Beautiful foggy morning...

Last night it warmed up and rained and our snow vanished into mist...

At the beach you could only see the water close up...even the gulls were mostly hidden in the mist

The black ducks in the marsh continued to dabble...

and the overall view was pretty subdued and lovely...

The harbors were socked in...

and even the fishing boats looked like ghosts in the distance

Even as I write this the sun is burning off the fog and soon all this mist and all that snow will be long forgotten...

but for just a little while there was magic at the beach on a January morning....

Finally....

some ice and snow! Not much but hey, the way this winter is going....this may be it!

On the south side we didn't get much...just a dusting, really

but when we drove a few miles to the north side we found ice in Barnstable Harbor...

some actual snow on the beach...

and some lovely views....

even the marsh had an icing...

but that didn't keep this guy from heading out to check his lobster pots...

as we were leaving the beach I took this shot...is there anything lonelier looking than an empty lifeguard chair in winter?