Quartz?

The beach rocks of Long Island are suprisingly translucent.



Spring sunlight.

Oh crap

I just remembered that last night I dreamed AGAIN that my teeth were crumbling and falling out. And I couldn't find the dentist's phone number.

Morning times in Brooklyn

The sun.

Jamesport morning

Ten hours of deep sleep in perfect quiet.



Then this:





Maybe we move there?

Jamesport

We were planning to drive back to the city the same day, but we were enjoying being relaxed so much that we decided to stay the night in Jamesport.

Our motel had a little beach:





Kitty trail in the sand:





At sunset a swan swam by!



Did they train it to do that??

We had a big dinner down the street and a bottle of wine. Then we went to bed at 9.

Best daycation ever!

Wm. J. Mills & Co. Sailmakers

In Greenport, Long Island, we stopped in at this place.



It was basically heaven.



This red bag is an "ice bag": it can hold a fifty-pound block of ice! I really wanted one—but . . . when do I carry ice?



Greg got these:





I got a "diddy" bag!



I call it Puffy.

I love old-timey canvas items!

Sunday snack

Darn that was good.

Yessirree!

These are going right into our board collection!

Beach finds at home

Another sea brick and some luminous rocks:



I am very happy.

Beach finds

Pebbles:



Conch:



Small shells:



White rock:



Seaweed and surf!



Lobster-trap tag:



I might give ol' Bob a call and let him know we found it.

Sand:



Behind the beach, deer leavings!





In the distance, a Wild Greg reclining on the sand!



I know you're not supposed to feed wild animals...but he looked hungry, so I took him for lunch!



Then he followed me home.

Long Island!

First stop: coffee.



Then the highway.

Can you see this guy's licence plate? If he's such a sorcerer why is he stuck in traffic with us reg'lar people?



Soon:



Open spaces! Sigh:





At the end of the road: the beach!



Beach love.





Pure relaxation.

Daycation!

Greg and I are driving to Long Island.

Bye!

When did this happen?

In front of our house.

Sprouts!

Remember those seeds I found a long time ago? Well, I was trying to grow them following the instructions on the package.

Nothing happened.

So, my new thing: sprouting them on wet paper towel.



It's working!



Can you see that tiny "sprote" in the middle? (It's really best to pronounce it Nova Scotia–style)

Unravelling

Curly fluorescence!

Greenpoint Dumpster

Was someone building a boat?





Or storing a kayak?

Crabapple jelly

Thanks Beth!



We exchanged: she got a haircut and Greg and I got this delicious homemade nectar!

We were saying, it's so beautiful that it almost makes you appreciate paintings like this.

Almost, but not quite. Sorry Mary Pratt.

Crochet drawing

Explaining the intricacies of a stitch to a knitter.



This makes me realize I haven't drawn anything in a long, long time.

Memory card

I took these pictures three weeks ago, a few seconds before I smashed my camera.





Beautiful Sunday-night snow in Midtown.

UPDATE

My camera has arrived. It is AWESOME. Many improvements on the G9.

Cheesecake

...with chocolate sauce made by yours truly.



Nice work if you can get it.

Hey, this is classy:



Did I ever tell you the story of how we got our cutlery? I came off the subway one afternoon to find a bag of knives and forks in the basket of my bike, which was locked up by the stop. So I just rode on home with them.

Apparently some of them were stolen from Paris Hilton?