The Gardens and Grounds on Enders Island

I arrived an hour before check-in so the first place I visited was my little beach

During the Summer, there were hundreds of sea spiders (tiny, hermit crabs) scampering in the water. They are all gone except for one that I saw. (The black dot in the center of the photo)

The Holy Gully wasn't sitting on his perch on top of the cross. I have since learned the gull's name is Gunther. There have been many Gunthers over the years.

Fall came to the island and there were lots of crisp leaves to shuffle through.

Late blooming rose,

dahlias

and one measly petunia.

With the vegetation cut back, I found some things I hadn't seen (or maybe remembered)

I found Dolphin Boy, the cousin to Worcester's famous Turtle Boy

and a statue of St. Francis. The prayer of St. Francis was the text we would be lettering this week.

Across from the studio, the hydrangeas were still hanging on.

At sunrise, each morning, I went to the little beach. It was cold early in the morning. Sea foam dotted the beach like clumps of snow.

One morning, there was a purple jellyfish. 

Most mornings began with a glorious sunrise.

An over board

pine cone

It rained Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. There was ponding at the end of the driveway by the causeway, a blurred line where land began and sea ended.

I think this is the current Gunther. He was strutting around the parking lot as if he owned the place.

A lone dahlia. 

A beautiful sunset

followed by a brilliant sunrise on my last day on the island.

How does your garden grow?