The seed of inspiration for this blog was planted when I arrived at the doors of Trader Joe’s, ready to shop for my Thanksgiving weekend and beat the last minute shoppers; only to discover that there remained eight minutes until opening time. There were poinsettias […]
Monthly archives of “November 2019”
In the Windows of My Mind
I frequently ask Harry – “What are you thinking?” Inevitably Harry is trying to solve a problem , in recent times usually about the boat. If you were to “pay a penny” for my thoughts, the thought processes are very different. Naturally this would be […]
Exercise Deep Freeze
This exercise actually started off as “Exercise Refrigerator.” It could also have been named “Exercise in Patience and Endurance,” “Exercise in Frustration,” “Exercise of Love and Devotion,” or even “Exercise in First Principles.” [How much quicker it would have been if we had done it […]
Never Say Never!
One might think that it would be possible to tire of trying to capture the most wonderful, most colorful, most dramatic, most alluring sunrise or sunset. Subconsciously I say to myself, “Enough is enough! You can’t possibly need another colorful vista shot of the sunrise/sunset.” Well, this […]
Flapdoodle Numbers
Harry has wanted this on our blog for a long time, so now it is done. The diagram and chart tell all.
Feeling the Presence of the Season
For those who are not aware or have not been officially informed, Flapdoodle is presently docked at Shelter Island in San Diego, for now. Flapdoodle’s new home is Koehler Kraft Boatyard on Shelter Island, San Diego, California. It is the same boatyard we visited in August and […]