Isn't this a lovely space from which to blog? The town we stay in has hotspots downtown where we can go online for free. If one is going to waste anytime on the internet while on the Cape, this surely is the only place to do it.
The weather has been typical mid-summer Cape: hot, cool, sunny, overcast, rainy, smurry, breezy, clear. In short, we've had a little of it all and we adjust our activities as the fronts roll through. We go to the bay beach early- really early for me - in the day, walk on the tidal flats, collect shells and crab claws and angel wings, and drink our coffee on the beach. By lunchtime, we're ready for a second breakfast at the coffee shop, and then it's anyone's guess.
Today the weather is cooler and cloudy, so I decide it is THE perfect day to rent bikes. And it is. But for the fact that I tend to forget that the right knee, she don't bend no more, and so my biking on the trail was limited to a half mile of downhill coasting, trying to learn to keep my balance with only one foot on a pedal. After nearly being pitched headfirst into the briars and worrying my poor little niece to death, I opt to walk the half mile back, and allow her to ride ahead without waiting for her decrepit, elderly aunt. So, it's a good thing I didn't buy that old lady bike I saw a few weeks ago as it turns out that I am indeed a candidate for a knee replacement. I said I'd never do it, but facing a lifetime of not riding a bike has changed my mind.
Of course, you may laugh when I tell you that I haven't ridden a bike in about 13 years. But now that I have this new body and new energy and I actually was on the bike, it all came flooding back to me: the balancing against gravity, the wind in my ears, the sounds and smells of traveling without a box of steel around me and four tires cushioning the road. I really miss it and now I am dejected that I can't do it in my current state. But it's the kick in the pants I've been waiting for and when I come back next year, I'll do it with a titanium joint for powerful pedaling!
It's always lovely here wherever you stay. The hydrangeas are magnificent, the lilies are gorgeous, the rudbeckia and black-eyed Susans line every road. We've had lobster rolls - hot and cold - and for lunch, we split a lobster omelette and cranberry pancakes. We've eaten tuna on crackers and peanut butter sandwiches for dinner at the ocean and nothing, frankly, tastes better.
We're headed to a dinner of hummus and grapes at the ocean. Or I may just sit here all day and stare at the flowers. Mr. Pom has assured me that my garden is fine and that he has even added a little to the cache. Oh, and the refrigerator is dead as is the big a.c. for the first floor.Sigh.
Seems even the house can't get along without me!
I miss my kids and hubby but I am enjoying being with my niece Franny and looking forward to The Teen and her cousins arriving at the end of the week.
Love to all my internets!