{"id":19792,"date":"2018-09-26T07:24:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T11:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=19792"},"modified":"2018-10-09T08:47:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T12:47:34","slug":"a-lovely-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/19792","title":{"rendered":"A lovely week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago yesterday I headed to the salt marsh in Scituate Massachusetts for a writer&#8217;s retreat. I didn&#8217;t write, but I did walk and take photographs and cook. Friday, I zipped home to take care of some things and had a bit of additional fun that I&#8217;ll cover in a couple follow-on posts. Saturday night, it was back to the marsh for another day and a half. Given that messing with the camera was a focus for me, this will be an image-heavy post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"rainy marsh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/43094570880\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1948\/43094570880_9b826f48c8_z.jpg\" alt=\"rainy marsh\" width=\"640\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Last morning on the marsh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/43994993075\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1965\/43994993075_80bae9f413_z.jpg\" alt=\"Last morning on the marsh\" width=\"640\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"dawn on the marsh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/31033431258\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1965\/31033431258_06eb1ff74a_z.jpg\" alt=\"dawn on the marsh\" width=\"640\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mornings were mostly cool and drizzly,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"sunset\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/43994356375\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1959\/43994356375_020357f9f6_z.jpg\" alt=\"sunset\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"sunset\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/44856473362\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1923\/44856473362_a843a68ea8_z.jpg\" alt=\"sunset\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">while sunsets tended towards the spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>The marsh was loaded with great blue herons, great egrets and snowy egrets. National Geographic level.I&#8217;m not, but the way to get better is to practice!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"NatGeo 1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/44906419091\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1910\/44906419091_f38b9209d7_z.jpg\" alt=\"NatGeo 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"NatGeo 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/44856475282\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1960\/44856475282_2e6d6dc0d8_z.jpg\" alt=\"NatGeo 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Great Blue Heron\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/44186524314\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1954\/44186524314_1824a843c8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Great Blue Heron\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I got one bike ride in with Lotte the Adventure Teckel and during the ride managed to snap a photo of a gorgeous teardrop trailer that I&#8217;d been ogling for days. The sailboat reminds me of a <a href=\"http:\/\/sailboatdata.com\/viewrecord.asp?class_id=377\">Stone Horse<\/a> &#8211; it isn&#8217;t a variant, as far as I can tell, but the flush cockpit sure calls that design out. Figuring out the name of the craft, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ataraxia\">Ataraxia<\/a>, led to a shallow dive into epicureanism. It&#8217;s good to be curious,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Epicurean teardrop camper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/29970634217\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1934\/29970634217_974146705a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Epicurean teardrop camper\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, K and I went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/scituatehistoricalsociety.org\/maritime\/\">Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum<\/a>; Scituate had (has?) a small industry devoted to harvesting and drying <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chondrus_crispus\"><em>Chondrus crispus<\/em><\/a> as a source of the thickener carrageenan. A small and charming museum that is only open on Sunday afternoons &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/maritime-and-irish-mossing-museum\">worth a stop<\/a> if the timing works for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Irish mossing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/29970631677\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1949\/29970631677_210f3e0b19_z.jpg\" alt=\"Irish mossing\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Next up: Yogi visits Madbury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago yesterday I headed to the salt marsh in Scituate Massachusetts for a writer&#8217;s retreat. I didn&#8217;t write, but I did walk and take photographs and cook. 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