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Sun, Sand, & Boats

i LOVE summer. this is a fairly new love for me, i used to be a fall/winter kind of girl but not anymore. like right now as i am sitting in my house listening to the heat kick on I am cold...and that's with a blanket over my lap too. i wish i could open the window and listen to the birds chirp outside and feel the warm breeze on my skin. doesn't that just sound so inviting?! i keep reminding myself that it is just around the corner and with the beautiful 60 degree weather we have been having (minus the past few days of solid rain), i am starting to believe it.




my love of summer began when my family bought a cottage on west 
island. it is one of the most peaceful places to be. we can just grab our towels and walk down to the beach. writing about it, i can almost feel the sun warming my skin while i sit on the beach. hmmm...

one of my favorite things to do is ride out on my dad's sailboat. i am much more of a power boat girl, but i'm certainly not going to give up a ride on the water no matter what kind of boat it is (really, who would?). there is just something that speaks to my soul when i'm "out at sea"; it gets in your blood. my favorite thing is to feel the wind through my hair, and the occasional splash of water from the waves. love it. 


i wish i could say that i grew up going to west island, but we just started going a few years back when i was in undergrad at ENC (about 6 or 7 yrs ago). my parents literally found the island by accident while driving up and down the coast. it's sandwiched between new bedford and mattapoisett so there is great shopping and restaurants right down the road. the best part of the island is that 70% of it is conservation land: there are only about 100 year long residents and 300 seasonal residents which take up the remaining 30%. it's a small place but it is great to go to get away from the daily grind. 


if you haven't been you should definitely come...it's always an open invitation and i have to admit, i make great margaritas that you should come and try! and maybe lee (a.k.a. dad) will even take you out on the boat)

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