Similar Posts
Add lime – works for gin and tonic, but global warming?
Just add lime This idea worries me a little. It smacks of other projects that sounded good in the past – got rats? introduce cats. Sharks eating the fish you want to catch? put a bounty on sharks. Wolves killing sheep? pay for wolf pelts. Pesky Indians defending their land? Kill all the buffalo and…
The Coastal Path
Hiking – One or the many ways you can take the coastal path. Former Whidbey Islander Leah Claire, who now lives in Cornwall, sent this shot taken from the South West Coast Path. Being rather new to the British Isles, Leah couldn’t pin-point the exact spot where she took this. “We were somewhere north of Newquay….
How to Get Your Photo Subject’s Attention
I’m always careful not to waste food. (Insert joke about sale of Brooklyn Bridge or waterfront lots in Arizona here.) So after cutting the rind off a pork roast, I popped the scraps into a pot of water and boiled it to make stock. The result – gelatinous glop. Julia Child probably could have turned…
Tidal Life: Now, with Octopi
Ditching the nautilus lamp idea … I found the perfect light to hang above the bronze octopus table that everyone knows I want for my birthday later this month. I love octopi. This was featured on one of my favorite interior design blogs – Bohemian Hellhole – how I covet that name. Not only am…
Water People: On Watch With Jill Hein
This is the second in what is now the Tidal Life Water People Series. We might also call it the Tidal Life Obsessive of the Month. I’ve got a boatload of such folk to introduce you to. (Memo to Archie Grand: Suggestion for another new notebook – Water People I’ve Met and Liked.) Beach Watcher, Whale…
Blizzard 2013: Snow, Sinking Boats and Cookies
Sure enough, Tom and Nancy saved the day. Turns out it was a good thing we stayed down on the boat during our first blizzard instead of running for the shelter of a friend’s house. Before the snow began to accumulate, life in the marina, we were warm and having a good time. Then darkness…
