I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining.

Hubby and I are back from our late Labor Day P-town getaway. For those of you who are not from New England, that's short for Provincetown, MA, at the very end of Cape Cod. And our hotel, the Provincetown Inn, is literally at the end of the very last road on the Cape. Pretty cool!

As you can see behind me, there is a lovely little beach, and a pool, complete with a bar serving frozen drinks. Unfortunately, our little getaway was not the fun-in-the-sun filled escape we had hoped for. And it was a little difficult not to be completely bummed out that we have a history of bad weather vacations, starting with a miserably rainy trip to Maine that was our first weekend away together over five years ago, and including a trip St. Petersburg, FL during historically low temperatures a year and a half ago in March. (I do have to remind Hubby that this spring, in London, we did in fact experience unseasonably warm and sunny days...too bad we weren't prepared for the beach then!)

In any case, I wasn't going to let a little rain get in the way of the escape I so desperately needed. Monday was a beautiful day. We got to the hotel a little after 3:00 in the afternoon, and I was able to get in a bit of a swim (it was already starting to get a bit cold), a few margaritas, and a few chapters of my book accompanied by the smell of the ocean air. So, I did get to do all of the things I wanted to do, just not quite to the extent I had hoped. And I got three days with Hubby all to myself. I just wish he could have been in a slightly better mood. Unfortunately, he's so busy at work that he had to go in on the weekend in order to take our trip this week. And he's much more of a glass half-empty kind of guy. He was having a much harder time finding the adventure in the rain than I. 

But, like I said, I did get to do some of the beachy things I wanted to do. In addition, we went to a drag show (again, for non-New Englanders, P-town is a very prominent gay and lesbian destination... definitely saw more than a few kids with two dads or two moms!), had some great meals, including a lobstah roll (said with the Boston accent), did a lot of shopping, bought a sunbrella pillow for our hammock, and come great ceramic wall vases for our dining room (which I will share more when I get a photo), finished my book (even if I read most of it lying in the bed with the ocean out the window instead of with my toes in the sand...I haven't read for endless hours in forever), went for a walk on the beach with my feet in the ocean in the pouring rain (makes the water feel warmer), played cards with Hubby, looked for dressers for our room, and gathered up lots of beautiful images, inspiration and creative ideas to work on. 

I'm trying to internalize the words to a song that just happened to come on Hubby's iPod as we were heading out of town... because I really did get what I needed, even if not in the way I had envisioned...

"Raindrops keep falling on my head, but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red. Crying's not for me. 'Cause, I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining...."

It's much better to dance in the rain than have red eyes, wouldn't you say?

And now, I though, as part of the Creativity Challenge, I'd share some of the interesting things that caught my eye. 

I like the colors and the patterns of the cut outs on these vases.  

Whimsical fish made from license plates.
When you see the table I painted, you will see why this wall caught my eye. 

This was a great railing around an outdoor dining area. 

We shall never know all the good a simple smile can do.
I wish I could express to Hubby how much good his smiles do for me. I don't see enough of them lately.  

This quote caught my eye, knowing of the friendship issues that many of of suffer.
Especially thinking of you, Miss C!

Another group of great phrases, and great colors.

This is the way I looked when I got back from my walk on the beach. In the first photo, you can see that Hubby rigged up our beach umbrella to try to make a place on our deck where we could sit even in the rain. Unfortunately, the rain chose that time to really pick up, and it was just too much to deal with. But, he did a great job, as always. 

Here we are, trying to make the best of a break in the rain. 

Now that's more like it. Hubby, I want to see more of this! xoxo