Beach Time At Long Last

I was finally able to squeeze in a little bit of beach time and a spin around Sandwich taking some pictures.  Unfortunately we don't have much foliage because it's been a very warm & humid fall.  The trees are making the ol' college try but the leaves are either almost blown off or rapidly turning brown.

Still though, it was a nice day for some beachcombing.  The water was calm too.  Not much beach glass though.  Only found 2 pieces total.  

My first stop was Town Neck in Sandwich.  Now that parking fee season is over, I can hit the beaches more often.

Tide was coming in.

Cape Cod Bay on the left and the salt marshes/Mill Creek on the right

Mill Creek

Under Boardwalk

It's been a few years since it's been repaired and is a bit cattywampus these days.

Then over to the other part of the beach to see what cairns are there now.  Some jerks made it a point of knocking them down after I was there, but they always get rebuilt.

I was excited to find that rock!  It's with the heart rock we found at Tobey Hospital in the livingroom.

October: So Far, So Good....

Spending almost all my time at home lately (which is actually fine by me) has afforded me the opportunity to get back to beading.  My craft table was overloaded with projects ready to work on when life went sideways at the end of August.  It's been so great to get back to it!  

Picked up a couple of glass floats up in PTown this summer and added the beaded strand to it.  I need more of those mirrored tiles to work on the second float.

Drilling the hole through this agate slice was time consuming and required 3 drill battery recharges. Then added the beads for a window hanging.

I'd started this in August and just wasn't feeling it at the time.  I was glad to get this one finished at last.  That red bead on the left strand glows in the dark.

Labradorite & glass beads on the left, watermelon tourmaline on the right.

Matching necklaces

I just love those funky bead strands that are in craft stores and Walmart's craft section!  I restring them in the exact order as they are in the store.  

Another necklace.

I found this rainbow string of beads at Walmart.  Put them on memory wire with a prism on the bottom for a swirly effect.

My friend Ruth has commissioned 3 driftwood hangings from me, one which was requested to be blue & brown.

Annette commissioned this from me, in memory of her sister Debby who passed away this spring

I love love love mini bottles.  I got 4 up in PTown at the same place as the floats so I had fun embellishing them. 

I made this for my stepdaughter.

And this one too

Ta-Da!  My Bear cross stitch is finally done too!

Cool clouds one night

And THEN my friends Deb & Jim sent this Seahawks goodie package to me!  Russell wanted to tear into the M&Ms but there is no way I'm opening it!  The bracelets are wicked pretty and I can't wait to use the cookie cutter.

This one is the coup de grace!  The Space Needle in chipboard to assemble and paint!!!!!  I can't wait to start working on it!!!!  If I do the Hawks colours, I will have to tone down the lime green.  I can't stand it.

I have never been a 'one day at a time' kind of person but this whole past month has forced me into that mindset.  Just taking one day at a time to catch up on my crafting!

Cairns at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich

A couple of months ago, cairns started showing up on Town Neck Beach in Sandwich.  There is a bumper crop of rocks on that beach so there are a lot of materials with which to stack.  I know that there are some people who think cairns are ruining the ecosystem and will knock them down but the waves pound that beach to bits anyway so any ecosystems are being smashed up.  I happen to think the cairns are amazing.  Rock stacking is not at all as easy as it looks.

I was in the middle of errands last week, and had my 'heart patient' in the car with me so I was only able to swing by the beach for about 10 minutes to shoot some pictures.  

I was so tempted to pick up this rock but I didn't and now I wish I had because I found out my friend Ann painted it!

This really does take a great deal of skill

It was a super windy day so the Bay was rough.

Getting a good picture proved somewhat challenging.

I love listening to the waves

It was hard to resist the urge to beachcomb since it was low tide.