Cape Cod is, like many places I suppose, a study in contrasts. Locals and summer people; beach shacks and trophy homes; and then there are the gardens. Every year there’s a fundraiser for the Provincetown art museum that is a tour of the hidden gardens of P-town. They are spectacular, even the little pocket gardens …
Tag Archive: Provincetown
Sep 29 2010
Looking into the pond
There’s a pond at one end of the Beech Forest trail in the Province Lands on Cape Cod. On a short bridge beneath some overhanging trees you can stand and look out past the lily pads at a serene, almost glassy pool. That’s actually as far as I got along the trail, because it was …
Aug 29 2010
Sharper than a serpent’s tooth
Sometimes the best way to learn how to use a new technique is to deliberately abuse it, push it just a little too far so you can see what’s really going on. Even though subtlety may be the end goal, by its very nature subtlety conceals the effect, making it a less than optimal learning …
Aug 12 2009
The magic of light
Have you had a chance to notice the header image? If not, take a minute right now and look at it; I’ll wait. I took those two photos just seconds apart, standing on the tide flats in Provincetown watching the tide come in around my ankles. So why is one light and one dark? A …
Jul 30 2009
Bubala's by the Bay
This was definitely not the photo I was planning to post next (possibly not ever), but after hearing an NPR story this morning about a series of murder mysteries set in Provincetown, I had to do it. If you haven’t been to Provincetown, listen to this NPR piece and you will feel like you’ve been …



