{"id":9827,"date":"2010-02-06T11:53:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2010-12-21T14:53:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T19:53:29","slug":"block-island-collage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9827","title":{"rendered":"Block Island collage 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More scattered images of my time on the island.  I haven&#8217;t quite acclimated yet, but last night was very windy (we were supposed to get a blizzard &#8211; no sign of it yet) and the sound of the wind was very comforting, made me think of the island.<\/p>\n<p>The house on the hill behind my house.  This is before the sun came up.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC08968.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC08968.jpg\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThis was the coldest day.  So cold it really wasn&#8217;t smart to be outside.  So cold that the ocean froze the following day.  It was so windy that here is the sand on the beach, racing towards me like phantoms of some icy planet.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09059.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09059.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nCrazy beautiful surf.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09385.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09385.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nBicycles on the roof.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09634.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09634.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nOn my porch, sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC08977.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC08977.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nOut at the airport, sunset.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09079.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09079.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nOne of the many books I read while out there.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09198.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09198.jpg\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nOld boat outside the Block Island Historical Society.  There is a story behind this boat, but I do not know it.  Islanders?  Can you tell the story?<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09356.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09356.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSunrise shadows on my wall<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC08993.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC08993.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe North Light, after sunset<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09440_2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09440_2.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nWaves<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09757.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09757.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nOut at the very tip of the island &#8211; the water raced by, cutting me off from Siobhan and Ben.  The beginning of the end.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09710.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09710.jpg\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nFerry coming into the harbor at sunset<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09618.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09618.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nMoon over Block Island<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09094.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09094.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nMy morning hangout, regardless of the weather<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09639.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09639.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nBallerina in a window<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09985.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09985.jpg\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nReeds over Sachem Pond<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09890.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09890.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nConverging currents exploding over the tip of Block Island, the end of the land<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09822_2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09822_2.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nLow tide on Crescent Beach<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09959.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09959.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nIce melting on Sachem Pond (North Light on the other side)<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09888.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09888.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nCrashing waves.  Not QUITE at French Lieutenant&#8217;s Woman level, but beautiful nonetheless<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC09572_2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC09572_2.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"393\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More scattered images of my time on the island. I haven&#8217;t quite acclimated yet, but last night was very windy (we were supposed to get a blizzard &#8211; no sign of it yet) and the sound of the wind was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9827\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1537],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31250,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9827\/revisions\/31250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}