In the summer beach towels and lifeguards are spread along the Atlantic beaches in the Hamptons. Swimmers and sunbathers arrive due to the allure of wide beaches with pristine sands. It’s the high season. But from mid-May to mid-September you can go for a walk along these shores and find you’re the only person on the beach […]
Atlantic beaches in the Hamptons – 20 views off-season Read More »
Looking at this view of Albert’s Landing Beach on a rainy day you may not think of the days of The Great Gatsby. The Roaring Twenties. Parties at mansion estates in Long Island. Soon children will be playing and swimming on this bay beach in Amagansett. A family-friendly beach on Gardiner’s Bay where the water is
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Imagine sand like a slow motion tsunami covering whole forests and wetlands. Instead of protecting land, dunes moving inland at about 3 1/2 feet a year. At places reaching 80 feet high. Welcome to The Walking Dunes in Hither Hills State Park in Montauk, NY. Northwest winds for over 100 years or more have been blowing sand from
Not far from Sammy’s Beach Preserve, I had to stop the car to let wild turkeys cross the road. Soon Sammy’s Beach Road led us to a coastal sand spit which is now a nature preserve. We followed a footpath, overgrown in parts with marsh plants. And wandered near tidal creeks and salt ponds known
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Instead of collecting shells, my kids took photos when we went to an Atlantic Ocean beach in Southampton Village. Luce and Mum (me) on beach – photo by Theo My kids love taking photographs. As they’re young, I decided the best way to introduce children to photography is simply to let them have fun. No photography
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End of the school day. Time for the playground on the beach. A break even for me from my sometimes topsy turvy world. The sun was out although it was minus five (23 F). Cool fresh air on swings with a water view. I relaxed as I watched the shadows on the beach. And the sunlight
