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Wading off into the dark
Winter beach projects It’s time for the Beach Watchers Eelgrass Monitors to brave the winter chill for eelgrass sample collection. The work isn’t hard, but the night is dark and cold and there’s an awful lot of knee deep water to wade through, so project lead Jan Holmes has wisely rounded up a couple of…
Gosling Cuteness Overload
Gosling, Gosling, Gone Just when we thought we were so tough, the way we stood up and roared at winter by surviving living aboard in Boston, along comes a gaggle of geese. Nothing like a fluffy yellow gosling to make us go gaga.
Redefining a walk along the beach
New to blogging, I’m trying to generate my own content, but here is a poem I cannot resist sharing. It’s one of my long time favorites, and perfectly describes the sensations and emotions of a walk along the beach. It appears on a blog I like called – happily enough – Sea Fever. That blog…
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…
On the fence at the water’s edge
This house in Cathlamet, Washington is one of the most interesting dwellings I’ve seen in a while. Perched on pilings over the water, with a single remaining tether to the land, it’s like a boat without the commitment to living aboard. This is the kind of place that invites the making of stories. I like…
