Monthly Archives: August 2011

A few rain bands blew in overnight with some intensity, but overall it was fairly quiet, except for the low, constant roar of a very disturbed ocean, of course.  Intermittent rain this morning as Irene moves north, directly opposite us … Continue reading →

Some remarkable photos of a wild ocean, with rain bands approaching.  Irene just a few miles to the southeast now.

The wind picked up a little overnight, but nothing to fret about; surf building from the sound.  Sunrise presented a fairly tranquil scene; waves cresting at 6-8 feet, winds from the east at 10-12 mph; scattered clouds blowing in fast … Continue reading →

Beautiful sunrise from relatively placid ocean this morning.  Winds light, just a slight bump of swell in the water.  After breakfast we went to the back forty and cleared weeds from the garden area in preparation for a fall planting … Continue reading →

Somnolence again.  We haven’t discussed somnolence for a while, with good reason:  we’ve been so thoroughly under its influence these slow-baked August days here on Skinny Island we haven’t been compelled to muster the initiative to record the mostly subtle, … Continue reading →

I am sitting in a hot little room, (it’s August, after all, get over it) surrounded by canvases finished and unfinished, paints, linseed cans, guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, surfboards, bicycles, many, many books, and looking at the Atlantic Ocean under a … Continue reading →

Swinging easily back into the ocean dictated life here on Skinny Island after a month-long romp in the wild, wild west.  Bike ride on the beach this morning indicated not much has changed– the usual suspects out for their 6:30 … Continue reading →