For some reason Blogger won't let me upload any more photos this morning, and after trying for 45 minutes, I have to go out the door. I'll try again later to update you on our adventures!
Monday, July 20, 2009
CHATHAM/DISCOVERY ISLANDS
We explored a new anchorage on the weekend with Julie and her friend Erin from Calgary. We couldn't spend the night because a wind came up so we moved over to Cadboro Bay, but we spent the day exploring by dinghy.
For some reason Blogger won't let me upload any more photos this morning, and after trying for 45 minutes, I have to go out the door. I'll try again later to update you on our adventures!
For some reason Blogger won't let me upload any more photos this morning, and after trying for 45 minutes, I have to go out the door. I'll try again later to update you on our adventures!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
WORKING AND PLAYING
I started out yesterday working hard at the computer -- but then we got company...
Mischa and the boys turned up for a visit, and it was getting too hot to work, anyway -- so we woke Gibson up, had some lunch and then piled in to the dinghy and went exploring.
First we saw the 180' Huntress -- the hot tub on the upper deck of this thing gets covered to become a helipad, as necessary.
No economic downturn in those quarters, apparently.
Fisherman's Wharf's ice cream stand beckoned, though, so that's where we ended up.
Cute dummy, huh?
After I drove Mischa and the boys home, I went to Clover Point (just one more row!), and saw that the harbour entrance was fogged in!
Today ... work, work, work.... but then my sister Julie and her friend Erin will arrive at supper time, and we're going off the dock tomorrow first thing. Back on Saturday some time!
Mischa and the boys turned up for a visit, and it was getting too hot to work, anyway -- so we woke Gibson up, had some lunch and then piled in to the dinghy and went exploring.
First we saw the 180' Huntress -- the hot tub on the upper deck of this thing gets covered to become a helipad, as necessary.
No economic downturn in those quarters, apparently.
Fisherman's Wharf's ice cream stand beckoned, though, so that's where we ended up.
Cute dummy, huh?
After I drove Mischa and the boys home, I went to Clover Point (just one more row!), and saw that the harbour entrance was fogged in!
Today ... work, work, work.... but then my sister Julie and her friend Erin will arrive at supper time, and we're going off the dock tomorrow first thing. Back on Saturday some time!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
BIG boats
I had to go out to Sooke yesterday, so of course I stopped to knit at a beach on the way back...
I'm on row 120 of Waves in the Square -- only 50 more rows to go, and I'm really hoping to be finished in time to wear it to Stephanie and Ryan's wedding on August 2nd!
We've had some big and interesting boats in the harbour lately. Joides Resolution, an offshore drilling research boat, was here...
Right now the CGG Veritas, the most high-tech cable-layer I've ever seen, is tied up at Ogden Point.
And last night, the 172-ft. Deniki came in to the harbour ...
More work, work, work, today .... I'm almost caught up!
I'm on row 120 of Waves in the Square -- only 50 more rows to go, and I'm really hoping to be finished in time to wear it to Stephanie and Ryan's wedding on August 2nd!
We've had some big and interesting boats in the harbour lately. Joides Resolution, an offshore drilling research boat, was here...
Right now the CGG Veritas, the most high-tech cable-layer I've ever seen, is tied up at Ogden Point.
And last night, the 172-ft. Deniki came in to the harbour ...
More work, work, work, today .... I'm almost caught up!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
ACQUISITIONS
I brought my new spinning wheel home yesterday.
Isn't it lovely? :)
Now I just need to meet a few deadlines, and I'll reward myself with unpacking and setting it up. Meanwhile, you can check it out here -- it's the Ashford Traveller double drive -- and yes, I have room for it on my boat. In fact, my first inkling that I had room for a spinning wheel was last year when Wendy brought her wheel along on a knitting cruise we did. Here's my living room (aka 'salon' in boat-speak) ...
I have another acquisition, too. My friend Penny found TWO second-hand hardback original copies (of a 1947 reprint) of Mary Thomas's "Book of Knitting Patterns", so she bought one for each of us!
I'm just tickled about this ... I already had the "Book of Modern Lace Knitting" by Marianne Kinzel (1953; reprinted in 1972) and the "Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting" (1961: reprinted in 1972), as well as "Handmade Lace and Patterns" by Annette Feldman (1975), so the Mary Thomas book nicely adds to my collection of 'historical' lace knitting books. Of course, I'm going to have to live to be 437 to knit all the patterns, but that's beside the point, right?
Back to work -- I have a meeting with a client at 11 a.m. and I'd love to have some progress to report!
Isn't it lovely? :)
Now I just need to meet a few deadlines, and I'll reward myself with unpacking and setting it up. Meanwhile, you can check it out here -- it's the Ashford Traveller double drive -- and yes, I have room for it on my boat. In fact, my first inkling that I had room for a spinning wheel was last year when Wendy brought her wheel along on a knitting cruise we did. Here's my living room (aka 'salon' in boat-speak) ...
I have another acquisition, too. My friend Penny found TWO second-hand hardback original copies (of a 1947 reprint) of Mary Thomas's "Book of Knitting Patterns", so she bought one for each of us!
I'm just tickled about this ... I already had the "Book of Modern Lace Knitting" by Marianne Kinzel (1953; reprinted in 1972) and the "Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting" (1961: reprinted in 1972), as well as "Handmade Lace and Patterns" by Annette Feldman (1975), so the Mary Thomas book nicely adds to my collection of 'historical' lace knitting books. Of course, I'm going to have to live to be 437 to knit all the patterns, but that's beside the point, right?
Back to work -- I have a meeting with a client at 11 a.m. and I'd love to have some progress to report!
