May 2023
Monday May 1 Enjoying spring flowers and blossom bursting out everywhere. Friday May 5 In Provincetown for a few days. Looking out the window, there are still red-breasted mergansers , common eiders , long-tailed ducks and a few black scoters feeding in the bay. I would have thought they would have taken off for their breeding grounds, further north, by now. Brant geese, too. Walking into town, we ran into a guy with a Bedlington terrier. The breed was originally bred in Bedlington, Northumberland, where my parents went to high school. My mother always had a fondness for Bedlingtons, with their lamb-like looks. Full moon tonight, beautiful rising over Truro and the bay. Sunday May 7 Walking at the beech forest near Race Point, we came upon a scruffy fox, snuffling on the path, then trotting around us. Monday May 8 Walking along Commercial Street, saw blossom petals surrounding this sculpture and along the path. Thursday May 11 Back in Bosto...