Happy New Year! This blog has been very challenging to compose, as it has been in my thoughts for a long time and I have written it many times in my mind from different angles. Despite my suffering from information overload, I will forge forward […]
It’s Decorating Time!
This year I discovered the perfect boat friendly decorations. As portrayed on the featured photo – a small tree, a quaint poinsettia, and a wooden sailboat ornament fit nicely in Flapdoodle’s salon. As I sit and listen to Christmas carols lyrically strummed on a harp, […]
Centering
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 […]
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 […]
Vignettes from the Life and Times of Flapdoodle
[For the purpose of this blog my definition for a “vignette” is – “A series of photos, complimented with a short story, to give viewers/ readers the sense of the current life and times of the crew of Flapdoodle.”] Many document worthy events have passed […]
When I Walk Alone…
When I walk alone it doesn’t take long to realize that I am surrounded by friends. I am comforted by the wind breathing through the rustling trees and fluttering the waving, flower petals. The smiling faces of the flowers beam up at me. I sense joy in […]
Boat Games
Along with the joy of owning a boat, comes a plethora of games. These games are designed to keep one on their toes and alert at all times. Some of these games are impossible to win … the odds always seem to be against you. […]
Good News, Bad News! [Ugly News?]
There are ever-present the positive and negative forces of life ,which we teeter totter between, as we continue to battle our to do lists towards the goal of – “setting free the bow lines, and sailing away from the safe harbor to dream, explore, and discover.” The following good […]