“P” Town

Commercial Street Once you've been to Provincetown, MA, that wild and crazy town on the very tip of Cape Cod, you are allowed to call it "P" Town. You know, its chic when you abbreviate things that are sooo blase. Commercial Street is the main drag; it's less than a mile long, but everything happens …

4-Legged Romeo

Provincetown, MA is noted for its open, no-questions-asked, and anything-goes attitude. It reminded me of Key West ... but inhabited/visited only a few months a year. Pet owners display this attitude with their pets. The sign on this harness caught my eye; I thought it was hilarious. On second thought, I wondered if this dog …

Happy Hour

About a year ago, we were sitting on the beach of our condo in Sanibel Island, Florida enjoying a beverage while watching the sun go down.  Today, our friends from the Boston area are hunkered down in six feet of snow ... with more on the way.   Uggh!   The Midwest isn't exactly balmy, …

Chatham Beach

What happened here?  There is a cross at the edge of the sea grass, above high tide, on the beach near the Chatham Light House on Cape Cod.  The name, "Melissa", is neatly engraved on the cross, and a pair of surf siders lay at its base. This scene begs a lot of questions:  Who …

Thickly Settled

New England signage takes a while to get used to.  I found this "Thickly Settled" sign on Cape Cod, and it's a good example of parochial road signs. Are they talking about the hedge?   I mean is the area overgrown and visibility is poor so please slow down?  Or the road; is the area full of "road hogs" …

Purgatory Chasm

While visiting my life-long friend in Massachusetts, he took me to see Purgatory Chasm near Sutton, MA.  It's a half-mile long deep ravine filled with car-sized boulders. While not treacherous, per se, it's not a casual stroll through the park either.  Constantly climbing over, under or around massive boulders, rarely is there a flat surface to walk …

Sesuit Harbor Cafe

There is a hole-in-the-wall cafe on Cape Cod called the Sesuit Harbor Cafe.  From the outside it looks like a storage shed for the Sesuit Harbor Master, where he might keep his lobster buoys and a few traps, spare boat parts, gas cans, etc.  It sits right on the water, in the midst of hundreds of …

First Light

Chatham Harbor is on the east coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on the elbow where the land turns and extends due north.  This photo is about 20 minutes before sunrise. Nearby is the Chatham Lighthouse.  Nothing special about it, really, but I was lucky to catch the moon over it. I love the colors in …

Bass River Bridge

This image is a stylized photo of the bridge that crosses the Bass River in Cape Cod, MA.  I stylized the image by emphasizing the blues in the water and sky and brought out the rich color in the bridge's pilings. The Bass River flows south into the Atlantic Ocean about a mile to the …

Cape Cod Sunrise

Thought for the Day:  To the complaint, "There are no people in these photographs", I respond, "There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer".               Ansel Adams  (1902 - 1984)

Cape Cod Morning

This shot was taken on the south shore of the Cape, near Dennis Beach.  The sun is behind me, barely above the horizon, but high enough to spill a red cast over the beach houses, and brighten up the breaking surf. The clouds look like a fire ball coming out of a leaking oil well minus …