Slush & ice plates this morning. Lots of fun pushing the plates around. Not so great for actual swimming though! Cold water swimming and Winter swimming what an adventure!

This is the magic of winter sea swimming. 🏊‍♀️ #outdoorswimming #oceanswimming #seaswimming #seasmoke

Mister Stubbs! Too unafraid for his own good, though. Shooo, Mister Stubbs, shoo!

Afternoon frolic + treasure collected by my soft-mouthed doggie.

Wet & windy all day — perfect day for a sourdough bake. I will never tire of the aroma. #bakesky

And now that #Duolingo is so buggy that I can’t complete lessons to advance I don’t know how many more days I’ll last on the app.

Happy vernal equinox! Fantastic & playful first swim of spring. Sea-star sisters celebrate birthdays 🎉

Wow, it's the Equinox... that snuck up on us!

Last day of winter and a fabulous water day: long sparkle swim in morning followed by 1st outdoor shower of the season. Then put winter swimming to bed with a sunset dip. Tomorrow—vernal equinox & hellooooo spring swimming! 💚💚

Absolutely *dreamy* swim this morning. 55 minutes of green-blue therapy in clear & glassy water. #oceanswimming #coldwaterswimming #morningswim #dailyswim

I have never seen a pussywillow scene like this

Morning swim scenery

Spring scenes

So lucky to have such fabulous swim buddies! #winterswimming #coldwaterswimming #swimbuddies

Now here is something we truly need:

Rainbow sparkle swim this morning! Never seen this before! 🌈✨🌊❄️🏊‍♀️ #winterswimming #dailyswim #baystateofmind

Even better (courtesy of the lovely Sandra Boynton):

When it’s too rough to swim at the beach we head to our scenic & sheltered harbor. Beautiful windless conditions, mild air temp, water 39 — great 1st swim of meteorological spring. 30-40 minutes! #coldwaterswimming

My treasured early & gigantic pussywillows. Grown from cuttings from a friend. They are a gorgeous silver and arrive in February when it’s still solidly winter.

Abundant cold, abundant gold, abundant sea, abundant glee. #winterswimming #coldwaterswimming #morningswim #afterglow

On hunch that my beloved sourdough starter had lost its mojo, I pulled wet backup starter from fridge & dry backup from pantry and put all 3 on strengthening regime. Clearly there’s a winner (dry backup)! Finally seeing some progress. Yay! #sourdough #bakesky

Absolute heaven today. All glide. No wind. Water 36.3, air about the same. Song sparrows trilling as I changed. #coldwaterswimming #seaswimming #morningswim #dailyswim #littlerhodey

Noontime swim in much warmer water for a lovely change! Still windy from NW but plenty of warm sun!

Frickin’ cold swim again this morning — but golly, I do love it! #coldwaterswimming #seaswimming #oceanswimming #newengland #baystate

Sunset tromp l’oeil

Perfect conditions for as long as swim as possible. I did not want to get out. #winterswim #oceanswim #seaswim #newengland #littlerhodey

Happy Valentine’s Day, beloveds! This morning’s swim was lovely! The wind was a bit of a thing, but rollers were sweet, sky was blue, sun was bright. Water 35.5. Over too quickly but too cold to linger! Jonesin’ for longer swim times! #winterswimming #oceanswimming #newengland #littlerhodey

Seasmoke sunrise swim #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGold

Met one of my dear cousins visiting from Alaska for a winter tromp & got a magical morning skinnydip at an intimate crescent beach just north of Cape Cod. #winterswimming #seaswimming #morningswim #newengland #baystate #baystateofmind

Glorious winter swim! Clarity of light, air, and water. Snow on dunes. Golden sun & opalescent blue sea. Water temp 35.6. Just heavenly!

Superb Owl mug x 2 🦉🦉

Love it when I can do shore support for my swim buddies. #winterswimming #seaswim #oceanswim #newenglandwinter #littlerhodey

Proper winter swim today: fresh snow, sweet swells, cold northeast wind blowing off-shore, ca-ca-cold fingers while changing. #winterswimmimg #seaswimmimg #oceanswimming #newengland #littlerhodey

I love swimming to the symphony of the ever-shifting morning sky. 🌊🧜‍♀️🏊‍♀️🌅 #morningswim #seaswim #oceanswim #openwaterswim #littlerhodey

Kim Gordon & Bowie — you’re welcome m.youtube.com/watch?v=KVM9...

Return to flat water — serenity. #oceanswim #seaswim #wildswimming #coldswim #winterswim #openwaterswimming #morningswim #dailyswim

Couldn’t get out past the breakers today so swam in 16” of “champagne bubbles” #wildswim #oceanswim #dailyswim #sky #sea

I don’t usually have a lot of discard but the starter I’ve been using for 3 years hasn’t been performing up to snuff. So time to fire up a couple of back-ups from when first made. Yummy discard crackers! Will make pizza dough next. 🥖 #bakesky #sourdough

Hard going in strong wind made for post-swim giddiness.

From the lovely and talented Sandra Boynton:

Sourdough monkey/pull-apart bread — ended up making a double batch and not a single person complained. #sourdough #bakesky

Sea swimming in 33.9F / 1C water is dangerous for the unacclimatized & inexperienced. Sending love & resilience to our fellow cold water swimmers in Ireland 🇮🇪💚🤍🧡🌊🏊‍♀️ #AlphabetChallenge#WeekDforDanger #StormEowyn

Seems like maybe we 3 are the last left standing — or swimming as the case may be — on the daily. Lingering illness and slow-healing injuries have culled our ranks this year. Another very cold one but low wind. Thinking of our fellow cold water swimmers on the coast of Ireland today!

For me, the colder the water (33.9F (1C) this morning at sunrise) the more serenity I experience. #coldwaterswimming #winterswimming #winterinnewengland #sunriseswim #dailyswim #tranquility

Swam for 25 minutes and don’t think the firemen doing ice rescue practice on the pond even noticed me. #oceanswimming #coldwaterswimming #littlerhodey #newengland #newenglandwinter

Hahahahaha!!! Get that swimmer a dry robe & a hot cuppa!

Give me 7F air with no wind over 20F with 10mph wind anyway! Dreamy morning swim in satiny sea. #dailyswim #sunriseswim #oceanswim #winterswim #newengland #littlerhodey #farmcoast

Sunset in Little Rhody.

Warmer air a relief. Swimming into the wind was a bit of a fight, but it felt good swinging at something real. #coldwaterswimming #winterswimming #oceanswimming #sunrise #sunriseswim #dailyswim #littlerhody #newengland #farmcoast #resist

Another clear & calm day for swim with friends. Air 17F water 36.3F #dailyswim #coldwaterswimming #oceanswimming #wildswimming #oceanswimming #sunriseswim #sunrise #beach #newengland #farmcoast