Sunday Afternoon on the Peconic Bay

Buoy marking the tip of the southern spit of Robins Island.

Photo one week before the following post... same Peconic Bay.

Some float, some don't.


Regatta rounding a racing buoy.


Fishermen out for porgie.


Sand sculpted by the wind on a Robins Island bluff.

Rafting... tying boats together to socialize (and the larger ones have heads!).


For more My World Tuesday photographs from participating bloggers click here.

Sky Watch Friday

Click on photos to enlarge.

The early morning sun casts long shadows while illuminating everything in it's path with a golden glow. Near perfect reflections appear on undisturbed water and I have a feeling of contented solitude.

To see more great Sky Watch Friday photos click here.

white on white

An Afternoon Walk

Monday afternoon after a lunch of leftover applewood smoked chicken from the night before, potato salad, local sweet fresh clams and oysters on the half shell, corn on the cob and ice tea, two of our guests took naps in loungers under the star magnolia, three went shopping at Trimble's Nursery for plants to take home, Zack and Kenny went downstairs to play video games and I took a walk. I went along side the orchard a half mile and back looking and taking pictures of flowers at the edge of neighboring folks backyards. There is so much beauty there that can't be seen from the road. The sun was warming, not hot, and the flowers smiled.

Shadows on Cedar

dianthus

zebra grass

Some North Fork "Reds"

I was going through some older photos and I got the idea to do a little post with a red theme. I'm glad I have a better camera now. Those are some of my tomatoes from last year. Nine plants produced over 250 lbs.

Kapell's sign, door and anchor.

Two red stone cairn.

Fence

Tree Lichen

Crab Remains

Orient Point

We took a spin out to the very end of the North Fork, Orient Point. The eastern-most building is a cable house from which electricity is sent to the Orient Point Light known as the Coffee Pot.  A mile or more beyond the light and across Plum Gut sits Plum Island which has been the home of the Plum Island Light established in 1827 and an animal disease research center since 1954.  Only research personnel and staff are permitted on the island.  They commute by the center's ferry.

In the 4th photo the water was very turbulent and carried sand west in a sand line to the edge of a rip.  I've never seen it so distinct.

A half mile west of the cable house a Cross Island Ferry was being boarded by cars, trucks and bicycle riders all heading to New London, Connecticut.   Reservations are needed and if some folks are getting late they'll drive with no regard to speed limits or much of anything else. Some locals sport bumper stickers that state "I don't care if you're late for the ferry!"   Very early morning returnees from Connecticut's Mohican Sun Casino often end up in a ditch or worse after a night of gambling and drinking with no sleep.  Good time to stay off the road.

Orient Beach State Park is open to anyone at no charge during the off season.  It hosts many bird species and is a waypoint for migrating birds in the Spring and Fall.  Newly arrived ospreys, our sure sign of spring, were repairing the winter damage to their nests here and there.

On our way back home we stopped in East Marion to see how the lavender farm, Lavender by the Bay, was doing.  The bees will be busy very soon.

Weekend Warriors in the Park

Taking a Closer Look