Morning Skyline

 

Towering clouds, surf. Nicer than banks and insurance companies.

posted live from the wild

Wet Test Number 3 – First Sail

Aeon’s cream sail, looking fine against a stormy sky

 

(to start of project)

Big day. T and I snuck out for a quick sail.

And.

It.

Was,

Awesome.

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Horse Fishermen of Belgium

 direct youtube link

 

Fishing for shrimp. In the North Sea. On horseback.

NYT article

Sea Horses.

 

 

 

 

Wolftrap Lighthouse

 

Off the tip of Windmill Point and Stingray Point in the Chesapeake Bay, at the mouth of the Rappahannock River, is Wolftrap Lighthouse. It’s a well-known landmark, or rather seamark, for watermen and boaters in the area. I’ve passed it many times, myself. It was decommissioned and auctioned off by the Coast Guard back in the ’70’s, and moved into private hands. It’s up for sale again. For $288,000 you get the lighthouse and a piece of marshland on shore a mile away where you can launch a boat to get to it.

Now this is my idea of a dream home.

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