HAUNTS

THE MANY WONDERS OF FALMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS

FULL MOON

                               IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON,  BUT IT WOULDN'T BE MAKE BELIEVE IF YOU BELIEVED IN ME.  WITHOUT YOUR LOVE,IT'S A HONKY TONK PARADE-A MELODY PLAYED IN A PENNY ARACADE.

                                 THE FULL MOON IS COMING.  IT'S 97 PER CENT FULL IN ITS WAXING GIBBOUS STAGE.  IT WAS CLEAR AND BRIGHT LAST NIGHT OVER VINEYARD SOUND JUST AFTER SUNSET ALREADY HIGH IN THE SKY.  I HAD GONE TO HIGHFIELD AND WALKED IN BEEBE WOODS AND THEN SAW THE NEW MODERN ART ALMOST GRAFITI LIKE PRTRAIT PAINTINGS BY ONEAL FROM BARNSTABLE. THERE WAS A RECEPTION WITH HORS D'OEUVRES AND DRINKS ON THE PATIO AND INSIDE THE MANSION.  A WOMAN FROM MASHPEE WON THE $25,000 PRIUS CAR THAT WAS AUCTIONED OFF.
                                  BEFORE GOING TO HIGHFIELD, I ATTEMPTED TO GOTO THE LIGHTHOUSE VIA SHORE ROAD.  BUT THERE WAS STILL A DEEP PUDDLE FROM THE RECENT RAINS.  SO I HEADED FOR QUISSET HARBOR AND WALKED OUT TO THE KNOB.  THEN I TOOK ANOTHER ROAD TO THE LIGHTHOUSE TO PLACE A SMALL FLAG ON THE MEMORIAL TO AN AMERICAN AIRLINES STEWARDESS FROM MASSACHUSETTS WHO WAS KILLED WHEN THE TERRORISTS CRASHED HER PLANE INTO ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS ON SEPTEMBER 11,2001 IN NYC.  A WEDDING WAS JUST ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE. 
                                   SO THOSE WERE MY MEANDERINGS ON THE WEEKEND OF THE FULL MOON AND THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH.  THE TERRORISTS CRASHED AIRLINERS INTO THE PENTAGON AND WERE HEADING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE OR CAPITOL BUILDING WHEN THE PASSENGERS OVERPOWERED THE TERRORISTS AND CRASHED THE PLANE INTO A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA.  FINALLY A MEMORIAL IS BEING SET UP THERE TOO.  I THINK IT'S TREES. EVERY CITY IN AMERICA HAS A NEW BASEBALL STADIUM EXCEPT BOSTON.  WHY IT TAKES SO LONG TO ERECT A FEW MEMORIALS FOR ONE OF THE MOST MOMENTOUS EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY IS BEYOND ME.  OUR ONLY RECOGNITION OF THE TERRORIST THREAT WAS THE REMOVAL OF OUR SHOES SO THEY COULD BE XRAYED BEFORE WE BOARDED AN AIRPLANE.
                                         
                                     

FEAR IS THE DARKROOM WHERE OUR NEGATIVES ARE DEVELOPED



VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING-KENNEDY SPACE CENTER-TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA AT SUNRISE AFTER AN EARLY MORNING SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH

                               GONE DIGITAL?????!!!!!!!

SEPTEMBER 11,2011

                     9/11/11 is almost here.  It's the tenth anniversary of the destruction of two 100+ story twin towers in Manhattan.  The World Trade Center is still not rebuilt.  Finally a memorial to the 3000 people  who died in NYC from the terrorist attack is opening in NYC.  DE NILE IS NOT JUST A RIVER.

FALMOUTH DREAM CAR CRUISE LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2011

ME AND MY 67 YELLOW CAMARO- MY FIRST NEW CAR-$2000

YELLOW 67 CAMARO

                       MY 67 YELLOW CAMARO WAS THERE ON DISPLAY ON THE ST. BARNABAS CHURCH LAWN IN BEAUTIFUL DWONTOWN FALMOUTH.  THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME  + FANTASTIC CHUNKY $10 LOBSTER ROLLS AND $1 LEMON MERINGUE PIE TO BENEFIT THE YOUTH GROUP.  THERE WERE MANY MORE CARS AND VENUES IN THE TOWN.  ON SUNDAY THE CARS DROOVE THROUGH ALL OF FALMOUTH STARTING AT MAIN STREET INCLUDING WOODS HOLE AND FINALLY MENAUHANT RD PAST THE BEACH ONTO CENTRAL AND THEN THE BARNSTATABLE FAIR GROUNDS FOR THE CAPE COD MUSIC CONCERT FEATURING AMERICAN IDOL'S AND CAPE COD'S OWN SIOBBHAN MAGNUS. 

