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 ›
Boats
AN UPPERMOST GALLEY
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ›
OUR END OF SUMMER – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Summer has a different meaning to Tom and me than it does to most people. We are boaters, so to us, summer simply means ‘boating season’ and it lasts for six months. We start getting our boat ready to go… Read More ›
LINES AND SHEETS AND FLOATING – DAY FOUR (I THINK I MISSED THREE) – Marilyn Armstrong
FLOTATION ALONG BOSTON’S WHARF
CAMP YESTERDAY, VAMPIRE TODAY. DO I SENSE A TREND? – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Vampire Yesterday, we discussed camp and today it is vampires? I feel a trend coming on! Shall we move on to robots tomorrow? If so, can we do the ones from Douglas Adams’ books? The ones who… Read More ›
THE WILD BLUE YONDER – Marilyn Armstrong
Midway into the wild blue yonder I have taken some “wild blue yonder” pictures too. Squared them up. And so, for the midpoint of this month of blue, a picture for #JulyBlues. I do a lot of my processing late… Read More ›
