It was a lovely day for dilly-dallying.
The day started with a fabulous breakfast, followed by a walk on the beach.
“Walking is also an ambulation of the mind.” ~ Gretel Ehrlich
I’m not much for sitting out in the sun in the middle of the day, so I came back to Brewster by the Sea and hung out in the gardens for a few hours reading. Later, I headed out to see what I would see… a scenic drive took me to Orleans, where I checked out the stores and galleries on Main Street. The beach on that side of the Cape is on the Atlantic Ocean, and I had a lovely pre-dinner walk over there.
“It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.” ~ Dr. Howard Murphy
After dinner, I stopped in to my room to change to warmer clothes and then – you guessed it – I went back to the beach to watch the sunset.
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” ~ John Burrough
Tonite, I’m hanging out, watching a movie, and, well, dilly-dallying.
I was thinking today that I take a lot of pictures of the waves, which seems a really silly thing to do. I wish instead that I could capture and bottle the feeling of walking on the beach. And the sounds… I’ve been trying to name and describe those sounds in my head: crash… swoosh… ssss… blurp… gurgle… splash. Impossible.
The pictures will have to do.
Early morning on Paine’s Creek Beach…
Nauset Beach…
Paine’s Creek Beach again at sunset…
“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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