Monday, July 13, 2009
MUST BE MONDAY
... because I'm swamped with work I didn't get done over the weekend because I played too much! Well, just one dinghy picnic ... but it was a looong one. :)
Last year, we found a little nook near the harbour entrance where we can watch the comings-and-goings without getting hit by wind, or too much wake. This time, we watched this cruise-ship dock ...
... and watched the idiot boaters trying to go by it as it's backing up!
After our picnic, we followed the wake of a whale-watching boat ...
...and then meandered through the Inner Harbour, and checked out the 150-ft. Katya...
and the equally luxurious, though different, Chimera...
... which is an Australia-based, award-winning 102 ft. custom-built sailboat.
Finally, we dropped anchor in another little nook to enjoy an ice cream cone, and watch this tug come under the bridge...
The harbour's been really busy this week, including a fancy-dancy huge, new navy blue helicopter making the rounds -- I'm thinking it's carrying either media or security because of this ...
In spite of the work schedule (and the occasional looong dinghy picnic distraction), knitting has happened -- I'm on row 110 of the Waves in the Square shawl (which means it's 387 stitches now, but will yet grow to over 500), but no decent pics to show you.
I'll be at Knotty by Nature knitting this afternoon, too, so I better get back to work!
Last year, we found a little nook near the harbour entrance where we can watch the comings-and-goings without getting hit by wind, or too much wake. This time, we watched this cruise-ship dock ...
... and watched the idiot boaters trying to go by it as it's backing up!
After our picnic, we followed the wake of a whale-watching boat ...
...and then meandered through the Inner Harbour, and checked out the 150-ft. Katya...
and the equally luxurious, though different, Chimera...
... which is an Australia-based, award-winning 102 ft. custom-built sailboat.
Finally, we dropped anchor in another little nook to enjoy an ice cream cone, and watch this tug come under the bridge...
The harbour's been really busy this week, including a fancy-dancy huge, new navy blue helicopter making the rounds -- I'm thinking it's carrying either media or security because of this ...
In spite of the work schedule (and the occasional looong dinghy picnic distraction), knitting has happened -- I'm on row 110 of the Waves in the Square shawl (which means it's 387 stitches now, but will yet grow to over 500), but no decent pics to show you.
I'll be at Knotty by Nature knitting this afternoon, too, so I better get back to work!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE
Getting loads of work done, and even had time to get to Clover Point in time to see our local fireboat .... practising?
I've made a bit of progress on Waves in the Square, but the rows are 350+ stitches now, so it's slowwwwwwwwww going ...
I leave you with a great picture I took last week of Mt. Baker (Washington State) from Willows Beach here in Victoria (well, technically Oak Bay, but who cares!)
And some cute ones of the boys at the beach:
Back to work -- hey, I might even get caught up on reading *other* people's blogs today!
I've made a bit of progress on Waves in the Square, but the rows are 350+ stitches now, so it's slowwwwwwwwww going ...
I leave you with a great picture I took last week of Mt. Baker (Washington State) from Willows Beach here in Victoria (well, technically Oak Bay, but who cares!)
And some cute ones of the boys at the beach:
Back to work -- hey, I might even get caught up on reading *other* people's blogs today!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
BUSY, BUSY
I took too much time off (surprise! lol) and now I'm working my butt off to catch up on paid work, housework, marina stuff and grandkids (not necessarily in that order). I didn't even notice that it was my 6-year Blogiversary the other day!
But we did goof off for a few hours day before yesterday to go on a dinghy-picnic in the harbor... the first thing I noticed were these lovely hanging baskets at the Undersea Gardens...
And then we noticed this baby...
This is the MV Thea Foss, a 100-ft. classic fantail yacht built in the 1920s for actor John Barrymore. It was designed by world-renowned naval architect Ted Geary, and is now the corporate yacht of Foss Tugs and its new parent company, Saltchuk. Foss Tugs has a pretty interesting history itself!
Knitting is happening -- I finished the blue-striped socks that were on the needles last week and have started my first pair with chitin in them, and I'm still working on the Waves in the Square shawl (up to row 90 with no major screw-ups so far, amazing!). But I am a little distracted ... on Monday I paid $30 for this...
... because Stephanie didn't feel like working on unravelling the mess anymore. Wanna see that closer?
It's about 14 ounces of wool (the light colored part) and QIVIAT (the darker color)!! I'm pretty stoked on getting it untangled -- and, call me crazy, but it's lightly spun and I'm tempted to try to separate out the qiviat -- and looking for a special project for it. Any suggestions?
But we did goof off for a few hours day before yesterday to go on a dinghy-picnic in the harbor... the first thing I noticed were these lovely hanging baskets at the Undersea Gardens...
And then we noticed this baby...
This is the MV Thea Foss, a 100-ft. classic fantail yacht built in the 1920s for actor John Barrymore. It was designed by world-renowned naval architect Ted Geary, and is now the corporate yacht of Foss Tugs and its new parent company, Saltchuk. Foss Tugs has a pretty interesting history itself!
Knitting is happening -- I finished the blue-striped socks that were on the needles last week and have started my first pair with chitin in them, and I'm still working on the Waves in the Square shawl (up to row 90 with no major screw-ups so far, amazing!). But I am a little distracted ... on Monday I paid $30 for this...
... because Stephanie didn't feel like working on unravelling the mess anymore. Wanna see that closer?
It's about 14 ounces of wool (the light colored part) and QIVIAT (the darker color)!! I'm pretty stoked on getting it untangled -- and, call me crazy, but it's lightly spun and I'm tempted to try to separate out the qiviat -- and looking for a special project for it. Any suggestions?
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