T Stands for Another Beach Walk

 Hi everyone. Happy new week to you. It's time once again for T Day over at  Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog.

    Last week we had some snowy days/nights, and the wind was back. The wind this winter has been tough. This photo shows the snow yesterday (Sunday) morning after our latest snowstorm. We got close to 10 inches/ 25 cm of light fluff on top of what we already had. And more is expected later this week. 😒

On Friday my friend Deb and I went out on a snowy owl search because we're both getting a little sick of being stuck inside. Even though it was windy, at least the temperature was around 32 degrees F/0 degrees C. 

     We went down to Salisbury State Reservation in Massachusetts  because it is not only a birding hot spot  but also a place where you can often see snowy owls.  Sadly we didn't see a single owl or even any hawks, but we still had a nice walk.

     We did see this very large headless bird dead in the snow. I'll spare you the ugly details but It was a large bird. Here's one of the feet which we had no way to measure but made me think of the size of a wild turkey.  It was also banded with a number.

     We walked in the salt marsh and bay area. The wind wasn't bad there, unlike where I parked the car which was around the corner and up the trail  from the view below. 

      The seals were out though. Sometimes when I've visited they are romping and having fun in the water, but this time it was mid-day nap time.

     It's hard to get a close up view of them because they are just far enough off the shore for my  lens to capture. But their shapes are unmistakable. 

  And when we were exploring this old fence, we spotted this bird tucked in behind a rock.

     One of their wings was not tucked up into the body making me think it was injured. I'm not exactly certain though. I'm guessing the other lone goose we saw in the water was its mate since they were not very far from each other.

    We had a great walk, and I have a few other photos to share another day. But it is T day, and I need to share my drink related photo.

      You'll have to excuse the shadows in my photo as I was sitting with the sun to my back. 

     My friend Deb had heard of this soup restaurant in North Hampson, so we decided to try it. It was a good sign when we arrived and the parking lot was full. But luckily a car was leaving just as I pulled in.

     We didn't realize you could bring in your own drinks, so we left ours in the car. We were able to get a small glass of water at the counter instead of having to buy something. That glass of water is my ticket to T this week.

      For my lunch I  had a bowl of beef stew (it was delicious and full of big chunks of beef that you can't see) and some of their home made cornbread.  Since this restaurant's main menu item is soup they had a soup bar with a variety of soups you could pick from that included vegan, gluten free and dairy free choices. I wish they had had a sampler you could have like breweries do with beer flights because I would have enjoyed tasting them all. They said they change out their soups daily. 

    That's all for me today. I hope everyone has a great T day and week ahead.