Around Cape Cod - Spring 2025
16th May 2025
Well... Winter on "Old Cape Cod" is finally over and I am trying to ponder some focused landscape images.
But in lieu of that, I am visiting local nature sites - picking up ticks, floating in ponds.
Without big energy for digesting, I nibble on Halloween - October is almost here.
To supplement, I have taken a few side trips into the world of Edward Gorey who lived in Yarmouth Port on Strawberry Lane.
The 100th Anniversary of Edward's birth was February 22, 2025 with a birthday fete devised for his fans. A few guests appeared dressed like Gorey himself in a fur coat and sneakers, and a few others came as characters from Gorey's odd and winsome books.
My inner smile was piqued, but I was not feeling the great man's presence.
At the tail end of the party I wandered about and took a few snaps that I did not think would amount to much.
Happily for me, a slippery dream appeared.
The Doubtful Guest bids Edward Gorey "Bonne chance" for his next 100.
Ghosts.. Strawberry Lane, October 31, 2024
Leaves, Barnstable, MA 2024
Bat Frolic (Catwalk, Catskill, NY)
Edward Gorey left part of his estate to Bat Conservation International. Gorey perhaps first encountered bat power when he served in the US Army at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah during WWII. The Utah site was the hub for big plans to use bats in combat. It may be assumed that Edward followed the "Bat Bomb" story, with an unknown number of bats forfeited in the process.
Bat and bat-box photographed at the Edward Gorey House. The formal garden is from the Catwalk Institute where I have spent some time.
But in lieu of that, I am visiting local nature sites - picking up ticks, floating in ponds.
Without big energy for digesting, I nibble on Halloween - October is almost here.
To supplement, I have taken a few side trips into the world of Edward Gorey who lived in Yarmouth Port on Strawberry Lane.
The 100th Anniversary of Edward's birth was February 22, 2025 with a birthday fete devised for his fans. A few guests appeared dressed like Gorey himself in a fur coat and sneakers, and a few others came as characters from Gorey's odd and winsome books.
My inner smile was piqued, but I was not feeling the great man's presence.
At the tail end of the party I wandered about and took a few snaps that I did not think would amount to much.
Happily for me, a slippery dream appeared.
The Doubtful Guest bids Edward Gorey "Bonne chance" for his next 100.
Ghosts.. Strawberry Lane, October 31, 2024
Leaves, Barnstable, MA 2024
Bat Frolic (Catwalk, Catskill, NY)
Edward Gorey left part of his estate to Bat Conservation International. Gorey perhaps first encountered bat power when he served in the US Army at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah during WWII. The Utah site was the hub for big plans to use bats in combat. It may be assumed that Edward followed the "Bat Bomb" story, with an unknown number of bats forfeited in the process.
Bat and bat-box photographed at the Edward Gorey House. The formal garden is from the Catwalk Institute where I have spent some time.