It was a record eighty degrees this weekend in Brunswick, Maine, which is unheard of in October.  My response to the strangely sunny skies:  I put my computer and my 200 pages of reading away (save it for a stormy day), I packed my bikini and my new camera (a birthday gift from my parents), and I headed to Reid State Beach.  Here’s what I found:

1. There were thousands of flies that seem to like the taste of human flesh

2. The water was numbingly chilly

3. Autumn is the most beautiful season in Maine…

4. Dancing in the garden is the best form of meditation there is.

I am absolutely in love with this pas de deux performed by Denis and Anastasia Matvienko.  Their chemistry in this piece is particularly breathtaking, and I have never seen movement quite like what they perform in this piece.  I’m hoping that it will inspire me to be a little more creative with my choreography.