Monthly Archives: May 2011

Sunday night – pregrad

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Today was total relaxation on the boat.. We all slept late again.. even Diane stayed in bed till 8.. When I woke about 30 minutes later I found her up cooking for everyone and then doing some gardening..

 

We spet the morning just hanging out on the boat.. Around 1 we headed over to Pratt to see Max’s Senior show display..

My folks had come in from Boston by train and met us there.. It’s so good having them them here for Max’s graduation..

 

 

There was a great little reception for the film students and their families..   .. not a bad spread.. This was our first sushi meal of the evening..


After the reception, we all filed in to the theatre and got to watch one piece from each of the students (10 in all). It was very cool seeing everyone’s work.. many different styles and genres.. from love storiues to horror, high art to low brow.. .. lots of creativity.. Max chose to show his ‘Urban Pirates’ piece.  I really like that movie..

 

After the movies.. we met up with Jaclyn and her parents for a bit.. then took my folks on a tour of the Pratt campus.. Those pictures are on the other camera.. I’ll upload them when we get home..

 

Next it was off to dinner…. here’s Max  … lookign happy to be graduating..

We decided to do sushi again for dinner.. tehres no law agains two meals of sushi in a single day.. (is there ? )

It was great being all together..we toasted our soon o be grad..we toasted each other.. and we toasted Sam.. We were pretty toasty.

Max made Mr Wasabi face.. now where does he get these strange ideas ? 🙂

Here’s Gabe trying to stare down his mochi..

We put my folks in a cab back to where they are staying.. then I droped Gabe and Diane at our hotel

Then went back to the boat to get our bags.. ..

Now it’s just past midnight and I nede to sleep.. tomorrow is a big day.. I need my beurty rest.

We’re so proud of Max !

nite all.. nite sam..

-me

 

Saturday night – bilge

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We spent the whole day on the boat…  Diane , Max and I all slept late.. for Diane that meant 6AM.. for me.. it meant 8.. for max 10.. we all woke well rested. Coffee/tea on the bow of the boat.. in the privacy of the creek was a real treat.

Diane and I spent the mornign cleaning in prep for the graduation festivities.. there is always lots of stuff around here..  I think there always will be.. I think we eventually decided that the boat didn’t want or need to be clean.. that was missing the point.. and let it rest.. Diane ended up cooking and feeding people all day.. and they sure appreciated it.


I walked around and checked out the boat and its surroundings.

I loved this sign.

the ship dog, bobo .. found a stale loaf of bread and enjoyed it.

Franco came hoem from work around 8.. he’s an EMT.. one of the 11 different careers and lifestyles on the boat right now..


Diane and I were here to do a day of service on the boat. Diane cooked.. .. Jonathon asked me to install a bilge flood alarm system..

The workshop on the boat is pretty complete..  if you know where to look ….

 

I spent a good part of the day cutting holes in the 1/4 inch steel plate of the ship, drilling holes, running wires and placing sensors.. it was fun and satisfying work..

 

I finally completed the install at 10PM.. just in time for dinner.

I also helped max begin the process of repairing the railign on the speed boat. it’s awesome working with him again.

We did step off the boat for about an hour today.. we walked across the street to 3rd ward art collective.. they were having an open house today,, they had a bunch of 3d printers.. beautiful and functional..

Max D and Aaron came over to hang out with us.. Heree they are in front of the bulding that hides the boat..

Nice, huh  ?

Just before 11, we all sat down for an amazing dinner that Diane had made…  most of the folks on the boat were here..  (I think 4 were missing.. ).. it was great to be all together.

 

We wnet outside for soem fire art..

Then max played his Senior movies again for us.. both amazing..

 

I’m no longer able to stay awake.. so I better sign off.. tomorrow starts the graduation festivities .. I need ot be rested..

Nite all… nite sam

-me

 

 

Friday night – Dumbo

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Greetings from the Boat !.. Diane and I drove down here after a morning of work.. the drive down was fun and productive, now that I have good internet in the car…  We got down her around 6:30.. Max and the ship mates all came down to help unload all the food from the car. Max graduates on Monday.. so we know there will be many mouths to feed around the boat this weekend..

first stop tonight was to see Max’s girlfriend Jack at a gallery where she works.. ‘The place is called ‘the mighty tanaka” after a famous little league baseball player!   There we met Joules and Jim. Jack’s parents.. they are so great !

 

here’s the gallery owner, Alex..  agreat guy.. and a watcher of the Colony !

 

I really liked the paitingsthat were here for the opening..   a good mix of styles…

at a beak in the action, Jim. Jouls. Diane and I wandered down to DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge) park.. to ogle  NYC skyline.. Very nice !

then a very nice dinner with max, jack, acks folks and us.. a really nice evening.. then back to the boat..

Tomorrow we help on the boat.. maybe get the toilets working again.. ,,

right now, skeep

 

night all, night sam

-me

 

 

Thursday night – Antidilluvian

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Antidilluvian…  it means ‘after the flood’.. and that’s where we are today..

It was a long, long day.. many frustrations. One  bright spot was a late afternoon meeting at the Echo center. That was a chance to see the lake at record high levels.. I’d heard about the trouble it’s been causing.. but it’s another thing entirely to see it..

 

You can tell where the water has receeeded by the massive piles of driftwood.. It’s everywhere !

The ferry docs are submerged.. so much that the ferries can’t run..

The ECHO parking lot was more like a pool !

Call me an anarchist.. but I love it when the weather takes over.. It’s a nice reminder that we’re not the most powerful thing on earth..

 

OK.. gotta go sleep off this day…

night all, night Sam

-me