Taisy and Xander - 2d Anniversary

 Returning to the scene where the vows were taken two years ago on a similarly beautiful fall day.

In the year of covid19 we nonetheless were able to celebrate the fruit of the union.

Cynara - "Lady of the Seas" Restored to Full Glory | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

"Lady of the Seas" Restored to Full Glory | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

The Story of Evinrude Outboard Motors - Power & Motoryacht

The Story of Evinrude Outboard Motors - Power & Motoryacht

29th anniversary weekend in Maine

 

Only Sixteen

Irish Supreme Court: Subway bread is not really bread

 

The Irish Supreme Court ruling that Subway "bread" is not lawfully bread is the most important piece of jurisprudence in Western law since Nix v. Hedden. I am here for it. https://t.co/DjOpgxAOAk

— Anthony 🎃 169 A.D.2d 254 (1991) 👻 Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) October 1, 2020

Rolling Stone Updated Its Top 500 Albums of All Time List So It's No Longer Just White Dudes

Rolling Stone Updated Its Top 500 Albums of All Time List So It's No Longer Just White Dudes

Lofting

 Lofting

image: ship half hull models – scottisch maritime museum

Written by: R.O.Neish – www.theloftsman.com

NOAA Charts - Great South Bay, south shore, long island

NOAA: New York Bight: Great South Bay Complex

NOAA navigational charts: The Great South Bay  

'Just fire away'- When Nazi subs had free reign of the East Coast - Task & Purpose

My father George W. Conk, Jr.., Lt j.g. commanded SC 1355 from 1943 - 1945.  The 110 foot "subchaser" was on convoy escort duty ranging from Jamaica to Iceland.

The favorite targets of the German U-boats were bauxite ore carriers coming up from Jamaica to Baltimore.  Crippling aluminum production was their aim.  I recall my Dad speaking of the sinking of the Libertad.  I've not found it in the official history but the SC 1355 picked up the surviving crew, he recalled.  - gwc

'Just fire away'- When Nazi subs had free reign of the East Coast - Task & Purpose