Nobska Point Lighthouse, Woods Hole, Cape Cod, MA

8"x10" oil on Belgian linen mounted on archival panel (Raymar)

"A lighthouse is such a potent image; practical, because lives depend on it, and at the same time, utterly romantic; this lonely building on the cusp of land and sea, sending out light into the darkness."
- Jeannette Winterson


Tuesday we took a little road trip with our daughters up to Cape Cod....for a tour of as many light houses as we could see. "Yankee" magazine had just run an issue telling about the 'best' ones to see. We decided this was a 'must-do' and for all the time we'd been up here in CT, we had not been to Cape Cod yet. We definitely look forward to going back. Every thing I had heard was true - it's such a beautiful place! The wild 'beach roses' (rosa rugosa) were mounded up here on the coast. And - since we went on a week-day, the traffic was not bad at all. I really enjoyed seeing all these places....and funny thing - it occurred to me why so many Irish have settled up in MA - the weather is so much like Ireland in the summer! The view from this point is so beautiful.....gotta get back there this summer!

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