CMMC – August Pick a Topic from my Photo Cee’s photograph (and isn’t it a honey!): Powered boats from Boston to Gloucester. I have a lot of sailboats too, but somehow this challenge seemed to call for something with an engine.
marina
TWILIGHT IN CONNECTICUT
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
JULY BLUES IN SQUARE – Marilyn Armstrong
July Blues in the Square
A BLUE DAY IN THE MARINA 3 – Marilyn Armstrong
July Blues – 3 So. In the middle of June, we hopped down to the Curleys and hung out at the marina. It was a bit too rough to go out and to be fair, I’m just as happy in… Read More ›
R&R WITH OLD FRIENDS – Garry Armstrong
It was our time for a bit of R & R in the lush Connecticut woods, far from the madding crowd. It’s another world where we can recharge our life force and mental batteries. Our hosts are the kindly friends… Read More ›
A FEW PICTURES FROM HOUSE AND SHORE – Garry Armstrong
I took most of the pictures. Marilyn was off-duty this time. There are a lot more, but this is a little taste of our weekend with Tom and Ellen. We didn’t go out because the sea was a bit high,… Read More ›
THE START OF BOATING SEASON – BY ELLIN CURLEY
From New Years on, Tom counts down the days until he can start working on the boat to get it ready to go back in the water. It spends its winters shrink wrapped and up on pilings in the parking… Read More ›
FLOWERS AT THE MARINA – BY ELLIN CURLEY
When people think of marinas, they think of boats, docks and, of course, water. But our marina makes an effort to create beauty on the land part of the marina as well as the water part. So I took some… Read More ›
VACATION AT HOME – BY ELLIN CURLEY
We were supposed to go to Italy with friends this July. We had to cancel the trip because I’ve been suffering from a chronic condition called Poly Myalgia Rheumatica. I didn’t feel up to traveling so far away and didn’t… Read More ›
THE LOVE OF THE WATER – BY ELLIN CURLEY
What is it about water that so many people find endlessly fascinating and soul soothing? People pay top dollar to live in homes that have a view of water – any water – ocean, lake, pond, marsh, stream. Prime vacation… Read More ›
2018 BOATING SEASON BEGINS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
2018 BOATING SEASON BEGINS – BY ELLIN CURLEY We got our boat in the water right on time this year, in early May. But the weather wasn’t acting like spring. It was rainy and cold a lot. Tom didn’t care…. Read More ›
ON THE WATERFRONT – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge We always take a lot of pictures in the summer, but we take more pictures than we usually take when we are on the water. Not only did we have an absolutely perfect day —… Read More ›
JUNE IS SQUARE – ROOF 21 – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s that time of year again and squares are back! Well, the theme is ROOFS (or rooves if you prefer). Your roof can be; A – Any type, any condition, any size, and in any location. B – It could… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 