Boats

TWILIGHT IN CONNECTICUT

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/09/2021 • ( 12 )

Twilight at the Marina I took a bunch of birdie pictures this morning and every single one of them is just a little bit fuzzy. Some days, I’m just not on my game and this was one of them. But,… Read More ›

AN UPPERMOST GALLEY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/08/2021 • ( 3 )

An Uppermost Galley What could be more uppermost for any gallery than a galley, in this case a tall ship anchored in Boston Harbor. The first brig Beaver — one of the ships from which wine was tossed at the… Read More ›

THE MARINA

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/20/2020 • ( 3 )

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything to Do With Boats Cee wanted anything to do with boats. Well, as it turned out, we got a few boats — and some gulls that liked to hang out with the boats. A few… Read More ›

ON THE WATER: A SHORT TIME-OUT – Photos by Garry & Marilyn Armstrong

By Garry Armstrong on 07/18/2020 • ( 38 )

We took a couple of days off and we really needed it. Just the joy of seeing people we like IN PERSON. Real, live people! Time outside … a windy day on the water. It’s not that we were lonely,… Read More ›

DAY OF THE MONARCHS – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/13/2020 • ( 7 )

We named our little sailboat Gwaihir, the wind lord. Really, she was a wind lady and the name was a bit pretentious for such a tiny boat. Somehow, I thought it would be a lucky name. She was a 16-foot Soling with a centerboard. She drew a… Read More ›

SHIP’S AHOY? – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/10/2020 • ( 4 )

FOWC with Fandango — Ship What could I do with this that doesn’t require I start writing? Oh, I know. How about pictures of ships. I have a fair number of them. I tend to love anything on the water. in,… Read More ›

OMG By Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/15/2020 • ( 11 )

Have any of us ever calculated the number of posts on Facebook, Twitter, and even WordPress that start out with OMG or something like it? The sentence which follows might — or might not — have anything to do with… Read More ›

CANAL BOATING HOLIDAYS – BY ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 12/02/2019 • ( 18 )

I’m planning an exciting trip with another couple for next fall. It’s a boating holiday unique to England and parts of Europe, called canal boating. Everything about the English branch of this subculture is different from what most Americans think… Read More ›