Summer’s simple pleasures: beach towels on railings, sand rinse foot baths on Long Beach, paper lanterns, beach games, and cloud rolls

Description- Late summer photos. Series around town. Gloucester and Rockport. Good Harbor Beach and Long Beach. Aug-September 2022. Simple pleasures of summer: beach towels on railings hung out to dry; sand rinse foot baths at Long Beach cottages; beach games; paper lanterns; clouds

Beach towels on the railings hung out to dry

Sand rinse foot bath tubs on Long Beach cottages

Beach games – volleyball, beach baseball

Cloud roll

Paper Lanterns

downtown tree in Dock Square and for the playhouse too

Last day of September. And was it wasps eating dead fish carcass?

photos: Rockport porch focus; (r) Gloucester overlook, early fall, 1 tree yellow leaves

Saw golden hints on the last day of September. Goldenrod, leaves on 1 tree, and stripes.

What happened here? I was unsurprised by the active flies and ants, but was not expecting this site or ten of these.

Rockport Fire Department responds to Long Beach cottage 🔥 fire smoke call

Area residents murmuring that the smoke is possibly due to a refrigerator electrical fire. Rockport firefighters are assessing the situation on the ground. Simultaneous scene of spectators and beachgoers

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smoke rising visible from a distance- from window of front row cottage Long Beach