Spending a day, with my camera, walking in the marshes of Cape Cod. There's nothing more peaceful, than a walk in the woods, and on the shore.
Above: The Coastal Marsh At Wellfleet Audubon
Above: At Wellfleet Bay, they've collected bones of many whales, including some rib bones, vertebrae, some hip/wrist joints, and some from fins.
One of the things about living daily, on the coast, is how directly we are connected to the great world. Take tides, waves and wind. no where is it more apparent, the effects of rising seas, than nearby. This next pair of photos is taken about one quarter mile (about 400 meters) from the ocean, behind me.
Above: At Wellfleet Bay, they've collected bones of many whales, including some rib bones, vertebrae, some hip/wrist joints, and some from fin. Below: The Tides, They Are A Changin'
As you can see, from my notes, that same image above, peaceful, shows clues of some bigger troubling problems for my world. What used to be a very high storm tide, where I noted Previous in the image, was the highest high storm tide I have ever noted evidence of. As you can also see in the image, I point out where the last night's High tide came. Now, it was a higher than normal moon tide, but, not a storm tide. NOT a storm tide.
I've seen some people try and claim *hoax* or *fake news*, when the subject of climate change comes up. I simply have no use for them. I've grown up here, and see first hand, the effects of climate change. All around me. Everyday.
The ocean in areas nearby, now cuts the isthmus I live on into three major parts instead of one single piece of land. For decades, we've been hearing about how the climate and the changes are affecting Cape Cod. Now, we see it happening around us.
Daily, at high tide, the sands are eroding, at rates faster than only a decade, and many times faster than 3 decades ago, as I was growing up.
These signs were placed 4 years ago, and already, the geologists nearby are saying they are going to be outdated, as the ocean levels are changing faster than expected.
I guess my call to action here, is, "Can you, YOU, do something to help? Do you need to drive? Can you take a bus? Do you need to order something from overseas? Can you get it locally? Each step, no matter how little, helps. Remember, there are 6 billion of us... so each little step, multiplied by 6 BILLION adds up.
ONE reason I have my own garden, is to grow food locally, rather than paying for a truck, a boat, a train, to deliver food to a market that I then need to go to. It's not only to control my own food supply, or to grow healthier food, it's also about LOCAL sourcing.
Show me your garden! Leave me a comment, below... and a link to your #GroVid22 garden!
It's time to take control of your own food supply, your own health and your own lives.
The GroVid22 Challenge: Grow Your OWN is not just a simple short challenge, it's about taking control of your future!
