Illusions

I spent the past day piecing the borders of my kaleidoscope quilt. All that remains is to quilt the three layers – quilt top, batting and bottom. The quilt top took five months. I’ll probably spend the same amount of time quilting by both machine and hand sewing. In the end, it looks a bit [...]

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Another beautiful day in the neighborhood

Fog descended again this morning and created surreal landscapes. I think I’ll stick around the homestead and finally do some fiber work. Iron mountain Shrouded hills Morning mist

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Morning Fog

Something I experience often but seldom see. Morning Fog

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In the company of strangers

We saw Deal Island from a new perspective yesterday. A luxury yacht anchored in the cove the night before and called us and said they wanted to see a little of the island. They didn’t have a lot of time but checked out the museum and Barn Hill, which has some spectacular views of Murray [...]

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Earl stood us up

How weird is this? The hurricane passed us by and I have to admit, I am a little disappointed. It was on my mind all week. We don’t have television but we checked every updated weather report to follow it’s projected path. I read about cones of probablity and the 100-200-300 Mariner’s rule, which visually [...]

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Windows and skies

After the storm last week, we heard a foghorn offshore and went out to see a coal ship entering Salem Harbor. While we checked the windows for leaks, we were able to follow it as it entered the harbor. I shot a video of it with our foghorn in the background that is here. There [...]

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Living in a cloud

We can hardly believe how lucky we are to live the life we lead.  We’ve got great kids, our health and this outrageous lifestyle.  Today, the island was in a blanket of fog while the upper sky was sunny.  We’ll keep pinching ourselves, or at least I’ll pinch Tim.

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The fog rolled in

The other day, at sunset, a fog bank rolled by. I could actually see the wave of fog pass Great Misery Island. Eventually, it drifted over us as well. Today, while we had lunch by the lighthouse, one of the seagulls we’ve watched grow up, was testing its wings. It was persistent and managed to [...]

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