Christmas wine selection

Seasonally appropriate selection for Christmas dinner - "Recanati" - a red Cabernet Sauvignon from Galilee in promised land Israel

Degustation d'huitres

Specialite de la region - degustation d'huitres de la Rappahannock avec vin blanc naturellement - Jour de Noel 2012. Huitres creuse avec citron ou huitres creuse cuit au barbeque.  Regional specialty dishes... oysters raw with cocktail sauce, or grilled on the barbeque and drizzled with butter and lemon... great pre-Christmas delight.... With Ben, Thompson, David, and JT Eberline.

Merry Christmas

Unbeknownst in popular lore (Matthew 2:11) there were originally five wise men... well actually three wise men featured in the nativity and one not so wise man and one wise woman. Unfortunately #4 and #5 camel had navigational problems and ended up following the wrong star and arrived in the land of the Pharoahs and not Bethlehem where they were supposed to deliver their gifts of fruitcake and maple syrup....

Activity at RYC

Trusses arrive by barge at RYC and are craned into the new reconstruction part of the boat house roof. Meanwhile the fully loaded Purdue grain barge eases out of the creek for the 16 hour slow push to the hungry chickens destination on the Eastern Shore. 

Emerson rises to the musical challenge!!

Outnumbered 3 to 1 by the German passengers (some who fancied themselves as the next Pavarotti), the US team drew their trump card for the musical performance - Emerson's performance.... it was such a success he immediately had a fan club of ladies who insisted on his performance at the musical soiree....

Atlantic Crossing

Half way across the Atlantic Ocean on a Clipper Tall Ship - Canaries to Barbados Transatlantic crossing sunset at 19.13N & 42.06W

More navel business in Marrakech

On a trip across the ocean it is sometimes to easy to confuse naval exercise with navel exercise.... our overnight trip from Casablanca to Marrakech featured the inevitable belly dancing performance while we ate dinner.  Mohammed the guide was a high pressure connection dude detouring us through many of his cronies stores in the medina souk of Marrakech hoping for high kickbacks.  He did not bargain for this group's reticence in making yet more useless acquisitions and nearly had a revolt on his hands. 

Taking the Pilot onboard at Tenerife, Canaries

On November 13th we approached Santa Cruz de Tenerife, one the main islands of the Canaries in the Atlantic. The pilot climbs aboard to guide the Royal Clipper into Tenerife harbour.

Tram #28 is full of pick-pockets

Throughout Lisbon's streets these small and ancient one car trams navigate their way along their rail tracks. Tram line #28 is the line that goes through the area with the most tourist appeal and hence has the reputation for being favoured by local pickpockets as the line with the richest pickings!!

 

More photos from Lisbon click here

Lisbon's famed Fado performance

The rich sadness of the Fado singers comes from the huge sadness of the loss of husband or lover who left Lisbon on a voyage of exploration and never returned. 

Torre de Belem - Lisbon, Portugal

The Tower of Belem symbolizes the great age of Portuguese World exploration - built 1515 it is now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.....

Waiting for Hurricane Sandy....

Obviously Channel 8 News out of Richmond knows something we don't! Their news truck stood by waiting for high water by the condomimium on Prince Street and were sorely disappointed - they should have gone North a couple hundred miles... thank goodnes for us!

Here comes the Bride

Jahantab and Laree nuptials celebrated on the Inner Harbor at Baltimore one day before Hurricane Sandy sweeps in - married in the nick of time!

Weather station for Harborside

Another Digital Wisdom project installing a Davis weather reporting station at Harborside Storage and Garrett's Marina - see http://www.harborsidestorage.com/weather/Current_Vantage_Pro_Plus.htm for the current weather conditions in the area!

West Coast Treats HQ

Treats at the FurBall.....

Nothing quite like dessert at the Jefferson scene of the annual FurBall fund raiser by the Richmond SPCA - this white and dark chocolate dessert was a play on dog treats for the owners.

Another Beautiful Morning.... After the Disaster

Squashed Pontoon Boat!

Remains of the Devastation!

Over the House......

Last Trunk Removed Showing Boathouse Damage

Inches to spare!

Oak Trunk Disease Revealed

Tree Removal at RYC

Autumn foliage at RYC

Dock Forested

Remaining Oak Leans Over House

Catastrophe at RYC

CBF alongside

Chesapeake Bay Foundation work boat Bea Hayman Clark, a fifty foot Evans 50 captained by Jimmy came alongside RYC dock overnight before taking aboard a bunch of Teachers on the Bay for a trip upriver to Wheatlands Wharf.

RYC menu today

Specials today - tarragon & olive drizzled grilled soft shelled crabs over Strugatsky sourdough slices, frisée and strawberries from the farmers market!

Woke up too early this morning...

Birds having a conversation in the Galapagos....

Птица с клювом открытом говорят ... Сын, это время дляэтого разговора о птица и пчелы ..

Welcome to a New Day!

Almost every day we are treated to a stunning sun rise looking South East down the Rappahannock River....

Flying over Andros Island in the Bahamas

Some days wonderful vistas just come along as in the afternoon flight
to Miami, we cross the Western shore of the main Bahamas island of
Andros and strat our descent to MIA.