blue door, red house

I'd like to meet the people who live here.
Whatever else they may be (patriotic, perhaps—
though they might be French and this is 
bleu, blanc et rouge rather than red, white 
and blue) . . . anyway, they're probably not boring.

[Today is Blue Monday. To see more,
visit Smiling Sally's meme.]

inSPIREd Sunday

This is the Methodist church in Greenport.  
Like so many Long Island towns,
Greenport has a rich maritime tradition—
reflected in the boat atop one of these spires.

[To see more churches from around the world, go here.]

shell game

Went out to the North Fork of Long Island with
the family to have a "birthday weekend"
(mom and moi, within five days of each other). 
Yesterday included a long walk to a deserted beach,
where I gathered these pretty translucent shells.

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows,
Mandarin Orange Monday, and Macro Monday.]

Logical Progression??

I was out on the North Fork of Long Island
last weekend and passed this set of signs.  Had
to wonder what those two restaurants think
about being there with the next item on the list.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.]

Thursday Challenge—"blue"

Last weekend I went for a walk on a rocky deserted 
beach, where I was hoping to find some
pretty blue sea glass.  Didn't find any of that, but
I did come across this bright blue chair
(and a perfect sky-blue sky).

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.]
 

ABC Wednesday—V is for "vineyard"

The North Fork of Long Island used to be lined with
potato farms—now it's one vineyard after another, and
they produce some pretty good wine.  I shot this
from a car going about 50 mph (way to go, iPhone!).

[To see more ABC Wednesday, go here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

My brother and sister-in-law have a
friendly, comfy house on the North Fork of
Long Island. I love to get out of the city and
spend a weekend out there—where I can commune
with the neighbor's wonderful old tree.


[To see more Shadow Shots,  go here.]

the north shore

Came out to the north fork of Long Island to see

The Lone Sharks (my brother's band) play.  Hoping to get

to the beach too.  The ones on the south shore (Hamptons, etc.)

are soft and sandy.  The ones on the north shore, like this

one (in Greenport), are rocky and littered with huge boulders.

That's because the glaciers stopped at the north shore of 

Long Island at the end of the last Ice Age (or so I'm told),

 and deposited all that.