A Week on the Island: Sailboats, Towers, and Tag Sales

We hit the tag sales on the island this weekend.  I found the vintage canning jars in the photo above for a couple of bucks, plus an old painter's box and another box that was handmade using part of the bottom on a boat.  Remind me to show you that one sometime soon!

We took the ferry over to the Old Port for supplies and fun.  

Todd had a lovely latte at Bard Coffe.

Dill loves sunrise.  Scout likes to sleep in.

The shorefront at the cottage is a mecca for tower builders.  

We have an ever-changing kingdom just outside our door.  

Sunset sails.

Even power lines achieve a certain poetry at sunset.

Stone tower silhouette.

Above is that same mason jar of flowers tonight after a simple supper of leftovers.  The pear next to the bananas in the bowl on the right is finally ripe.  Perfect for slicing, sprinkling with cracked pepper, and pairing (forgive the pun) with sharp cheese tomorrow.  A treat to look forward to.  Here's hoping you have a week of beauty and welcome surprises, my friends.   

A Glimpse . . .

. . . of sunlight through the basement window of the 50-year-old Cafe Pamplona on Bow Street in Cambridge.  I love this cafe.  It's one of the few establishments left from the old Harvard Square days when independents ruled.  Pamplona isn't shiny and sleek like Starbucks or Peet's or the countless other chains in Harvard Square now, but as Todd says, it reminds him (in a very good way) of the days when he was a young college student spending a summer abroad in Poland.  The perfect spot to hide out with a good book and a cafe con leche.