Strut is ready to defend Vingilótë
Despite the heat (97 degrees Fahrenheit, 36 degrees Celsius), Strut is out on the back deck of Vingilótë, ready to repel boarders. Spring is overseeing from the couch:
Author: Edwin Voskamp
And it’s now up to 97 degrees Fahrenheit on the boat
97 degrees Fahrenheit, 38% humidity, and only 3 mph wind, making it feel like 102 degrees Fahrenheit!
91F, ACs running, and keeping the top wet
It's 91 degrees Fahrenheit (32.7 degrees Celsius), with 45% humidity, for a heat index of 97 degrees Fahrenheit. There is no wind. At all. It's hot. We have everything closed up, all the screens...
Three Dobes on a boat
Strut, Spring, and Belle staying cool. Spring, obviously, helping Irene work (you can just make out her laptop), while Belle seeks safety with Strut, and, like Strut, to keep an eye on Mary who's...
Spring and Belle are helping the Lady Boss work
Spring and Belle are helping Irene do her work as she takes her calls from the table on Vingilótë's back deck.
Strut’s fur is growing back in where he was shaved for surgery
Strut had his one forepaw shaved for an IV for the MRI, the next week the other for the IV for his surgery, and the hind paw for another, and his chest from his throat to between his forelegs for...
Strut’s using the boat’s freezers/fridge to stay cool
Strut has figured out that sprawling against the metal front of the freezers and fridge drawers helps him stay cool. He's quite comfortable.
Strut and Spring sprawling in the heat on the back deck
Strut and spring are in full "spread out and get as much cooling" mode, sprawled out on the nice, soft RaptorDeck decking, in the shade, bit of a breeze.
Brunch with Mimosas
Our friends Dave and Mary are on the boat with us, fleeing the heat in Seattle, so, of course, Sunday featured brunch with a new egg dish (a deviled eggs variant), hot animal protein (pork links), a...
Our neighbor on the dock is a gray heron
The finger pier off of the dock we're on in the marina has been adopted by a gray heron as its home. It turns out to be a patient and excellent fisher!