Walking for Health & Happiness

We're trying to take advantage of some of the few fall days that are left before winter starts, by taking more walks on the Canal, whenever Russell feels up to it.  

Our first one was exactly one month after I took him home.  I'm so proud of how hard he's working on getting well and so relieved that he's making progress.  Despite the clouds, this was a fairly warm day...we were comfortable in shorts and jackets.

The love of my life.  

Next time we walked at the Canal was in Sandwich, a few days later.  

 It's relaxing to watch the boats.

Then one night out of nowhere he goes, 'Wanna go down to the Canal?'  I was in my jammies and watching TV but I checked the marine traffic website and saw that a car carrier ship was about to enter our end so we threw on some clothes and went down about 6:30.  It's much darker than these pics show because the shutter was open longer, so when I was walking towards the water, the ship blew it's horn as it approached the bridge.  It was coming in so quietly that I jumped out of my skin!  I had no idea it was THAT close.  

Beautiful full moon that night and this was the best pic I was able to get of it. 

We also went down to the beach near our house for a short walk.

The sum total of this year's foliage.

Hubs watching the minnows.

 

This was another late afternoon suggestion to head down the Canal for a walk.  It was much chillier but we were unprepared for the cold wind on the water.  We lasted about 5 minutes before getting back in the car! 

Sun lighting up the Bourne Bridge under threatening skies.

 We drove over to Mass Maritime so I could get a few more shots....Russell wisely stayed in the car.

Bittersweet

 A whole bunch of seagulls and cormorants were floating along on the current and diving for fish. 

We probably only have a few more halfway decent days to walk before he'll have to join Planet Fitness and use the treadmill! 

More Sandwich Glass Scores

Quick stop at Crow Farm to pick up some beach plum jelly.  I love that stuff.  In the 70s, my dad used to pick the beach plums around our cottage at Spring Hill Beach for jelly.  I can't recall if he made it or gave them to someone to make for us.  

Crow Farm has been around for 100 years and they still provide seasonal fresh produce, pies, jellies, etc.  Russell & I went to school with the current generation that's running the farm.  It's a real Sandwich institution. 

The pull to hunt for Sandwich Glass, despite high tide, was too much so I went to my spot to see what I could find.  See those two sticks out there?  That's the top of a now-submerged dock.  That's how high the water level was.

SUCCESS!  Red!  Whoo hoo!

And another, white with red.

Of course had to stop for the obligatory Boardwalk pictures.

Normally I would never venture out when the water's this high (unless my intent is to jump into the water, which was very tempting on this warm day) but the distance from the parking lot to the bridge part is pretty short so I braved it.

Sparkly

The water was crystal clear

Osprey Nest

Since I was in the area, I decided to try and find the old abandoned railway car.  I'd never heard of, or seen this, in all the years I lived there the first time.  No idea what the history of it is.  As I stood there shooting pics, I could hear the train whistle headed my way.  I was stoked!

Here she comes!

The engineer waved to me.

Have always loved the sound of a train.

Yummy yum!

My scores for the day

The beach finds.  Trying so hard to stop collecting pretty rocks and shells but they're so pretty. 

Sandwich glass

Slag which I love finding as much as the shattered glass pieces

The crown jewels of that day's finds.  3 red/pink, a purple...greens and blues.  I was a happy camper!