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







Sunday, August 29, 2010

HURRICANE WAVES!

August brings us the beautiful big waves locally known as hurricane waves....



the alert on my computer reads:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...
LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL BUILD OVERNIGHT... AND PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SURF ON SUNDAY. SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 4 FT SUNDAY MORNING... BUT QUICKLY BUILD TO 4 TO 7 FT.

Since any storm or hurricane is thousands of miles southeast of us, the warning brings excitement,


 the allure of an exceptional beach day.


The shorebreak made for rough conditions...



 but the water was so crisp and perfect...


just another day...


at the beach...


love

            lizzy



       .......gone to the beach



Saturday, August 28, 2010

Grey Skies Pink Hydrangeas...August


Hi! For those of you who loved my white lavender hearts...I should have a small batch completed by mid-week. I'll show them here first, so keep looking. :-)

Those grey drizzly days we had earlier this week made me have a hankering for autumn!



I walked out on the beach and studied the dunes...nope, the sea grasses are still bright green, the goldenrod has not even budded. The swales are covered with emerald green low-growing weeds or sedge.


The only things hinting of the coming change of season are the clearer skies at night (if no rain) and the hydrangeas turning from brilliant pink and blue and turquoise to soft shades of rose and pink and chartreuse.



My fav is the bright, bright turquoise-blue of early summer...but the soft pink has its charm and its arrival means it is time to cut the flower heads to be dried for fall bouquets and wreaths....


August draws to an end, school begins---and we search for signs of Autumn, despite the fact that meteorologically [astronomically?] there is an entire full month of summer yet to come.


And The Beach remains Sunny and warm through October, sometimes November--due to the warm Atlantic Ocean.


Looking for Fall in August? It's kinda like hoping for spring in February: fun, encouraging? Optimistic even. But unlikely.


Enjoy the days of summer.....


love

            lizzy

...gone to the beach

Monday, August 23, 2010

A Rain Day

"Life is so short and the chance to be still and serene so fleeting; I was grateful for the rain and the respite.The rain tat-tatted away on the roof..."

                                                    North Cairn


A rare rainy Sunday in August!

Not a gentle pitter patter either, the kind of late summer day  where I can take my cameras, head out to walk and beachcomb, visit my shorebirds in peace. Nope, it was pouring, off and on---and more daunting, there was intermittent lightning and thunder.

A day to stay home...


and sew...

as if it was January...

I worked all day on a new supply of lavender hearts...


I resolutely ignored the binding, almost done! on the quilt I've lugged to the beach all week.


I made blue hearts...






and prim hearts...


white hearts...


MORE white hearts...


and pink...


All filled with Cape Cod lavender, smelling so sweetly of that hot perfect day in July....



They are, to me, tiny keepsakes---


---treasured bits of summer to tuck in with the beach towels or linens,

or in with your new fall woolens?



They will bring back that summer day,


 Again and again...

 If only in your---our--- imaginations.

Sunny days still to come! See you at the beach...

love

              lizzy

....gone to the beach

*Quote is from: North Cairn’s Nature column. It runs every Sunday. She can be reached at ncairn@capecodonline.com.

***hearts will be available here or on my etsy site this week. Just as soon as I can get some good photos...