The next week’s menu planning is complete
The next week's menu planning is complete: Tuesday night, Irene's birthday, we'll have: Roasted marrowbones with toast points starter Pan-fried lamb chops with mint jelly
Garlic mashed...
Author: Edwin Voskamp
Well, I did it
Well, I did it. I broke down and set up a permanent room video chat. We were using a laptop but I remembered I had an old (as in it still has spinning disks of magnetized metal dust to store data)...
Irene made dinner: fried up yakisoba noodles…
Irene made dinner: fried up yakisoba noodles, stir fried bok choy and ground beef and spring onions.
Spring still very much drugged woozy after coming back from the ve
Spring still very much drugged woozy after coming back from the vet where she had X-Rays taken. In August she pulled her left hind leg and she was on bed rest and NSAIDS for two weeks. It seemed to...
Tucked Away Before Dark
We got in half an hour before sunset and hot Vingilótë tied up and tidied away before dark.
Orcas Island, the Barnes islands, and the Sisters
The San Juans are gorgeous. We are coming up on the Eastern tip of Orcas island, outside Barnes I and II, and the Sisters. And in the distance Maria Island behind us.
Once Again: Entering Rosario Strait
Maria Island to starboard so about to enter Rosario Strait.
Cold but Pretty
Actually, Irene’s wearing sufficient layers and her new heavy coat (a Gill OS2), so she’s not cold, but she is pretty (I think beautiful). On my love with my love doing what I love. Life Is...
Underway in 35 Fahrenheit
And we’re underway. No wind, so motoring until we find some. The Yanmar 57s purring at 2,500rpm, and pushing us along at 11.8 knots. Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy (and warms me up).
Icy
We got up at 6:30, wanting to get going by sunrise, about 8am at this time of the year as far North as we are (at the border with Canada). It had dropped below freezing, Vingilótë covered in a...