Every lighthouse on Cape Cod is special. This one is the one.
Highland Light — also known as Cape Cod Light — is the oldest and tallest lighthouse on the Cape, standing watch over the outer shores of Truro since the current tower was built in 1857. Melissa Hyatt painted it with an open, airy composition that feels exactly like standing on the highland bluff on a summer afternoon: the cream-colored tower glows warmly against a soft blue sky filled with loose, billowy clouds, a small red-roofed outbuilding tucked at its base, vivid green grass stretching along the bottom of the card. The painting has a luminous quality — light catching the smooth curve of the tower — that makes it feel alive.
This lighthouse has quite a story: threatened by erosion over the decades, it was actually moved 450 feet inland in 1996 — the largest lighthouse move in US history at the time — to save it from the crumbling bluff. It's still active today, still flashing its light over the Atlantic, and still one of the most iconic sights on the Cape.
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CARD DETAILS
Original hand-painted watercolor art by Melissa Hyatt
Designed, printed, and packaged in the USA
Premium folded card stock with matte finish on the front
Blank inside with a white envelope
A2 size — 4.25" × 5.5"
Every lighthouse on Cape Cod is special. This one is the one.
Highland Light — also known as Cape Cod Light — is the oldest and tallest lighthouse on the Cape, standing watch over the outer shores of Truro since the current tower was built in 1857. Melissa Hyatt painted it with an open, airy composition that feels exactly like standing on the highland bluff on a summer afternoon: the cream-colored tower glows warmly against a soft blue sky filled with loose, billowy clouds, a small red-roofed outbuilding tucked at its base, vivid green grass stretching along the bottom of the card. The painting has a luminous quality — light catching the smooth curve of the tower — that makes it feel alive.
This lighthouse has quite a story: threatened by erosion over the decades, it was actually moved 450 feet inland in 1996 — the largest lighthouse move in US history at the time — to save it from the crumbling bluff. It's still active today, still flashing its light over the Atlantic, and still one of the most iconic sights on the Cape.
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CARD DETAILS
Original hand-painted watercolor art by Melissa Hyatt
Designed, printed, and packaged in the USA
Premium folded card stock with matte finish on the front
Blank inside with a white envelope
A2 size — 4.25" × 5.5"
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