Provincetown

An ice storm. In June. Soooo crazy.
Dark clouds hang heavy over the mountains. A deep, drenching rain nourishes the garden.
Tough little Lupines.
I flip on the furnace (in June?) and say a little prayer for the heirloom veggies I can't save. I can save quite a few, since I grow most of them in containers. Those I hauled indoors during this odd bout of winter weather.

Our beach cottage in Cape Cod

Wanna be a mountain gardener? First rule of thumb: optimists need not apply.

Cool garden gate, discovered on my travels.

No matter how warm and wonderful the weather... Mother Nature schedules one freaky cold snap, way late in the planting season. Just to torture us.

And, it's working! I find the weather quite depressing. 'Specially since we just returned from the beach. Cape Cod...
Where we held our very own lobster fest. As in gobbling every bit of lobster we could get our hands on. Boiled, broiled, breakfast, lunch & dinner! You name, we ate it! Great fun.

Provincetown shopping is such a blast.

I'd been invited out to Connecticut, for a few hard-working days of sales meetings. This is me working hard:
And, since I was so close... I simply had to go a wee bit further and chill at the beach with my daughter.

I was anxious to get home, though. It's hard to be gone this time of year, when there is so much to be done in the garden.
But, then I get home.... and it snows?
Dang glad we had those warm days on the beach.

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