The Ocean in Summer

Summer's here!

(Well, actually at this point fall is here, but

we will just pretend I am blogging this when

I took these photos, which was back in July)

Even though we end up spending every summer

heading the opposite direction
 as the tourists who swarm to Cape Cod

we still manage to get in plenty of beach time.

Orin doesn't restrict his time in the water 

to the period that most know as summer.

Instead he swims in water that is so cold it

would induce hypothermia in a normal person.

But during July and August

when the water temperature rises

until it feels like a refreshing bath,

everybody goes swimming,
even Casey who swears he hates being wet.

And, of course, we couldn't deprive Ilea

of her first taste of the salty life.

So, I covered her up from the sun

and waded in until the waves splashed her toes.

Did she scream? Did she cry?

She did not.

Instead, lulled by the waves, she fell asleep.

That is a beach baby for you.

But sometimes you just don't quite feel like swimming.

Like, for instance, when you go out to Nauset Beach

and see signs like this:

 And then you look out over the water and see seals

playing right off the shore

and you are pretty sure that

constitutes "swimming with seals"

 

So instead, you play in the sand 

 

 or listen to one of the local bands as the sun sets:

 Or, Casey's favorite activity:

Fish

Which, if you wait long enough,

will often produce dinner for a week:

or two!

Ahhh... summer