One of my favorite things to do this time of the year is to get up and go for an early morning bike ride before anyone else is out on the road. Yesterday was just beautiful… the first day in a long time that wasn’t too cold or too foggy or too wet or too windy. It was just perfect!
I love the ride over the salt marsh with the sun just coming up. I took this photograph yesterday morning about 5:45 am. So pretty, don’t you think?
The sign is up for the new entrance to Nauset Beach. This entrance will have a new 218-car parking lot which will be linked to the old parking lot. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
You can see the new shack to collect fees at the entrance with a larger building behind it that will be used for offices.
The “iconic” old entrance will be the new exit to better the flow of traffic. We hadn’t been down there for a few weeks, so were quite surprised at all of the work that has been completed! Wow!
If you take a walk on the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill, you will see Common Lowbush Blueberry wildflowers starting to bloom all long the sides of the boardwalk. They are quite prolific and quite beautiful. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
It is a common shrub with white or pink-tinged bell-shaped flowers, hanging in clusters. The flowers are tiny, only 1/4 – 1/2 inch which bloom in May and June, so you still have plenty of time to see them.
The edible fruit, which typically mature in mid- to late-summer, vary in color from a bright blue to bluish-black and are sweet to taste.
I like to photograph them best when are just starting to bloom, as in the 2 photographs. I took mine in color while Phil took one in black and white. Quite a different perspective, don’t you think?
The past few mornings have been very foggy here on Cape Cod. I took this photograph a few days ago but it looked just the same yesterday. It was a foggy morning, but very beautiful at Fort Hill, looking down the trail toward Nauset Marsh.
It almost looks like an Impressionist painting, don’t you think?
