Perfect Moments

The sun warm on the skin, the air chilled, the wind strong and steady, only a few people out and about at low tide - a great moment to appreciate the natural world here in southeast Massachusetts.

To me, it is a special feeling to have the warm sun and the cool wind on one's skin - a singularly great thing - except that's really two things isn't it?

And I'm particularly fond of golden light on a late afternoon in fall.

And long shadows tilting through a forest, chipmunks scampering, the aromatic scent of pine trees and the soft give of their needles underfoot.