Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

In A Small Seaside Town...

 

 

It was the blue that saved my soul

when I lived in this small seaside town.

 

Perhaps there is someone there now

soaking up the shimmering light and colors,

healing from a loneliness she doesn't even know is hers.

 

 

 

 

 

Provincetown Blues.

 

Red Right Returning...

 

 

Green on the right going out to sea.

Moon in the sky.

Restless ocean claiming the land.

 

Godspeed to all travelers returning home.

 

 

 

 

 

Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, nearly full moon.

 

From The Bridge...

 

 

Floating in the clouds,

a swan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Delaware River, between Lambertville NJ and New Hope PA.

Another Town...

 

 

The Full Moon Cafe,

serving dinner once a month on the Full Moon.

 

Breakfast and Lunch -

most other days!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another town, another great meal on the road in Lambertville, New Jersey.

 

 

 

 

Location! Location! Location!

 

 

Marley's Cafe,

situated on a teeny tiny island in Essex Connecticut,

with nary a Jamaican in sight,

but great atmosphere,

food

and service!

 

 

 

 

 

You have to take a little ferry across the little waterway and back again! New England in Autumn.

 

 

It Was A Good Day!

 

 

 

 

 

A good day indeed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finback Whale and Humpbacks off Cape Cod on the Dolphin Fleet out of Provincetown. 

Thank You!

 

Thar She Blows!

 

 

On our way back to the dock,

leaving the Humpback whales to their stomping grounds,

and the humans to forage on land.

 

 

 

 

Whale watching on Cape Cod with the Dolphin Fleet.

This I miss the most!

More photos tomorrow!

 

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The Moon

 

What is it about the moon that speaks to us?

Perhaps it is that our ancestors from long long ago admired and loved that rocky orb,

and it is deep in our cells to respond somehow to its beauty.

 

 

 

Last month's super moon,

the night before the eclipse.

 

The eclipse!

 

Earth's shadow moves across her moon.

 

Sun, Earth and Moon in perfect alignment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On vacation and settled into a little cottage on a clear night, on Cape Cod, without my tripod!

(These shots are a testament to the genius of the engineers who developed digital cameras.

I was able to change the "ISO" (film speed) to a whopping 1600. The only wobbly shots are the ones in total shadow.)

 

© Laine Quinn

 

Have a Seat!

 

 

Lobster traps and buoys.

And a place to sit,

On your way down the pier.

 

 

 

 

 

Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

(Apologies to the friends I didn't get to see!)

 

 

Who Can Stop Us?

 

 

The clouds above us join and separate,

The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns.

Life is like that, so why not relax?

Who can stop us from celebrating?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The poet Lu Yu quoted in The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff. 

Photo of celebrating flowers taken in a small New England town while waiting for lunch!

 

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Road Trip...

 

 

From a moving car,

the background is almost stationary - almost.

The foreground is whizzing by.

 

You can learn things about yourself

when you step outside of your ordinary life.

 

 

Things that are obvious once you get hit over the head with them,

like -

we aren't going to live forever,

me and my friends,

we aren't going to live forever.

 

Of course you know that,

but when you lose a friend you were sure you would see again and again,

it hits you.

 

No matter how perfect or imperfect that house on the hill is,

it will one day be gone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the road near Lake Lure, in North Carolina.