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Backyard to neighbour’s house. Lots of sky!

The top one I found doing some surfing. It was one of two bicentennial birds we had. The other one was more red.
I figured to put new ones of the granddaughters in as I am heading west later today. The Missus and I are going to Oceanside to see [...]

Last Post of the Day – Jimmy Buffett / CSN (and sometimes Y) – Southern Cross

I searched for a song for tonight that felt right.  A Buffett song that would fit the mood.  There were a few candidates, but this one finally won out.
OK, maybe it doesn’t quite “fit the mood” but it’s what’s getting me through until better days
Some out there are no doubt wondering how this [...]

Blackbeard’s Cannon

FOXNews.com – Famed Pirate’s Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep – Science News | Current Articles

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — State underwater archaeologists on Monday raised a cannon from a sunken ship that could have belonged to the pirate Blackbeard.
The roughly 8-foot-long cannon weighs about 2,500 pounds and was pulled from an ongoing excavation at the [...]

“Wahine Man” Has Arrived!!!

I like to close out the day with something positive if I can and today it seems that fortune has smiled upon me and my guardian angel has seen fit to look out for my mental health.
It took a while, but my “Wahine Man” CD has arrived !!!
I wrote about ordering it a [...]

U.S. Drug Interdiction Efforts Working – Smugglers Going Underwater

CBP Air and Marine Directs Interdiction of Semi-Sub Smuggling Vessel – CBP.gov

Washington — A Jacksonville, Fla.-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection P-3 Orion aircraft participated in an operation 7 p.m. Sunday in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that resulted in an approximately 5 metric ton cocaine seizure. CBP’s surveillance aircraft tracked the semi-submerged smuggling vessel designed [...]

Gratuitous Tomcat Picture of the Day

instapinch.com » Blog Archive » Historical Retired Aerospace War Machine Photo of the Day!

A Tomcat from VF-143 “Pukin’ Dogs” is at the ramp as it returns to USS Theodore Roosevelt. I took this pic back in 91 or sometime around then in the Med when I spent a month or so on-board getting my final [...]

Steeljaw Scribe – Search Continues for Missing VAW-120 Crew

Steeljaw Scribe » Search Continues for Missing VAW-120 Crew
The Navy and Coast Guard continue today to search for three crew members aboard a twin-engine Navy radar plane that crashed late Wednesday night while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.
The crew of the E-2C Hawkeye from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120 [...]

The “Cosmic Muffin”

Meet the “Cosmic Muffin”
Yes, finally it’s an actual Parrothead and Jimmy Buffett related post !!!

I don’t know how many of my readers have ever read “Where is Joe Merchant” by Jimmy Buffett or heard his album “Banana Wind” so I’ll explain the connection a bit between Jimmy, Parrotheads, and a boat that used [...]

Another Boat Proving the “Hole in the Water” Theory…

Seamanship: Piloting: The Story of the Falling Boat Photos | MadMariner.com
Yes, I’m an aviation freak, but due in large part to my friend Adrienne, I’m also a boat nut, too . I know, I live in the middle of the desert but I still want to live aboard a nice 50+ foot [...]

The Boat Drunks

Welcome to the Home of the Boat Drunks!!!
(He said) I wanna take your boat as far as it goes, feel Jamaican sand between my toes,
I wanna ride on the wind just as far as I can,
I won’t be any trouble to haul- I can sleep anywhere at all,
And I don’t eat very much for a [...]