spring has sprung

what a whirlwind the last few weeks have been. somehow april came & went in the blink of an eye & now we are almost half way through may. i hate it. not because i am not enjoying myself....but because I AM enjoying myself & i don't want it to end.
the first weekend in may brought MY PARENTS out to the cape for a quick adventure to see me and my americorps life....with a quick trip to boston tacked onto the end. i took them all around wellfleet....my favorite beaches....the seashore....yummy food....seeing my house & meeting my housemates! i think they were a little overwhelemed by my living situation, but were glad to see that i fit right in with the mass chaos & am loving it!
here they are at marconi station in wellfleet at the seashore....

i also took them up to Ptown for a hike up pilgrim monument with some awesome views of the town as well as the cape.....some whale watching at the beach (we saw a bunch of tails & spouts!) and then a little hike through the seashore complete with feeding chickadees! here you can see them eating out my hand & my dads.....

it was great to have them here & experience my life first hand. it was short and sweet....but wish they could have been here a bit longer, with some nicer weather to experience ALL that cape cod has to offer.

this past weekend was a little low key. braved the wind on friday night & hit the beach for some beers. saturday was spent with samantha's IP in chatham helping with "RECYCLE FEST" that she put on that included E-recycling (bringing in old TVs, computers, vcrs....etc) & a bike collection for the organization "bikes not bombs". on sunday alex & i ventured to ptown to walk the dune hike.....my legs still hurt today! it was a tiring, but gorgeous trek through the sand dunes to the atlantic side of ptown. we then hit up commercial street & had a yummy lunch at a south african restaurant. it was such beautiful weather and it was great to see people out and about!

alex on our way back on the hike....

TODAY was the start of americorps week, which is being celebrated all around the country by americorps groups this week. it is to celebrate the service we do throughout the year with our community. our celebration this year is special, in that it marks the 10th year of americorps cape cod. we are also tacking on ALUMNI weekend at the end of it....so it is truly a whole week of celebration! i have spent the last couple months at my COD day helping to plan it, so i am excited for it to finally be here. i believe i have mentioned it earlier, but we are working all week at Taylor-Bray farm in yarmouth port. the big project of the week is constructing a 180 ft. boardwalk that leads out into the marsh on the property to offer visitors some nice views of the surrounding area. we are also constructing a raised garden bed on a community garden plot so that handicapped individuals can also garden. schools groups will also be coming out to help remove invasive species on the property in hopes of restoring the natural habitat there. i am happy to say that today went really well & one person even said that it ran more smoothly than the other 2 big americorps projects (mlk day & canal clean up)....& that was out goal, so i guess we reached it!

me with our big americorps week banner......

boardwalk construction........

i am also looking forward to the end of the week because my friend TESS is coming to visit! & then my friends EMILY & JACKIE will be coming memorial day weekend. it is always exciting to share my weird world with my friends.....so i can't wait for them to come & see!

off to bed.

much love/peace....

A.