TURNING RED

                        I WAS IN MY GREEN PERIOD FOR A FEW YEARS.  THAT MEANS MONEY.  NOW I'M MOVING INTO MY RED PERIOD.  I HAVE A RED BRICK FIREPLACE INA BROWN AND GREEN ROOM.  IT'S TIME FOR RED CANDLES ON THE MANTLE INSTEAD OF GREEN,A RED(CRANBERRY-IT'S CAPE COD.) FRONT DOORAND RED CURTAINS IN THE BROWN AND RED KITCHEN.  SO PASSION IS BREWING JUST IN LINE WITH MY HOROSCOPE WHICH SAYS MY MOON IS IN SAGITTARIUS NOW. 

I'D RATHER BE RED THAN DEAD

                       I THOUGHT I WAS IN MY YELLOW PERIOD WHICH MEANS HOPE.  BUT A NEIGHBOR'S HOSE IS A GAUDY YELLOW AND ANOTHER CLASSIC HOUSE DOWN ON DAVISVILLE IS TOO BRIGHT TOO.  THERE ARE NO MELLOW YELLOWS ANYMORE WITH LATEX PAINT.  SO IT'S RED.  FABULOUS.  

THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC ON THE SHINING SEA BIKEWAY

SUNRISE-MARTHA'S VINEYARD-  DON'T MISS THE LAST BOAT BACK TO WOODS HOLE OR YOU AND YOUR BIKE WILL HAVE TO STAY OVERNIGHT AND WAIT FOR THE SUNRISE BOAT BACK TTHE MAINLAND

MENAUHANT ROAD-EAST FALMOUTH

BOURNES POND-EAST FALMOUTH

MOTTO OVER THE BAR AT THE OLD SILVER LOUNGE

                                 THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FALMOUTH SHINING SEA BIKEWAY ENDS AT THE OLD SILVER LOUNGE AND UNCLE BILL'S COUNTRY STORE IN NORTH FALMOUTH, 
         "HERE STOP AND SPEAK A SOCIAL HOUR IN HARMLESS MIRTH AND FUN LET FRIENDSHIP REIGN BE JUST AND KIND AND EVIL SPEAK OF NO ONE." IS THE TRANSLATION.

                                      THE BIKE TRAIL STARTS AT THE PETER PAN BUS STATION IN FALMOUTH AND FOLLOWS THE FORMER RAILROAD TRACKS TO NORTH FALMOUTH THROUGH WOODS,MARSHES,BRIDGES,FARMS AND CRANBERRY BOGS.  IT CROSSES SEVERAL STREETS WHICH LEAD TO BEACHES OR RESTAURANTS.  BASICALLY THE TRAIL GOES FROM SEAFOOD SAMS TO THE OLD SILVER LOUNGE.  THERE ARE PLACARDS ALONG THE WAY EXPLAINING THE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY OF THE SIGHTS.   USUALLY THERE ARE ONE OR TWO BENCHES TO SIT ALONG THE TRAIL PLUS A BIKE RACK.  IT WAS 12 MILES ROUNDTRIP TO THE BUS STETATION. 
                                       
                                          THE TRAIL GOES 5 OR 6 MILES TO WOODS HOLE THROUGHWOODS,BUSHES,COASTLINE AND EVENTUALLY ENDS UP AT THE PIE IN THE SKY BAKERY,COFFEE OBSESSION,THE LANDFALL,FISHMONGER,JIMMY'S,CAPTAIN KIDD,PHUSION OR THE NEW MARKET NOT TO FORGET QUICK'S HOLE AND SHUCKERS.
                                            WOODS HOLE IS A PORT TOWN WITH MANY SCIENCE BUILDINGS AND SHIPS FOR THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY  AND  W H OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE.. THERE'S A SEL POOL WITHTWO INJURED SEALS AND A SMALL US FISHERIES MUSEUM.
                                      YOU CAN HOP A FERRY FOR MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND BICYCLE ON AROUND THE ISLAND.  IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA,IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU.  BE SURE TO SEE THE CAROUSEL AND GINGERBREAD HOUSES IN OAK BLUFFS.
                                 THE NEW MOSAIC MURAL UNDER AN UGLY LARGE CEMENT BRIDGE OVER THE BIKE TRAIL IN FALMOUTH LOOKS SENSATIONAL.  WE ARE JEALOUS IN EAST FALMOUTH WHERE WE MUST RIDE OUR BICYCLES IN THE STREET SINCE WE HAVE NO BIKE TRAILS.  AFTER THE TOURISTS LEAVE IT'S EASIER TO DRIVE ON THE STREETS.  IN THE SUMMMER THERE'S ALOT OF TRAFFIC AND IT'S DANGEROUS.  OUR SIGHTS ARE FABULOUS TOO.  WE HAVE BIKE ROUTES ALONG THE BEACHES,FARMS, AND CRANBERRY BOGS BUT NO BIKE TRAILS BECAUSE WE NEVER HAD RAILROAD TRACKS.  

GINGERBREAD HOUSE IN FULL ILLUM INATION NIGHT REGALIAIN THE CAMPGROUND OAK BLUFFS, MARTHA'S VINEYARD