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Welcome to Week 27 – A Week: Tour of Cape Cod, now known as Pearls' Coastal Capers! Featuring: Ancient, Aftermath, Azure, Accessible, Abalone ANCIENT Possibly hard to read on a small screen, this plaque says “Ancient Cemetery. Seventeenth century burial ground for the first English settlers of the south side of this town, near the site of a pre-historic Native American burial ground.”. It was off season when I pulled into a Dennis, MA parking lot to explore this plaque and the surrounding area. The adjacent bike trail was quiet. The only sound came from the rustling leaves. AFTERMATH A huge pine tree that fell squarely between my condo building and the nearby parking spaces, taken down by wind gusts up to 80 mph. Whew, that was close! This is the aftermath of a powerful Nor'easter that knocked out power to my building and over three quarters of Cape Cod residents on October 27th. Storms can happen at any time but happily the official “hurricane season” ends in a couple of weeks. AZURE The azure sky is a contrasting backdrop for reeds at Clippers Launch, Dennis Port in early May. ACCESSIBLE Mobi-mats, ramps, and boardwalks are part of Cape Cod's plan for more accessible beach-going. This is dawn at Robbins Hill Road Beach, Mant's Landing in Brewster on a breezy September morning. I wish I had known about accessible beaches during my mother's later years. She loved the ocean and I can easily picture wheeling her chair out onto this ramp. ABALONE Abalone shell, also called Paua, is used to create jewelry such as this necklace. Most abalone jewelry is either vintage or made from farmed stock because over-fishing has led to regulation of wild stock. I always enjoy still life photography and this shot was especially fun, trying to figure out how to suspend the necklace and what to use as background. Thanks for joining me for Pearls' Coastal Capers - “A week”!
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IT IS NICE YOU HAVE ACCESSIBLE BEACHES ON CAPE COD NOW. WE HAVE TWO HERE IN TOWN FOR WHEELCHAIRS AND FOR THE BLIND. THIS IS FAIRLY RECENT AND HAS ENABLE MANY HANDICAPPED FOLKS TO GET BACK INTO THE WATER AND GET SOME ENJOYMENT OUT OF LIFE.
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Fantastic collection of "A" photos, Pearls. I really love the necklace, very pretty.
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I love Abalone shell......We have a type of Abalone here that is just as pearlescent and colourful as the huge, heavy California Abalone that is used for jewellery and inlays......Many year ago, when I was living in small float-house, and found Abalone shells every day on my beach-walks, I hung Abalone shells from the trim along the eaves......I was up on a ladder drilling holes a few inches apart and hanging Abalone shells with fine fishing line run through the natural hole in the shells........The breeze would move them and they would flash and reflect the sunlight in soft colour against the bleached wood...... There has been a trade in California Abalone here for thousands of years.....It was highly prized by the First Nations artists for inlay in their wood carvings.......I have used it that way myself and also for making jewellery.......It's really fun to work, as it is up to about an inch thick and every layer reveals another colour........
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IT IS NICE YOU HAVE ACCESSIBLE BEACHES ON CAPE COD NOW. WE HAVE TWO HERE IN TOWN FOR WHEELCHAIRS AND FOR THE BLIND. THIS IS FAIRLY RECENT AND HAS ENABLE MANY HANDICAPPED FOLKS TO GET BACK INTO THE WATER AND GET SOME ENJOYMENT OUT OF LIFE.
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Fantastic collection of "A" photos, Pearls. I really love the necklace, very pretty.
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I love Abalone shell......We have a type of Abalone here that is just as pearlescent and colourful as the huge, heavy California Abalone that is used for jewellery and inlays......Many year ago, when I was living in small float-house, and found Abalone shells every day on my beach-walks, I hung Abalone shells from the trim along the eaves......I was up on a ladder drilling holes a few inches apart and hanging Abalone shells with fine fishing line run through the natural hole in the shells........The breeze would move them and they would flash and reflect the sunlight in soft colour against the bleached wood...... There has been a trade in California Abalone here for thousands of years.....It was highly prized by the First Nations artists for inlay in their wood carvings.......I have used it that way myself and also for making jewellery.......It's really fun to work, as it is up to about an inch thick and every layer reveals another colour........
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Very nice presentation of letter A. "The only way to have a friend is to be one."
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Very nice presentation of letter A.
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Enjoyed all the pictures, especially the cemetery one.
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Oh Pearls your photos are beautiful. The reeds and the abalone are my favorites. You are so great at taking photographs. Every week it is a new adventure.
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Enjoyed all the pictures, especially the cemetery one.
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Oh Pearls your photos are beautiful. The reeds and the abalone are my favorites. You are so great at taking photographs. Every week it is a new adventure.
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I enjoyed all your 'A' selections Pearls and especially the reeds against the azure sky and abalone shell pendant with its earthy tones. The paua (Haliotis iris) unique to NZ has beautiful iredescent blue/green/purple hues.
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I enjoyed all your 'A' selections Pearls and especially the reeds against the azure sky and abalone shell pendant with its earthy tones. The paua (Haliotis iris) unique to NZ has beautiful iredescent blue/green/purple hues.
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I love old cemeteries. I also LOVE jewelry made of Abalone Shell
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