September 14, 2008
One if by land, two if by sea
…listen
…about the musicBe calmed.
Well, I ain’t no Paul Revere, but I do seem to get around the country a fair bit. This morning it’s back to New York City for meetings and, with luck, some Tandoori cooking. I love Indian food, and of the remarkable number of culinary choices here on this island, that’s one country that has yet to be represented. If anyone reading this blog is a restaurateur from that part of the world and happens to be looking to relocate, consider this a big hint.
I wish I were taking the gorgeous gaff-rigged schooner above, Adventuress, the long way around: down the scenic Pacific coast, through the locks of the Panama canal, into the Caribbean dodging hurricanes (or not, these days) and up the Atlantic waterways. But instead of course, I’ll be in one of those cute mini-planes featured in earlier posts here, and then transfer to a less-than-cute maxi-plane to JFK.
How did I get this photo of Adventuress? Two days ago I was at sea on a whale watching boat, and we crossed paths on the way back to shore at day’s end. It was a wonderful day in the presence of the Orcas (including a new calf, seen below!), some Steller sea lions, and my entertaining friend Russell who is a marine docent in the summer months. I’ve been hard at work on a number of new recordings, and taking breaks to venture outdoors and commune with all the wildlife around me has become essential to my sanity.
That’s of course making the broad assumption that I had any sanity to begin with.
See you all over the weekend when I’m back from my small, native island of Manhattan, to the island about twice as large which I now call home. As you can tell, for very good reason.
Glenn Buttkus said,
September 15, 2008 @ 5:33 am
Bon Voyage Alex: We will slog through our mudane week and await your return. Here is the Shapiro poem of the week, and it looks good on FFTR this morning, so that even more bloggers out there can wish you luck and good fortunate.
Glenn
The Adventuress
This morning it’s back
to New York City for meetings and,
with luck, some Tandoori cooking.
I love Indian food,
and of the remarkable number
of culinary choices
here on this island,
that’s one country
that has yet to be represented.
I wish I were taking
the gorgeous gaff-rigged schooner,
Adventuress,
the long way around:
down the scenic Pacific coast,
through the locks of the Panama canal,
into the Caribbean
dodging hurricanes
(or not, these days)
and up the Atlantic waterways.
But instead of course,
I’ll be in one of those
cute mini-planes
featured in earlier posts,
and then transfer
to a less-than-cute maxi-plane to JFK.
Two days ago
I was at sea
on a whale watching boat,
and we crossed paths,
Adventuress and I,
on the way back to shore
at day’s end.
It was a wonderful day
in the presence of the Orcas,
including a new calf,
some Steller sea lions,
and my entertaining friend,
Russell,
who is a marine docent
in the summer months.
I’ve been hard at work
on a number of new recordings,
and taking breaks
to venture outdoors
and commune with
all the wildlife around me,
has become essential
to my sanity.
That’s of course
making the broad assumption
that I had any sanity
to begin with.
See you all
over the weekend
when I’m back
from my small,
native island of Manhattan,
to the island
about twice as large
which I now call home.
Alex Shapiro September 2008
Glenn Buttkus said,
September 15, 2008 @ 5:34 am
Hey, what a nice misspelling, “good fortunate”, which is of course, good fortune, but then again perhaps you are one of the good fortunate as well.
Jeanne Sleeper said,
September 16, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
Alex –
What a pleasure to meet you on the day our Nikons and 300 mm with vibration reduction lenses clicked together to capture Mr. Ruffles, aka J1, born in 1951 and still chasing salmon in the strait. I’ll look forward to dropping by your blog and enjoying your stories, images and compositions and seeing you when I am next on SJI.
JBS
Zach said,
May 10, 2009 @ 9:42 am
Hi Alex,
My name is Zach, and I’ve been crew for Adventuress a couple of times. I was just searching the net for more information about her, and I found your sight. I really like your picture, but I believe it’s actually the Schooner Martha! (http://www.schoonermartha.org/)
In truth, they are remarkably similar vessels, both designed by the same man: B.B. Crowninshield. Martha is Adventuress’s older, little sister. They even share a captain!
Anyhow, if you come back to the Puget Sound again, check us out!
http://www.soundexp.org
Fair Winds,
Zach