Heavy rain was predicted for the afternoon. While the morning temperatures were relatively low compared to yesterday, the air felt like it was loaded with water.
It was a morning for wandering on my bike, for getting caught in a brief but light shower, for catching a few bright flowers in my camera lens.
I'm still fascinated by the sand sculptures that I visited in Revere Beach. Take a close look at this one. Look at the top of his head. Do you see the wire? The artists place wires at the top of the sculptures to convince the birds that they shouldn't land on the sculptures. I never would have thought of that!
And yes, that really is a pencil in this sand man's hand!
Oh look! There is a sand sculpting festival in progress at Revere Beach. A simple newspaper announcement caught my eye and drew me in... The festival started on Monday with a demo sculpture that was to be created by everyone working together, and there was a juried competition running from Wednesday through Saturday. I thought about wandering over there today or tomorrow to see the finished sculptures, but I was stopped by my lack of interest in being in the midst of hordes of people. Somehow heading to a beach park close to Boston on a summer weekend day when the weather was forecast to be very hot didn't seem like a good match to my normal habits.
I really wanted to see the sculptures though. Hmmm... what to do?
I decided that there should be enough to see if I wandered to Revere Beach after work on Thursday. After all, the big demo sculpture was supposed to be complete at the end of Tuesday, and the sculptures for the competition would be two days done. As it turned out, that was a great decision. I saw some pretty amazing art in the sand, visited with the sea gulls, and walked on the beach and into the ocean.
OK, OK, walking into the water was a bit of an accident. I was walking while I was looking through the lens of my camera - admittedly not too smart. And as I was walking along the edge of the beach, the ocean snuck up and caught me. The water was surprisingly warm.
The demo sculpture appeared to be pretty close to complete.
Today a big smile came courtesy of an email:
It's been reported that some of you are having problems with your phones. If you're experiencing problems, please call the help desk at <>help desk phone number<>.Hmmm... that would be a good trick, wouldn't it?
Were you watching over my shoulder, enjoying the sights as I pedaled from home to Portsmouth and back again?
If you'd like to see some of my captured images, please visit my photo gallery.
I knew I should have been biking with my long lens today; a close-up of this face would have been priceless!
I felt like this beautiful creature - I'm guessing it's an alpaca - was wondering what the two-legged being on the other side of his fence was doing.
