Showing posts with label Cape Cod 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cape Cod 2019. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Cape Cod 2019: Sunsets

Cape Cod is a place that's worth experiencing at all times of the day. Still, there's something very special about the sunsets one encounters there. Here are two observed two weeks ago.
Harding Beach




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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Cape Cod 2019: Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge

The Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge was established by an act of Congress in 1951. Much of it is inaccessible, at least on foot.



Looking toward Chatham







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Saturday, June 15, 2019

Cape Cod 2019: Lighthouse Beach

The Chatham Light overlooks Lighthouse Beach, one of my favorite places to visit on the Cape.
The Chatham Light

Flags were at half staff last week to honor victims of the Virginia Beach shooting.
Lighthouse Beach

The Chatham Light and Lighthouse Beach


The Chatham Light, center, as seen from the Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge


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Friday, June 14, 2019

Cape Cod 2019: Spring Foliage

Last week in Cape Cod was a great time to view the foliage of late spring, including rhododendrons and irises.





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Thursday, June 13, 2019

Cape Cod 2019: Car Talk

The following cars were seen in and around Chatham on Cape Cod last week. The first has what may be considered a license plate for the phonetically-minded.

Here's a car decal meant for true public servants:

Philosophers and others possessing inquiring minds should consider also possessing a license plate like this one:

You can always tell who owns the store. A license plate outside Ducks in the Window on Main Street gives it away:

The same goes for this license plate outside the Impudent Oyster, a fine restaurant in a converted church:

Finally, the green bumper sticker demonstrates how to appeal, apparently, to the caffeine-conscious pacifist:




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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Cape Cod 2019: Peter de Sève's Summer Getaway

"Summer Getaway" is the title of Peter de Sève's New Yorker cover of July 28, 2008. Titles add little if anything to the magazine's covers, but at least this one has a clever double meaning. 
Peter de Sève
"Summer Getaway"
The New Yorker, July 28, 2008


No surprise here:  "Summer Getaway" is also the title of the New York Puzzle Company's 500 piece jigsaw puzzle of the New Yorker cover. 
Peter de Sève
"Summer Getaway"
The New Yorker, July 28, 2008
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It's available for purchase on Amazon. It was also available as entertainment last week in our rental home on Cape Cod, where we traveled for what was a little too early to call a summer getaway.
Peter de Sève
"Summer Getaway"
The New Yorker, July 28, 2008
New York Puzzle Company



This puzzle as a work in progress may be seen here. Spoiler alert:  the full solution is about to be revealed below.


The puzzle solved:



Note:  Credit for the completion of this puzzle goes to my family and especially to my wife. I had nothing whatever to do with the days-long effort except for the photography.



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