rain and shine

Another good weekend - Saturday was the perfect storm, but we relaxed and got some errands crossed off the list. Look at all of that water! (And it was that dark around 4 pm...)


Today we did the usual - headed out to Martinique. There are lobster boats and traps along the road out there, which is so pretty.

Then, there's Steve surfing, and the cute shorebirds (plovers, I think). It got nice and sunny after I finished my book (Bel Canto, again, by Ann Patchett), so I went for a run along the beach. The rocks behind Steve are just a little point, and the beach continues on the other side for ages - it took 25 minutes to get to the other end.

I also saved a fox's life today. I was wandering around (post-book, pre-run) to see if camping was allowed, and suddenly a fox burned out of the bushes right at me, instantly followed by this (very cute) golden lab (which had been continuously running away from its owners into the woods). I was totally dumbstruck, then turned around to watch them - just as the dog caught the fox by the tail and gave it one quick toss. Luckily, the fox got away, but the dog followed it. The same thing happened again in the next picnic clearing (I was running after them by this point), and it looked to me that the fox was getting more tired than the dog. Since the dog had been running away from its owner, I knew its name was Kaya, so I just yelled "KAYA!" as loud as I could, and it stopped chasing the fox. I yelled "NO", and then the owner whistled and the dog ran back towards the beach. It was an odd experience. The fox was beautiful, about 3 feet long, half body and head, and half big red tail. It surprised me how fast the dog was (or how relatively slow / tired the fox was). I hope the fox is okay.

Afterwards, we needed to fill our tanks, so stopped at Harbour Fish and Fries. Dangerous. But we're getting better at scaling back our orders to a reasonable amount. Then, we headed out to Kannon Beach, the surf shop at Lawrencetown.... And I did it, I finally did it - I got my wetsuit, and booties, and new gloves (for Steve, who's handing his down to me). Below: Hilarious photo of me in my seal suit.