Category: Boats

  •     Prepare to anchor!                These good samaritan pups and their two Lady Companions are bringers of joy to anyone whoever put on a sailor hat or loved a dog and are lucky enough to have a close encounter with them!On a lucky rainy Sunday on St. George…

  •   Ok, I never quite understood how pilots got onto the big ships.   Now, I do! These are the men and women who board a ship outside local harbors to guide them safely through unfamiliar waters.   Where that man is stepping off the pilot boat, there is a door that he slips into.…

  •   To Breakfast?     First reaction was to shoo them away which turned out to be ridiculous. So I pulled out my camera and joined in the fun!       (Anyone who went to St. Anthony of Padua Church in Baltimore, might recognize the Holy Ghost in this shot!)     They cleaned…

  •     Back to the ship for our second night at sea, on our way to Nassau.     No worries, there's lots to do on board. Dancing, gambling, drinking, eating, sauna, swimming… Not enough time for it all.   And always a new friend in our room at the end of the day…  …

  •     Sailing into Freeport Harbor in the Bahamas on a breezy day, for my first ever trip to the Caribbean.     Yes, it's a genuine tropical paradise, with lots of friendly people who want to sell you stuff!     Cool Stuff too!     The Tourist, having a very good time, on…

  •     A voyage begins…   If the sun keeps his promise, there will be turquoise water on these pages soon…   (Are we excited?)   (Oh Yeah!)     Stay tuned!         The turquoise water of Alexander Springs, Florida.      

  •       And the beat goes on….         Thanks to the fabulous and creative, Karen and Grover!!  

  •   Budapest used to be two cities separated by the Duna, or what we call the Danube River. Buda is on the hilly side of the river. And Pest is on the plane and is the more modern section of Budapest.     This is the Palace in the hills.       And this…

  •     This is the kind of day that makes you wish that you had a little boat and could wander along the marshes, spying on blue herons, and green herons and egrets, maybe run into Ratty and Mole from The Wind In The Willows, having tea in one of the coves, taking time for…

  •   Swan, swan, over the sea; Swim, swan, swim! Swan, swan, back again; Well swum, swan!                                 Mother Goose            Swans swimming on a canal in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Video taken by Dr. Jane Spielman. Thanks…