Cape Cod weekend

A cottage by the sea.

Pink roses everywhere.

That is the house I dream of.

The air smells of wild roses, hydrangeas, and salt air.

A day at the beach segued to an evening Cape League baseball game. (A league of the best college players, memorialized in the wonderful book, The Last Best League.) The stands were full; suntan lotion, bug spray and grilling hotdogs threaded the scent of the ocean breeze. Children and dogs ran around, cell phones were ignored and the crowd stayed until the very end, because it was that rare kind of evening, one you want to remember when the phones start ringing again.

 The ocean was everything it's supposed to be.

I walked for hours, and was rewarded by the playful antics of dozens of seals. My little pocket camera wasn't up to the task, but trust me, they were captivating. If you click on the picture you'll get a better glimpse of one of them.

Is there a house you dream of?

Jen

summer pleasures

Books, baseball, flowers & art.

No Catskills this weekend. Tomorrow I'll go to Boston to catch the last day of an exhibit of paintings of Provincetown (Cape Cod). I learned about it from Urban Cottage Steve. If you missed the post, take a look here--he includes pictures of many of the paintings.

I plan to spend the rest of the weekend reading, weeding, and watching baseball. I'm a New York Mets fan (living in the land of the Boston Red Sox) and they are playing the big bad New York Yankees--a subway series, and I wish I was in New York taking the #7 subway to the ballpark.

There are many good, and a few great books about baseball. The best of them are human interest/baseball as a metaphor for life...and appeal to people who aren't baseball fans. This is one--about a season with a minor league baseball team. Here is one of my favorite Roger Kahn quotes: "You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat." Appropriate for a Mets fan.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Jen