Toby Baker Sparkling Stories: Spring in Cape Cod

Corn Hill Beach in Truro

I returned recently from a delightful trip to Cape Cod and Boston where I indulged myself with time with friends, the Atlantic--and a second lilac season!

After the winter this area endured, it's no wonder that Colorado might be slightly ahead of Cape Cod when it comes to Mother Nature making a visit. You already know my passion for lilacs--from the first blooms to the surprise snow--so indulge me when I take time today to share some of my trip photos and observations. (Yup, there's lilacs involved.)

Compared to those who have been trekking out to the Cape since childhood, I am a relative newcomer to this place. As a girl from the High Plains and Rocky Mountains, I am, no surprise, in LOVE with all the beaches one can discover all over this island! (I call it that because the Cape Cod Canal actually separates it from the mainland...but, I may be wrong.)

So, make yourself a cuppa and enjoy a few minutes in Cape Cod...

Boardwalk leading to Lewis Bay

This beach is lovely with foamy gentle waves lapping and fine sand.

If you imagine a map of Cape Cod, Lewis Bay is located on the south, facing Nantucket Sound, in about the middle of the island.

Jingle Shells, a.k.a. Fairy Toenails

Cranberry bogs in May

Doors of The Belfry Inn & Bistro in Sandwich

Beautiful stained glass windows hint of The Belfry's former life as a Catholic Church.

In addition to a lovely dining room it features a stunning garden.


The former sanctuary is now a dining room


Blues, the color of glass, sky and water.


Eye-candy displays in a Main Street gift shop in Sandwich. (I asked if I could take photos as displays this good are truly art.)


A calming Sandwich Beach vista...


Lavender Farms in Harwich


Ahh, the sweet perfume of French Lilacs


In Wellfleet I met this kind gentleman who explained to me, a Wyoming girl, that this fabulous rusty anchor is from a clipper ship who cut it loose rather than try to haul it up.