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Cheshire Cruise Moon

A wrong turn while walking the decks led to a view of a mischievous, grinning Moon. Hope it’s an omen of many fun adventures to come.

Light Landing

We were on our way to the tollway when we saw a balloon cross the road ahead of us low over the highway, then descend into a vacant field. It added a surprise splash of color to the day.

Once upon a time we cruised the waters of northwest Washington in the Fairy Boat, a 26-foot Bayliner. One of our favorite places was Chuckanut Bay near Bellingham, where we would anchor to visit friends on the nearby shore. Though decades have passed since then, the memories are still bright and happy.

Women’s History Month

Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked as a human “computer” at Harvard College Observatory, studying thousands of images of stars to determine their brightness. Her interest led her to discover a certain type of star whose absolute brightness could be determined. A simple mathematical formula relating apparent brightness to absolute brightness can be used to compute theContinue reading “Women’s History Month”

Princess Louisa Inlet

Chatterbox Falls is located at the end of a timeless fjord known as Princess Louisa Inlet in British Columbia. Its waters cascade from steep cliffs to make a final 80 foot plunge into seawater just beyond the docks in this photo. The entrance to the inlet is guarded by insanely dizzying tidal rapids that yieldContinue reading “Princess Louisa Inlet”

Piper Clipper

This is the airplane that flew over the mountains on the brink of winter in yesterday’s blog, and is the airplane that I truly learned to fly in. It was built in 1949 and was simple, rugged, and functioned like an airborne jeep. I flew it in and out of hayfields and a golf courseContinue reading “Piper Clipper”

Snowy Ghost

Charlie Love and I set out in my Piper Clipper to get pictures of the Knife Point Glacier in the mid 1980’s. He was a geologist at Rock Springs Community College and was studying the retreat of the glacier. It was September, and this was the last chance we had to get pictures before winter’sContinue reading “Snowy Ghost”

Springing to Life

While on our walk in the Cross Florida Greenway yesterday we discovered spring in full bloom, even though farther north, the country is still in winter’s grasp. Now I know the answer to the question I often heard while growing up in Nebraska this time of year: W-w-w-why w-w-w-would anyone ever w-w-w-want to m-m-m-move toContinue reading “Springing to Life”

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