Monday, September 9, 2013

"Erin and Al's Wedding Day 07.13.13"

Enjoy this video Mike Ack made of the wonderful Erin and Al wedding:
https://vimeo.com/74042148
 
 
 

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Christmas Gift 9 months later

Welcome to our new boat - a beautiful mahogany Lowell Atlantic rowing skiff.  Ack paddled us up into Cherokee Marsh and the wind sped us back downstream. 

Monday, September 2, 2013

Welcome, September

What an amazing first day of September!

Opened the Northside Farmer's Market with Ack; harvested more from our deep wealth of zinnias (grown for Erin and Al's July wedding but peaking in August instead); sailed my little Expedition for the first time in a long time; Ack sold the dinghy a day after he posted on Craig's List; and Bob (stepson of good friend Jo Shuman) stayed with us on his route from Seattle to New York.

Forgot to ask his last name!  Vosper, perhaps?  Here's his journey blog on Track My Tour:
http://trackmytour.com/XMJXV#344875


Best part of the evening -- out on the pontoon with Margaret, Meg, Bob and me and Ack to watch the annual lighted boat parade but, as Bob put it, a lightening storm off in the distance stole the show.  Huge cloud over Lake Michigan (90 miles away!) that showed awesome flashes for hours. The stars on the way back were a close second - beautiful night.