Hot Fun in the Summertime

It was in the 90s today, and humid. Thankfully, I work in air-conditioning, but poor Billy's stuck in my warm apartment all day, melting. This is Plum Island.
Lost shoes

Sand pipers are different here from the ones in San Diego.

Lobstah cookout in New Hampshire

Katy came to visit! Check out that lobstah. It's a monstah!

The Boston Pops play at the Hatch Shell for the Fourth of July. Katy and I saw a different symphony, which performs free concerts on Wednesdays in the summer.

Boston on a nice, cool, misty evening. I miss that night, now that it's back to being sweltering.

Rhode Island beach

Raising the Genoa

Greg's friend Logan has a sailboat. He bought the boat last summer and has spent a lot of time this spring restoring and repairing it. The other day, we went to the boat. Before we took it out on the water and raised the new Genoa sail for the first time, we had to install the winches. When I say "we," I really mean Logan and Greg.

It has been a very gloomy summer.

And we're sailing!

There she is.

Cape Cod (2)

We decided to get lobster for dinner. This girl's family ran the lobster place. She called this one Spots. Kids never change, huh?

I'd only gotten lobster in restaurants before. I watched the first one go in the water, then I had to walk away from the pot.We drove to Provincetown ("P-Town," on the tip of the Cape) for the day.

The view from a tower

The stairwell of the tower

The tower commemorates that the settlers first reached Provincetown, then soon moved and settled in Plymouth.

There's the tower again.

Cape Cod (1)

A bunch of Greg's friends congregated at the parents' Cape Cod beach house of one of them.

The typical Cape architecture

I had to ask what this sign meant. There are more homes, and therefore more people, in this neighborhood. Cars should be aware that many people live here, and to watch for children in the street and other such activity.

I love the bike thrown down on the lawn.

Many fire hydrants has these upshoots - so you can see where the hydrants are even if they're covered in several feet of snow! (My longing for winter comes in waves. I am looking forward to the snow again...)

Slow Pedestrians Walking. Cape Cod sure has funny street signs. Although fitting in this case.

A good house has a hammock.

The famous sea grass of the Cape

This shell-rock amalgam was still moving, so I tossed it back in the water.

Thanks for the beach towels, Mom.

Blue hydrangeas were in everyone's yards. I learned that hydrangeas don't come in different varieties, which accounts for varying color in roses, for example. The pH in the soil affects the color hydrangeas will be.

Random Odds and Ends

Three turkeys have been on Avenue Louis Pasteur for months now. I see them on my walk to and from work. The other day, one was standing in the middle of the street. The bus slowed down, then hit the gas! The turkey ran to safety. The bus driver had played Chicken with the turkey, and won.
Frog.

It's not autumn yet; this is a Japanese Red Maple.

David is an old ship friend of mine. He was on a ship that came to Boston on Sundays last summer and we met up each week at the pub for lunch and a good visit. This summer, he was in town on Fridays and came inland a bit to meet me near my work for lunch. On the last Friday before his vacation, we met at the bar that Cheers was based on. It's located on the edge of the Beacon Hill neighborhood. I love the front yard-type places here.

Bee butt.

Another bee - it's always a good sign to see these guys.