Sixty years later

For the 60th anniversary of the march, attendees share their memories of the nation-changing event

In Their Words: March on Washington Participants Look Back on Historic Day

Watermelon Time

Eat it by the slice with a dash of salt, or try these recipes:
15 Juicy Watermelon Recipes [Click]

New Chrysalis

 

Monarch Caterpillar just about to spin its Chrysalis

 

Gorgeous Day on the Lake

 

Spinnaker Kitty is a Sweetie

 

Another young grand at the helm!

Age 5 years and a few weeks.

In fact, she was also at the bow. She loved standing at the bow with the wind in her face and announcing "Waves Ahoy!" whenever a motorboat sent some our way. Given that it was also blowing whitecaps, she was a real hoot.

Grandad Wil held onto the back of her life vest until she insisted:

"Don't hold me, Grandad!" So he quietly employed the Spinnaker halyard.

Just Like Mother Used to Make

  

Ready for Harvest on the Farm

 

In Vermont, we call 'em Creemees!

Eating Out at Lou's in Hanover NH (Dartmouth College)

  

View from the Vermont Interstate

 

Sunset from the boat slip

Rock Point (folks actually dive off those cliffs)

 

Stairway in Burlington, Vermont

 

The Spinnaker on Loch Nest is Royal Blue

 

 

Something Cool

Classic Strawberry Daiquiri [Click]
Nonalcoholic Strawberry Daiquiri [Click]
Banana Daiquiri (with or without alcohol)">Banana Daquiri

June Christie: Something Cool (YouTube) [Click]

Loch Nest (#101) on the Lake

Nature's Wonders: The Amazing Sea Slug

Nature's Wonders: The Amazing Sea Slug Absurd Creature of the Week: This Crazy-Looking Sea Slug Has an Ingenious Secret Weapon [Click]

All over our world’s oceans, the many astoundingly colored species of nudibranch are eating things like the vicious Portuguese man o' war, incorporating their stingers or toxins into their own skin, and using them to fend off predators.
- (Wired: November, 2014

Nudibranch on Wikipedia [Click]

Dragonboat Races!

Lighthouse with Boat; Lighthouse from Boat

What's it all about"

NASA discovers giant question mark where universe failed to render correctly [Click]

">NASA discovers giant question mark where universe failed to render correctly

Pink Coneflower attracts Fritillary Butterflies

 

Burlington Harbor Marina

    Loch Nest sailed around that point, past the lighthouse, and into this new Marina! 

Headed back today.

Today "Loch Nest" sails from this Bay down to Burlington!

The voyage was postponed from July 15th, due to the Flood

 

Orange Jumpsuit

 

Yellow Day Lily

 

Halfway between hatching and fledging

 

Please be good to us, August! 🌻

 

Time to GO, July!

 

Peace Roses

 

🥳 HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Catreona's DAD!!! 🎉

Rene's Bluebells

Today should have been Rene VanHulle's 70th birthday,

but he died when he was 53.  He was Thankful's beloved brother.  In my garden, I keep Bluebells in his honour. 

Here are Rene's Bluebells from this year.

 

Dark Red

 

Three Musketeers

 

Consider now the Lilies

 I think the cherry red is my favourite.   ~ listener

Hatching Day!

 

Got this photo because USPS left a package on our porch,
which caused Mama Robin to fly off the nest.
I got the package and was coming back in the door
when I noticed a blue eggshell on the porch floor.
So I quickly got a photo on the way by!  Lucky shot.

Robin's Eggs and Nest in the Porch Basket