That should give me time to do a spit and polish on the bikes, and clean up my work room. It looks a bit disastrous after doing double duty as a carpentry shop, painting studio, and Xmas present wrapping center.
But not before enjoying the most serene of all Cape Cod experiences: the winter beach walk. Cape Cod is, of course, world renowned for its beaches. That part of the world who has visited Cape beaches has probably done so in the summer. And who would blame them? Summer on Cape Cod is a sublime experience, but just make sure you plan on sharing that experience with a lot of other people.
Rags and Myrtle (our Norwich Terriers), Jan and I walked along Ropes Beach this winter afternoon. We were completely alone under the clear blue sky that felt especially crisp in contrast to the humid weather we experienced over New Years. The beach sand was tinged with ocher shadows cast by the early afternoon sun. The different beach strata were revealed by the low tide: an amorphous mud at the water edge, a soft muddy sand mixture, crystalline sand beach, then the final swath of beach detritus at the high water mark.
Of interest were all the jellyfish blobs washed up on the muddy sand. They look like dollops of semi-transparent goop ranging in diameter from a scallop to a dime. Looking at them, I would be challenged to ascribe any animal qualities to these blobs. I picked one up and let the bright sun illuminate whatever features are contained within. Inside the gel were four diaphanous filaments, probably immature tentacles. Jan was mildly interested and probably suspected some gooey prank was afoot. But it was all in the name of scientific curiosity and once satisfied, I tossed it back into the ocean
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