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Looks like we’ve survived the winter. Here’s the surest and most welcome sign that spring is here – running water at the dock! I’m not sure I mentioned here that, because the pipes run under the docks in an unheated area, they’d freeze during the winter if the water was left on, so we’ve had to…
Sand Soccer in Virginia Beach
This week’s photo was not selected because it’s the pinnacle of waterscape art. The photographer wasn’t thinking showpiece so much as snapshot. She just wanted to capture the action of sand soccer. I’m very happy with it because it’s not from Whidbey Island. I can get a bit provincial. it shows a side of waterfront…
Electric waves and chopped fish
It’s funny the way the press talks. Always with the negative spin. How often do you see a headline that says funding for or profit from x is up? (Leaving aside for now stories about oil companies.) While the actual funding or profit might be greater than previously, the headline will say, “lower than projected.”…
Elliott Menashe – Not out of the woods yet
Elliott Menashe is feeling justifiably frustrated. After two decades of teaching the buyers of shoreline properties how to keep their bluffs intact, he thought by now he’d be watching a trend toward better treatment of these important sites. Instead, this past year he’s witnessed an unprecedented number of slides due to poor management of the…
How to NOT do a whack job on the underwater weeds, the new art and science of mooring your boat
Ah, the piercing call of the string trimmer, a sure sign of spring. I’ve never embraced weed whacking. The smell of the gas engine, the weight on my shoulder … I finish the job sick and stiff necked. Plus I don’t like the way I think when I weed whack. Something about the vibration or…
