Category: Photography

Backyard Invaded by Aliens.

I was poking around the property yesterday and listing all the jobs to be done, trim this, cut that wash this, oil that.  All the result of long absence and hired lawn care, when I came upon two giants in the side yard. Image

Trees, or at least large bushes, about five feet tall and five or six across.  They were definitely not there when I left.

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Home – August 16 – (Day 73)

Planned to start from Cape May Harbor at low tide (9:30 am) and let the incoming flood wash us swiftly up Delaware Bay.   When I checked the depth at 7:30 we had 3.6 feet of water (just enough to float)  rather than wait for LOW tide we decided to get going while we could.

 Out of the harbor, through the Cape May Canal (about four miles, no locks), past the ferry terminal, always wise to be cautious here, the ferries are big, and when they back out you get one sharp blast of the horn and they are moving, this one was still pushing in against the ramp..

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I knew it!

As Backside anticipated (he’s good at that), the Diana saga is not yet over, despite the predominance of fat ladies (and gentlemen) singing far too soon.

Would you be surprised if an SAS unit had been ordered to sort out the little problem of Diana consorting with the son of a rich, Arab persona non grata? Are you surprised to learn that Big Ears has his own ‘placements’ among the staff of several Ministries?

Yes, of course, but the facts might yet shake your convictions.

Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet – Monday August 12

Off the hook at 7 am,  The work boats went at 6.

Round Sandy Hook and off to the South, had a sharp rainstorm at 8 then largely clear.

Our route South is about three miles off the beach in around 70 feet of water, we had a shock at about ten am, the engine suddenly overheated, red lights and alarms everywhere.  A quick look below showed a broken V-belt which powers the engine’s primary cooling water pump.  A spare was located, in one of my many bins.

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Haverstraw to Sandy Hook – August 11

Tide challenge today, need to arrive at The Battery New York on something other than a rising tide, slow boats like us make miserable progress against strong currents.

Too many variables to calculate so we leave at the usual time, 8:00 am off the dock.

Cool and calm to start across the Tappan Zee1

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Sauguties to Haverstraw Marina – August 10

Rained hard all day on the 9th so we stayed put in our little creek.

On the trail at 7 this morning in order to get the most of the falling tide, always difficult going downriver.

Past some scars from quarrying operations, interesting contrast in colours.1

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