Cape Cod Summer House

25/05/2024

Glorious time in Wellfleet. Our Lilacs are bursting with fragrance and the days are getting longer.

12/01/2024

🌊🌊🌊 Surfers ride them. Children play in them.
Swimmers dive beneath them. But if you had to explain *why* waves happen, would you say it has to do with the sun?

SOURCE: WHOI
Find out where exactly waves come from:

A trip to the ocean means sun, wind, and waves. Surfers ride them. Children play in them. Swimmers dive beneath them. But what causes waves?

12/08/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB6D04-pLEw

So if you love Wellfleet... if you love shellfish... please become a Belding Society or Olympic Gold Member. https://www.wellfleetspat.org/olympic-gold-membership

15/06/2023

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Why I Wake Early
By Mary Oliver

Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and crotchety–
best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light–
good morning, good morning, good morning.
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.

NPS Photo

10/06/2023

Happy World Otter Day!

Enjoy these fun facts from the NPS!

Friend: “I love your outfit!”
Me: Thanks! It has pockets!

Did you know sea otters have flaps of loose skin under each forearm that they use like a pocket? What are these pockets full of? (Hint: It’s not sunshine.)

Alright, it’s not pocket science. When swimming, the pockets are used to carry as much food as possible back to the surface. Think buffet f***y pack. Hot pocket! Otters also use their pockets to stash rocks. They use rocks to crack open clams, crabs and other shellfish on their tummies. (Tummies is the scientific term.) They may also use rocks to hammer abalone shells, as quickly as 45 times in just 15 seconds (hammer time!), until the abalone loosen their tight grip on the seafloor. The ones left behind are left…well, abalonely.

Image: A sea otter in the water floating on its back at Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. NPS/M. Bradburn

16/04/2023

We can almost feel the summer air … and the anticipation of a new season.

I have learned over a period of time to be almost unconsciously grateful--as a child is--for a sunny day, blue water, flowers in a vase, a tree turning red. I have learned to be glad at dawn and when the sky is dark. Only children and a few spiritually evolved people are born to feel gratitude as naturally as they breathe, without even thinking. Most of us come to it step by painful step, to discover that gratitude is a form of acceptance. ~Faith Baldwin

(Book: Many Windows, Seasons of the Heart https://amzn.to/3GvLgnR)

(Art: 'Cape Cod Morning', 1950 by Edward Hopper)

12/08/2022

Safety tips from the fabulous Wellfleet Lifeguards…

12/08/2022

Thank You for such a splendid Summer!
We are getting requests for 2023 & 2024. Please reach out and book direct with our wonderful team at Nauset Rental.

Taking reservations for Cedardown, our Cape Cod Summer House now. Come to Wellfleet, Massachusetts and stay here 😊

Book direct now with NausetRental.

https://www.nausetrental.com/property/cedardown-5-bedroom-rental-near-cahoon-hollow

Wellfleet 5 bedroom with private yard and fire-pit. Central location near ponds, beaches and downtown Wellfleet. Full AC

02/08/2022

August 1, 2023
8:05PM
Good night Wellfleet Harbor.
Photo credit: Dave Lockwood

08/06/2021

Sea the Change
It’s a big job, but we all can help. Here are 10 ways you can do your part to save the Ocean.

Oceans cover 71 percent of the planet and are home to important species and ecosystems that we rely on for food, livelihoods, climate regulation and more. But the oceans need our help. Saving the oceans can sometimes feel like an overwhelming task, but if we all pitch in, we can make a big differenc...

08/06/2021

HAPPY WORLD OCEAN DAY!
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Understanding the ocean is vital to human life. Your gift will help push the boundaries of advancing ocean sciences at a time when it's urgently needed.

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