Animals really crack me up. Take Mr. Peacock over here, for instance. He lives in the Fountain of Youth park grounds. Sometimes he flies up to sit on one rooftop or another; other times he tries to impress the ladies, like I caught him doing here. There is nothing funnier than watching the backside of…
It was my sewing machine's fault. Just as we were winding up our projects in preparation to leave Brunswick, Georgia, the last piece of on-board equipment to break down was my trusty Pfaff 1525 sewing machine. It got shaky, couldn't loop thread properly, gave some ominous clicks, and then spat out a couple tiny bits…
In one city block in St. Augustine's Old Town, there is a cluster of historic houses. If memory serves, the structures comprising the Dow Museum of Historic Houses date from the late 18th to the early 20th Century, thus serving as a snapshot of American residential architecture during the whole time the USA has been…
St. Augustine's historic district is historical. And very photogenic. There was a time when northern Florida and southern Georgia were the border zones of Spanish occupation to the south, pressing on the British occupation to the north. St. Augustine was a Spanish colony back in the day, and the Spanish were sitting pretty with their…
I'd recommend everyone visit St. Augustine, even if you must do it by land. The historic district is fairly compact and almost everything is within walking distance of everything else. The area is full of centuries-old buildings, many dating from the Spanish Colonial era. The structures' restoration and maintenance seem to have gone very well.…
MS here. Thanks to GB, all of cyberspace is now current with much of what has kept us away from bloggerfying. I now find myself with an awesome combination of semi-connectivity, mostly-sufficient battery power, and random narrow windows of opportunity (!!) to actually write a thing or two. I will use the approach that Zen…
It’s been a busy two years since we landed in Fort Lauderdale after being out of the country for 5 years. There were way too many boat jobs to list at the end of 12 years of ownership. Some of the highlights included new sails, new upholstery, new inner foresail on a furler, rebuilt espar…
OK, not like it's any surprise to any reader who still looks in occasionally, but I've hit yet another dry spell, posting-wise. Regardless of my own behavior I dislike getting bombarded by spam comments all over this here blog, which has been happening regularly and is increasing. My personal best for one day is 84…
GB did an excellent job replacing thru-hulls.They are SOLID, baby. Too bad the toilet irreversibly packed it in as soon as we left the pier. Looks like it's "bucket-and-chuck-it" time on The Fox until we reach Brunswick. I pity the fools what anchor near us. m
I'm so glad you asked. The black plastic mesh landscape fabric we'd wrapped around The Fox before we'd left her, appeared to have successfully protected the topsides from the damaging effects of months of sun and bad weather. Upon removing the fabric we found The Fox grimy but with no obvious damage. Considering The Fox…