Earlier this week found us taking a break from city living and heading down to Provincetown on Cape Cod for a few days. There are times when you just have to take a break and escape to relax and regroup. And knit on the balcony at sunset overlooking Cape Cod Bay…
Leaving all modern technology behind, it’s nice to have some cherished fiber tools to play with, like a drop spindle, lucet, DPN knitting needles and a cable needle. With some fiber to spin, and handspun yarn to knit, nothing could be finer than to just relax on the bayside and create.
Picture the view of the cherished fiber tools with the open Atlantic beyond, the sun setting, and seagulls riding the warm early summer air currents. This must be what Heaven looks like…
Swatching some handspun 3-ply yarn, all the stitches were beautiful…
And spinning some merino silk on a cherry and walnut drop spindle, watching it sway in the gentle breezes caressing the spindle as it spun in it’s gentle rhythm…
In the few days there, I took over 900 photographs. I was able to narrow them down to my top 81 favorites. Relaxation, friendship, great food, and beautiful scenery…
And my top 25 favorite ASSet photographs, because Provincetown is known for that…
Wow, I feel so relaxed…
Mary K. in Rockport
Your photo montage looks like a teeny, tiny quilt.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 6:48 am
Carole
I’m so glad you guys got to get away! The weather this week wasn’t very good here, I hope it was better further south.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 6:53 am
Life Looms Large
Looks like a great escape!! Your photos look great (as usual).
I was a tad worried about you during the week when I realized I hadn’t read any posts from you for a while – you’re usually great at posting daily……Glad that it was just because you were away enjoying yourself!!
Ahhhhh summer!
Sue
Jun 13, 2009 @ 7:06 am
Leslie
I wanna’ be able to see the pictures BIG!!!! whine, whine, whine
Glad you had a good vacation!
Jun 13, 2009 @ 7:42 am
Heide
It looks like a lovely mini-vacation. The wood in your drop spindle is gorgeous. Too bad we can’t biggify the montage. The handspun yarn is amazing.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 8:56 am
Ginger
What a relaxing way to start my weekend – looking at your relaxing trip! Thank you for the gentle reminder we all need to just turn away from the busy-ness of our lives every so often.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 9:28 am
Chris
You have got to be the best ass stealth photographer alive.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 11:15 am
Susan
What a nice getaway! Lovely location. I was just given a little lucet and so will be trying that out.
We have had 3 weeks of sunshine and hot weather and we are starting to ask for some rain!
Susan
Jun 13, 2009 @ 11:56 am
Barbara
It certainly looks like my idea of Heaven!!
Looks like you had a great vacation, thanks for sharing.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
lisa
Cheeky! I wonder if that’s what that group of guys is looking at??
Jun 13, 2009 @ 4:02 pm
Michelle
You’re making me wish that I had been able to go camping at the cape this weekend!
Jun 13, 2009 @ 4:04 pm
beverly
I feel like I went on vacation just reading your post!
Jun 13, 2009 @ 4:22 pm
jessica~
Looks like a great vacation!! So glad you got away and got some sun, fun and knitting.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
Roxie
When it come to the charm of Cape Cod, you really got to the bottom of it all.
Jun 13, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
Bobbie
Beautiful, as always, Dave! Nothing rejuvenates the soul like a weekend at the beach. Or, in your case, the shore.
Jun 14, 2009 @ 12:09 am
textillian
Ahh, that looks relaxing. Sounds like a great time! I am looking forward to my trip. Thanks for ass-essing the ass-ets for us!
Jun 14, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
kitkatknit
Is that hand spun 3 ply a silk? Silk blend? Total yummage. And loving the Atlantic pics. Looks like you had a very restful trip. Will probably be out that way late Oct to see it myself.
Jun 15, 2009 @ 12:34 am
Kathie Kelleher
Well, I just got back from P-Town today and a lot of those buttocks look very familiar!
There’s NO place like Provincetown. Totally relaxing plus beautiful scenery, pocket gardens and “stuff”
Flying down was a very cool move…
Jun 15, 2009 @ 11:56 am
Paul Kelleher
My sister and I were just in Provincetown yesterday looking ( and finding) “Stuff”-great scarves by the way! Thanks for the pics; I forgot my camera like a dummy, I could have had a few to add myself otherwise
Paul
Jun 15, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
JessaLu
Lovely photos – you have me really missing the ocean! (our summer vacation was to Wyoming last year, not Maine. R owes me some beach time!)
Jun 16, 2009 @ 9:00 am
anne marie in philly
nice ASSets, dave!
the beach scenes rock, too…I always find the sounds of the sea to be a great relaxation “drug”.
Jun 18, 2009 @ 7:36 am
Suz
Ohhh, what a wonderful looking time in PTown! Glad you got away from some relaxation and some fun!
The blue yarn you were spinning is so pretty.
~Suz~
Jun 18, 2009 @ 10:42 pm
Sara
Nice getaway!!! I was gone also – to Maine -
I’ll be posting in a few days…
Jun 20, 2009 @ 4:10 pm