Not on my beat!

Beach Lady has turned into an Eco-Vigilante. I am not sure what to do, but here’s my problem. Last July 4th my neighbors had a party and set off lots of semi-professional fireworks. I noticed over the summer that they had just left all their garbage in the dune grass, never bothering to bring it back up and throw it out. This is a beach used by all the people who live on the street. How can people with young children set such a terrible example? So now that the sticker bushes and poison ivy have all died off over the winter, I, Beach Lady, couldn’t take it anymore. I went into the bushes and dragged out all their garbage. Now of course, a discreet Beach Lady would probably just bring a Hefty down to the beach and carry that big bag up 60 steps and throw it out herself. But Vigilante Beach Lady would really like to ring her neighbor’s bell and say, “Oh, lookie here what I got! Your garbage from last July! I thought perhaps you might want to look at it to see how it has NOT decomposed since you left it on the beach and maybe you’d like to show your children how to dispose of this garbage properly, seven months after the fact.” But is that really practical? What should I do? Who votes for the Discreet Beach Lady? The Eco-Vigilante Beach Lady? I await your comments and here’s a photo.

Oh what a beautiful morning

It really felt like a spring morning today at about 9:30 a.m. The sun was out and it was warm on my face. The bay was calm and at super high tide. There were some patches of floating debris out in the bay, some so large they almost looked like beaver dams. Of course they couldn't be, but I think from the storms a lot of beach straw got churned up and collected together so that it created floating islands.(photo) The best part of the day? I went back down to the beach about 6 p.m and I was not alone. Four deer were looking at me and then scooted off with their white tails waving goodbye. It was too dark to use the camera and they were too far away for a good photo anyway, so I just kept it all to myself.

Flakey day

Today's storm caused me to take an unexpected day off after my car skidded into a snow plow coming out of my driveway. The trains may have been running but I didn't feel much like going down the hill to the station and risk skidding into the LIRR. So I took a nice walk down to the beach. The water is at super high tide and it seems very murky and stirred up, not its usual sparkling self. I tasted the snow (couldn't resist!) and it is very yummy.

Sunday visitor

Well, here's another photo of what you will have to take my word for, is a harbor seal. I know you are probably saying that this just looks like a rock, but there is a big, fat seal sitting on it. Of course I took my friends Grace and Charlie looking for seals yesterday, but the seals did not get the memo to be available for photos.

My Birthday Sunset

A LOVE-ly day. Kite boarders on the bay; crashing waves this morning; a dinghy washed up on the shore; beautiful designs in the sand at low tide this evening and a spectacular sunset.

A sapphire sky

I have never, ever seen the sky such an amazing shade of blue. Maybe it was the time of day, the cold temperature and the blue molecules in the atmosphere all working together to form perfection. The Smithtown Bay was calm today and a little plane buzzed overhead. It was all sparkly and pure

Pink

Ever see pink water? Last night's sunset cast pink colors onto the bay. It's still too cold to stay long on the beach.

Seals of approval

I saw seals yesterday over by the big rock. If you think I get excited about razor clams and sunsets, imagine when I see seals! It really is pretty cool to see them lounging on their rocks. They must have amazing eyesight because as soon as they saw me they plunged into the water. I imagine them saying, "Shit, now I gotta go back into this freezing water just because of HER!" The little kid in me just wants to get close enough to pet them.

Jewels

Some women like diamonds, but I find more beauty in this razor clam than anything you could buy in a store. I know, I'm weird, right?

Lucas's birthday sunset

Yesterday was my nephew's 15th birthday. Of course we had a lovely sunset. It was too cold to watch it for long. Temps in the high 40's right now would feel like Florida to me.

Washed out

This super low tide tonight suits my spirits. It pulled the water so far out looks like we are expecting a tsunami.