Photos of Camille, Daniel (and family and friends)

We went out Christmas Day to see if we could catch a few more denizens of the deep.

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A few Christmas pictures…

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We went off today to catch Christmas crabs. We brought home five keepers! There was a sea star in each trap. One trap held six male crabs, five were keepers. The other had just the sea star. We reset the traps. We’ll be back for more this weekend.

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On Tuesday, Dec. 22, I got the flu. It knocked my socks off. I was horizontal for a few days. Daniel took the opportunity to snuggle – one of his favorite pastimes.

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Camille continues her love of aerial performance.  Her teacher Lara Paxton helped put together a performance in their new studio space – Emerald City Trapeze Arts.  Here are some pictures from before the show. Scroll down for the videos. Here are videos of Camille and Sarah’s performance.  I had a bit of trouble as there [...]

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Today, I spent some quality time with our sailboat that we own with another family.  Let me begin by saying that the boat is 23 years old (did I mention that my vehicle is now 19 years old?).  It is amazing what a saltwater environment and deferred maintenance can do to a “production” boat.  In [...]

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I am beginning to loathe boat repair. When you buy a 23 year old boat with lots of deferred maintenance, I guess you have to expect problems. If we were rich, we could just throw money at them. Sadly, we are not. After returning the boat to the saltchuck last Thursday, the engine would not [...]

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Dan expresses his desires.

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We finished up some the below the waterline repairs last week.  Here are the pictures. We were put into the water today, but the engine didn’t start.  After much warming and time passing, it was a no go.  I finally discovered the problem when I drained a cup of water out of the “Racor” fuel [...]

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Camille and Daniel have been practicing their Word skills.  They honed their wish lists from the hand written ones I posted earlier. Daniel’s list Camille’s list

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