Bonfire Time

 

Nice Haul!

 

Two Jack in a Pulpits (Two Jacks in a Pulpit?)

 

*W*A*N*T*!!

 

Proud Gramie Alert!

Eldest*Grand in her Regalia


National Honor Society, Highest Honors (4.0 average), Medal for Biliteracy,
Medal for Drama, and three bling pins that I still need to investigate. 
She was also honoured for serving as student rep on the town selectboard.
She received three local scholarships totaling $9K
on top of her university offering her free tuition for four years
due to her outstanding achievements and leadership potential.
All this and she gets up at 5:00am most mornings to work in the local bakery.
Her chosen major is Wildlife Biology, a chip off her dad: PhD*Son
(who, BTW, flew in from northern Alaska at 7am Saturday morning
and had to leave to fly back to Alaska NWR around 3:30pm Sunday.)

PS: Photos shared here with parental permission.

Fellow Mariners

 

Let's Go Sailing!

 

On to June...

 

Farewell, May. It's been lovely!

 

"A Man of Conviction"

 Breaking News!

TRUMP GUILTY

ON ALL 34 FELONY COUNTS

BY UNANIMOUS VERDICT!

The Studio is Open!

Out For a Stroll

 

Memorial Day 2024

If you will be flying an American flag on Memorial Day, please consider checking the Old Farmer's Almanac's US Flag Code: American Flag Etiquette, Rules and Guidelines.

For example, did you know that a faded or frayed flag should not be flown? Rather, it should be given to the Boy or Girl Scouts to be ceremonially burned. And did you know that it is improper to use U.S. flags with different-colour stripes on them to honour/support first responders or others?

These are actually considered desecrations of the American Flag. Know your flag etiquette.

White Bleeding Heart (happy Trinity Sunday, Renee!)

 

Lilacs at the Museum

 

Finally Launched

 

"I don’t understand why he’s not in jail"

On May 19, 2021 Michael Cohen posted this photoshopped image to X (formerly known as Twitter).

I’ve known Donald Trump for 30 years or more. I’ve sang at two of his birthday parties. I’ve even played golf with him. And Donald Trump is a narcissist.

I think that, at first, he was running just to see if he could, just to see what would happen. And he was a celebrity, so many people voted for him for that reason. They thought, “Well, he’s got his own money so he’s not obligated to any corporations or anything like that.”

But then, Donald Trump showed up, and they could see what was going on. I don’t understand why he’s not in jail. I don’t understand how he’s still a free man walking after the insurrection on the Capitol. But I think that the people who are going to vote for him are desperate. And the powers that be in the Republican Party, they’re desperate too

         - Smokey Robinson in "The Last Word", Rolling Stone, March 2023

It's Splash Day!!

  Loch Nest will finally be IN the water today!

                          (We have to be there at 8:00am!) 

It's Sling Day!

Today Loch Nest will be in the Slings, so we can paint the parts of her bottom paint that her cradle covered.

Press Conference Today! (Is Howard Dean running for Governor of Vermont?)

 

Red Bleeding Heart (happy Pentecost, Renee!)

 

Tulips

 

American Robin

 

Red-Winged Blackbird

 

So True

 

Something For Everyone

 

The Eloquent Page: Rare, Used and New Books

 

Happy Mother's Day! 💕

To all who are mothers, have mothers, had mothers,

or listen to others the way our mothers taught us to.

AURORA over Malletts Bay, Vermont!

 I know that almost looks like a sunset, but it was 11:17pm!

Loch Nest's gray Teak is restored to brown!

 

The First Flower

LOL The first flower to open in our fancy garden out front

was a Dandilion that appeared in the gravel pathway! 

We left it to feed some early bees.

Wil painted the bottom of the boat on Monday!

 

Looks so much better than the previous dark brown!

Violas

 

The First Violets

 

Cinco de Mayo

 

History and Culture of this Latin Holiday (click)

A Daffodil of a Different Colour

 

Double Daffy

 

Best Protest Sign

Shared by a friend who is a Jewish professor on a campus with protests underway.

 

Welcome May!

A robin built a nest in the wreath on our front porch. 

The nest was so heavy that it tilted the wreath and nest sideways. 

So Wil went out and secured it upright, and she was very grateful.

 

Good-Bye, April

 

Loch Nest's Slip

 

                 This is where Loch Nest will be all Summer!  

    And there's Wil (who turns 69 today) checking out the scene.

So Many Nations