The robins and sparrows have long since returned. They join us here in mid to early March. The clamming dredges and lobster boats' long winter is over and the rails are no longer encrusted in sea ice. The water that surrounds Cape Cod is still only warm enough to caress and love the polar bears, but soon ... so soon ... the summer will spring itself upon the beaches and the harbors... and the bikinis and shorts will appear. The trees are budding and the tulips are in bloom. Spring is definitely here ... and more importantly ... I am once again employed.
I work for a harbormaster's office here on Cape Cod and though my patience is often taxed, I love working here. It is just unfortunate that this summer job isn't a job that can sustain a family over the long run; winters are cold and long and lately ... expensive. But for the time being I will gladly take the views I am offered, and the paycheck that comes along with it.
Most of the visitors to my harbor are here for the park, or the fishing. There are few harbors on Cape Cod that provide dockage for large commercial fishing vessels, mine is simply the best.
There are those that read this who will be wondering how I come to call Hyannis Harbor ... my harbor. I have been a resident of Cape Cod since the early 1980's. I have seen this harbor in it's worst states, and I have watched the struggles to clean the waters here. It progress that has been made is incredible ... especially when you consider that this harbor is an enigma. Most have some sort of freshwater in flux. Not so here. The water stays clean in spite of that. And I am proud that I am a part of keeping it this way, and therefore ... while I am on duty ... the harbor is mine. But then, I also believe that the harbor, the beaches, the blue skies and the ocean belong to all of us that appreciate their beauty and are willing to do something to protect it.
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