The Visitor

I saw this yacht anchored a bit north from where Laurel Avenue meets the water, in Hempstead harbor.  Boats are not usually moored this close to shore and I realized that I didn't recognize this craft.  It is a relatively large catamaran, and it was here for about 3 days.  I did make a note to photograph it when the wind and the light were right.  I could see the name of the boat on both the sail cover on the boom, and on the bow.  It is called "Scenic Route" and I guess that's true.  You don't use a sailboat to get somewhere in a hurry!  I have no idea where she is from and after three days, the spot where it was anchored was empty.  It's called "cruising" and you sail from harbor to harbor and anchor for a night or three, and then continue on your way.

No Dunkin' Donuts - Week 29

We had everything planned for a different kind of breakfast at the beach.  We brought two beach chairs, and a small, low table, and we planned to walk down by the water and sit in the sand for our breakfast.  Guess what?  Look at our windshield.  Water drops.  Right, the sprinkles started as we were pulling into the beach parking lot.  So instead we sat in the car and enjoyed our beverages and out donuts, on a rainy day.  Anyplace is a good place to have a donut!

My Grass is Growing!

My grass is growing, my grass is growing!  Look how green and lush it is, now that the seed has germinated!  Well, I mean, it is green.  And OK, so it's not lush.  But...  You have no idea how exciting to see, after all my work, that at least tiny shoots of grass are poking up through the earth!  In the photo below, you can see a close up of the grass shoots.  Oh happy day!  My perfect lawn is on the way!

 

Oscar in the Tree

This is Oscar in a tree, getting ready to cut off a branch that was hanging low over our back room roof.  The interesting thing is that the branch is from a tree in the neighbor's yard!  The neighbors are in the process of selling their house, so I asked permission to cut the branch off and they said "yes" and they said the workmen could come over in their yard if they had to to accomplish this.  Legally I am allowed to cut any part of the branch that crosses the property line.  But practically, I wanted to remove the whole branch so that I could get more sunlight in the back yard, AND I would also get a larger view of the sky from the back yard.   I wanted that so that I could more easily view the moon in the western sky as it sets.  So everything went well and I can see the sky better!

 

Sunflowers!

One of Kathy's clients sent her a bouquet of these small sunflowers while she was in Los Angeles.  So I found the biggest thing I could use as a vase, which happened to be a glass pitcher you would serve punch in, in the summertime.  I put water in the vase, and the weight of the water seemed heavy enough so the weight of the flowers wouldn't turn the my vase over.  So they have been sitting here on the glass-topped table, brightening our back room.

 

The Apples Fell Down But The Roof Stayed Up!

My favorite pie is blueberry pie, and lately I love a variant of that which Kathy makes - blueberry apple pie!  For some reason, several days ago I asked Kathy if she could make an apple pie.  I have no idea why I asked for just apple, but I did.  So Kathy made one in a flash.  After it came out of the oven she warned me that the crust was up in the air but that the apples had settled and there would be a space under the crust.  After I cut our two pieces for the evening's dessert, I could see all the air space above the apples, and I thought it was funny and it made me smile.  And the pie made my tummy feel good!

 

Wait! Which Way?

So these are the arrows I talked about in yesterday's post.  There are two of them, pointing in different directions, and they don't seem to make any sense at all.  There was some excavation work going on in one of the main streets of Sea Cliff, off to the left of these signs, so maybe the arrows are adjusted for the days traffic flow.  Maybe these are just stored this way.  I just thought it was funny to see this.  If you turn right on the street to the right, you will be facing the park and the bench where the young woman was enjoying the sunshine.