Bad Landing !!!

A Tbird pilot decides that it is time to abandon ship during an air show demonstration. Such a shame!!!

Remembering Attitude Adjustment

Its been almost a year since the Boat was sold and in a moment of reflection I dug out some old photos. The first was taken at dockside in the Back Basin of the Old Mystic Seaport. I spent a number of weeks in this spot during the seaports annual Sea Music Fest. In the background you can see one of the music stages being set up in preparation for 4 days of live music.








In a change of pace here we are in Newport, RI. Lori and I would end up in Newport many times over our boating years. Sometimes as planned and sometimes by accident. A very neat place to visit either by boat or by car.












Finally this is a shot of us leaving our home dock at Old Saybrook, CT. Lori is scurring up to the fore deck to secure lines, Tony Delia and I are on the bridge and Barbra Delia is sitting in the cockpit hopeing that Lori makes it back. Some gymnastics were required to get forward from the cockpit!!!










The boat is a 40' Egg Harbor Convertable built in New Jersey in early 1984. It weighs aprox 30,000 lbs and is powered by twin gas engines for a total of 700 horsepower. It carrys 320 gallons of fuel which would run the boat at 15 knots for about 9 hours. A fill up at current Marine Fuel prices would be $1300. Many a great adventure was had on this wonderful boat. Her side and stern boards now decorate my house and her spare props sit in front of my garage door.

Cheryl was right!!!

Cheryl pointed out that my earlier photo of the Baloon Flowers was blown out... She is right. Here is the same picture with a little more care taken in processing it. Compare it with the earlier one below. Thanks daughter...

Lori and I relaxing

The last of them..

These Pixs complete the present invetory of plants with blooms at the house.. More when nature dictates.

Day 2 Photos and a new lens.

These photos are all hand held in the late afternoon so pardon the shake!

And more...

Here Goes Nothing

Serious Digital Photography is a brand new challenge for me. So a lot of what is to follow will be awful!! Followed at some point in the future by just "pretty bad" etc etc.