Finding Beauty in a Cape Cod Winter

Posted on February 21, 2015 by admin

This has been quite a month and I’m pretty sure most of us are tired of the “S” word by now. Rain is predicted after beginning as snow for tonight and tomorrow and although it will probably make a mess of the roads I’ll be glad to see at least some of these huge snow piles wash away.

The beaches, though cold, have been stark and gorgeous, if you like that sort of thing, which I do.

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My husband and I took some time off to go exploring down Cape this past week and the reward was well worth it.

We originally aimed for Chatham so took Rt. 28, the southern route. This allowed us to stop at Seagull Beach in West Yarmouth

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and West Dennis Beach

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Chatham was freezing cold and windy so we just looked onto South Beach from the parking lot.

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We decided to head on up to Eastham and stopped at Fort Hill

And Coast Guard Beach

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And First Encounter Beach

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Where you can see how frozen Cape Cod Bay is

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Our last stop of the day was Paine’s Creek in Brewster

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As we traveled the temperature dropped about 20 degrees from morning until late afternoon but we went well prepared. Have you been out and around since all this snow fell? What is your favorite snowy beach scene?

Snowy winter on Cape Cod

Posted on February 11, 2014 by admin

You’d think I would post more since I’ve been somewhat housebound through the recent snowstorms. I have managed to get out quite a bit and to be honest, January was a crazy busy month for me between online sales, workshops, classes and talks. I’ve been writing my columns but not writing here.

Scenes like this have been common this winter….

as have scenes like this….

Birds like this male cardinal have had to persevere through the storms in order to find food…

You know what they say about red sky in the morning….

Those red morning skies can make for scenes that look more like the arctic than Cape Cod….

We have become very familiar with many, many shades of gray….

But some days the sun does still come out and fat little squirrels like this pregnant lady come out to stuff their faces….

No doubt hoping the resident red tailed hawk isn’t looking for dinner…It’s been a long snowy winter here on the Cape with more storminess predicted for the end of this week. I don’t know about you, but I am feeling winter weary.

Snow at the beach….

Posted on January 29, 2013 by admin

Every now and then I hear that someone is surprised that it can snow at the beach….it may not snow on southern beaches but it definitely snows here on our Cape Cod beaches….and it is quite beautiful!