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Time for a knitting post

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I’ve been writing about the beautiful sunsets, lobster fisherman, meals prepared.  Now it’s time to get down to knitting.  I’ve been busy since we arrived on the island but without electricity, there are only a few things to do at night.

I had the itch to make some baby clothes and made Mexicali, Mexicali sweater and hatwhich Liz plans to give to a friend, and a february type baby sweater CIMG0009.jpgfrom handspun alpaca for a former work colleague.

Now I am working on a trio of children’s sweaters for my friend Anne, who has a trio of beautiful daughters.  The first is an aran sweater designed by me in a yarn i bought for myself but then decided I would never wear. CIMG0136.jpg The second is picture knitting in a pullover.  CIMG0006.jpgi used the castle pattern from Barbara Walker’s second treasure and wool bam boo yarn, which I really liked.  The third, which is still just an idea in my head, will be a top down raglan with a slip stitch pattern from Barbara Walker.

So one left before Labor Day. Then I have to start working on a quilt for Chelsea’s new apartment.

Living in a cloud

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Fog again

We can hardly believe how lucky we are to live the life we lead.  We’ve got great kids, our health and this outrageous lifestyle.  Today, the island was in a blanket of fog while the upper sky was sunny.  We’ll keep pinching ourselves, or at least I’ll pinch Tim.

Floaters

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Floaters

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We went ashore today to do the usual errands-laundry, buy propane, download Dexter episodes and specifically to buy coffee filters, among other things.
i asked the checkout lady to keep the arugala’s plastic packaging. She was a little concerned because the salad bag had holes in it. So what ended in the water when we came ashore? The coffee filters and arugala of course.

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The fog rolled in

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The other day, at sunset, a fog bank rolled by. I could actually see the wave of fog pass Great Misery Island. Eventually, it drifted over us as well.

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Today, while we had lunch by the lighthouse, one of the seagulls we’ve watched grow up, was testing its wings. It was persistent and managed to get off the ground. We are not huge fans of seagulls, but we have seen this one since it was an egg and I even change my running route when the adults are around and try to attack me to protect it.

Our resident seagull takes flight

Boat traffic

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There has been lots of activity around the island and harbor.  Yesterday, at 5:45, I was awakened by a ship’s horn, blowing every minute.   I got up and went outside with my camera.  Another 300+ foot coal ship was coming into Salem for the power plant.  The morning was foggy and I heard its horn for fifteen minutes before I caught a glance of the boat.

It obliterated the local lobster boats who didn’t seem to mind its presence.

It was followed by a large motor yacht,  dwarfed in size.

We spent the day emptying the oil house of 30+ years of debris, animal nests, very nasty.  We brought the bags of trash onto the beach and were greeted by the landing craft and strapping young men this morning.

We offloaded 30 years of trash and then brought new gear onto the island.  Ikea furniture for the house and lots of construction materials for the assistant keeper’s house.

We emptied the goodies,  loaded the trash and sent the boat on its way.

The Salem Maritime festival was taking place today so after all the loot was stored, we went ashore and played tourist.

A large boat anchored off of Great Misery Island and we went to get a close look and found a young bloke in the rigging.  Apparently, I never got a good picture of it.

We were happy to see the Louis Story (sp) careened on the beach.  It’s a small, beauriful pinkey boat that we have seen sailing and at its mooring.  Maybe we’ll get a chance to sail aboard her.

We finished the day with a tour of the Friendship and ice cream from Captain Dusty’s.  A good time was had by all.

The boat we saw

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The boat we saw

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We went ashore today to deliver Ikea furniture to the contractor who is working with us on the island. He will bring it here on a landing craft with young strapping men to carry it ashore. YEAH! Not me.
Fog settled down on us but we were prepared with chart, compass, gps, horn and bright orange life preservers. We remained outside the channel and heard a large motor boat. We blew the horn and hailed them on the radio. We both conveyed our positions and the Norwegian Queen passed us with our and their horns blasting. It was eerie because we never saw each other and its horn faded as it moved away.
Then the fog lifted and we saw this shack being towed out of the harbor. I wonder if they were planning to scuttle the shack under cover of fog. We got back to the island and enjoyed a thunderstorm from indoors. Loki didn’t enjoy it.

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 Norwegian Queen 

Adventures in dining

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Adventures in dining

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Home made bagels. This is my third lifetime batch and I am finally getting the hang of it. They are probably a touch better than frozen bagels.
Even more exciting, today I filleted a fish. We have contractors working with us and on their commute to the island, they caught a big bluefish. I asked for a demo and then did it. The yard looked like a crime scene when I was done. I think that’s my bluefish quota for the year.

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How lazy am I?

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Sunsets

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When sunset comes along, I usually grab my camera (which I haven’t had for a month while the Geed Squad plays with it) and snap a few shots.

The other night I took a few pictures outside with my phone.  When the colors changed, I was too lazy to leave my chair. I shot this view from the comfort of the living room.

A day at the spa

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A day at the spa

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Here is our personal outdoor solar shower.  It does the trick and feels great after a day of  mowing the lawn.  No manicure because manual labor does a number on my nails.

We cut each other’s hair and are looking quite spiff for a night on the town.
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