Sunset over the Peconic Bay

September 10, 2009

Recently, I was invited to a cordial evening on the North Shore of the South Fork of Long Island, New York. That shoreline faces the lovely Peconic Bay. I was visiting the home of Greg Yale, a landscape lighting designer, who has worked on many great homes and done fabulous installations throughout the world. The occasion was a party held in honor of the Peconic Bay-Keeper. I had never been to this part of the island before and when I arrived at this place, I was almost overwhelmed with the beauty of the landscape.

: The upright pole has a platform attached where osprey, or fish hawk, build their nests.

: Each of the properties on this stretch of beach have a long wooden boardwalks, which were built long ago, across the marshes and out to sandy beaches on the Peconic Bay.

: The marshes and the low dunes stretch for a long way and canals run through the grasses.

: Here is an even better view of the vastness of this special place.

: Many dogs were invited to the party.

: This charming dog was very well-behaved.

: The marsh grasses were very, very green and the waters were so clear.

: The groundskeeper walked Francesca and Sharkey out to me on the board walk. I was a bit afraid that the dogs would fall off into the water – thankfully, they did not.