 23, 2018

January Thaw



Hi everyone! It's warm! A heat wave! Temps above freezing, what a delightful change.


Guys on the beach in shorts and with surfboards, crazy.


Some hopeful soul made a little sandcastle.


Okay not really hot or even all that warm, it's colder here at the beach...


but high 40s is fine with me. Heck, double digit  temperature is fine with me. And no wind!


You can see the warm rain front heading in the other night, soft angel sky---harbinger of spring.




Less layers, less cringing when you dare to poke a nose out the door. One less layer of clothes not needed.

The downside of the thaw is that everything is drippy and dirty brown. Even the remaining snow drifts, eew.


It was warm enough and thawed enough to venture down to the beach. Mo was invited to spend Sunday with my friends who are now over the flu, and with no dog walking responsibility, I was able to walk more than  I have walked in a long time.
















Very low tide, you can see the corrugated sand, usually far underwater. Lots of tiny sandpipers, finding wintery foods.


I thought after the storms and high winds, and very low tide, contributing to lots of intriguing outwash areas, like these:





---that I would be sure to find good treasure. But No. This is my little handful. The greens have to go back, they aren't seaglass yet, just shiny shards.


Other bits, an interesting piece of brick;



a piece of pottery or drainpipe.


Shell spine.


The inner twist of the whelk will make a nice bottle stopper.


Sometimes I wonder: Is it possible that over the years we have picked up all the seaglass from the beach? Here is about half my collection. My friends who were babysitting Mo have at least as much as we do or more.





Nearby, the paper white daffs are going strong. This is after one week.



The amaryllis are much slower but I'm hopeful still.


To lessen the gloom, yesterday on our Monday errands run to Target I picked up this pretty bright melon orange cotton voile scarf for spring. I love tassels almost as much as I love pom poms. 


Threw in a Valentine candy bag of these oh so cute Reese's Love Bugs candies.


For my great aunt's candy jar.



They are either cute or icky, I'm not entirely sure. They remind me of giant aphids.


And from a designer friend who is wintering in Palm Springs, these darling Pug socks! She says patterned socks are ''in'' out there, who knew. I love these---Mo makes these exact faces.


I was very pleased to find a new bed for Mo, his favorite kind, a donut bed with fake fur lining. Unfortunately he loves the fur so much, he eats the bed and I immediately had to take it away from him. I set the bed on the table for mending  and forgot it. Later Mo was again missing. Here is where I found him!







"what!? It's my bed!"
And when scolded and shooed off the table he galloped into my bedroom and resettled happily on my best down pillows. Mo has spring fever, I think. In a puggy kind of way.


Dumpster diving, see what I found! Isn't this fun. It's a real painting or print on canvas. Gone to the Beach! But it was big and heavy, and I had Mo with me, so I had to leave it. Too bad---or just as well?


Slow cooker Korean shredded beef, with broccoli and brown rice for dinner. Yum.


love


lizzy

gone to the beach...

sunsets and a tiny crescent moon.









The light poof in the center is a reflection of my camera on the window glass, I think.


8 comments:

  1. The beach looks lovely. Mo knows where to find his bed, he looks so good all snuggled up. Can’t sew by hand just now, my left arm got injured two weeks ago and could take another two weeks to heal.

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  2. Those pug socks are fabulous. Almost as good as Mo's expression of disbelief in his confiscated bed! I'm still chuckling. Penny

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  3. Thanks for the walk along the beach. Looks refreshing and beautiful. Mo is soooo cute, even if he chews his bed!

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  4. So happy it has warmed up for you. We are still waiting for our snow.
    Mo totally cracks me up! I can't believe he jumped up on the table to get in his bed. What a silly dog!

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  5. Fun to walk on the beach again! I'd end up with wet feet, getting too close to the water, lol. Don't think I'd be getting IN the water tho until it's much warmer!

    Love the scarf and especially the socks! The Love Bugs made me laugh - let the kids eat bugs! And Mo is so full of mischief! How did he know his bed was on the table?! Our kitties have been demanding attention the last few days, sometimes I wish they spoke English so I could tell what they want.

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  6. Glad to hear you had less frigid temps. It was quite windy and chilly,(to us...probably only mid 50's) yesterday evening. I was working at the restaurant, and NOBODY wanted to sit on the patio, except for the party from Wisconson! They were happy :)

    I'm always disappointed and surprised that you don't find more fun stuff beach combing after inclement weather. The shell is a fun find though.

    Good for you, getting more walking in. Too bad you couldn't bring home the beach art. I would have gone home and come back in the car. Maybe you should find a second hand wagon to bring along? It's so cute with the Santa hat on the chair.

    Kel

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  7. Mo on the table had me laughing. I like to put words to his looks. This one is, "What?" Love all the beach pics, of course. Glad you had some warm temps. We did too. Alot of melting. But more snow coming. :) Have a great weekend! Kit

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  8. Who knew that Mo was a model for socks?

    I adore that he loves (or loved?) his bed so much he sought it out and overcame all obstacles!

    Lisa

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