Baby Update

I am happy to report that "Nemo", our new baby fish, is still alive and doing well. He has doubled in size from when we first spotted him!!

We are off to find some warmer weather (and perhaps some boats) -in the Washington DC area.

New baby on board!

Did I mention we have a fishtank? Tom rescued this tank from a month of neglect last summer - it was left in an empty house. Yeah- he made me leave the boat to help him haul it home! It was about 1/2 full of water, and so green with algae that you couldn't see anything in the tank. We were certain it was empty, but lo and behold- two fish had actually survived. One is a hulking algae eater we have named Mr. Pink and the other was a silvery something. ( Sorry, I haven't learned fish breeds) Those two stalwarts have survived our trial and error attempts to find them more friends (mall fish are icky). We finally found a pet store that specializes in tropical fish, and we have increased our herd?, pod?, school? to 11. Tonight we thought we were missing one of our smaller ones, and as we were staring at the tank trying to find him, I noticed a tiny movement behind one of the plants. Much to our surprise, it was a baby fish!!! Who knew that such a thing was possible? And why only one? (I'm afraid I know the answer to that!)

Anyway, looks like we're grandparents again, and Owen has some competition. Not hardly. But it is fun to watch the little thing. We hope he survives!

Waiting for Serendipity

Getting through the winter is always a challenge, and now that the holidays are behind us, we are doing a few long overdue projects around the house. Tom changed the wallpaper in the powder room for me, and he is doing some wiring to add a few new outlets (technology is great-but all those electronic gadgets generate a tangle of cords!) Next up for him is painting the kitchen and main bath.




Cyndy was blessed with a business trip to Miami last week. It was nice to see that the sun actually does shine somewhere in January! It was warm enough to swim every night in the hotel pool, and to enjoy the outdoor patio. We were treated to some magnificent meals - I think the macadamia nut encrusted mahi-mahi was my favorite. I spotted a couple of marinas, but none looked right for our little boat. I guess we'll just have to wait for our April launch date.

Spring Tease

The pundits in our area always say: "If you don't like the weather, wait a while. It will change." Today was a perfect example of that. We had been having warm temperatures (upper 40s F) for a little over a week. Although it was raining quite hard, and was very dark and gloomy, the temperature was 45 this AM when I drove by the bank. By early afternoon, the temperature had dropped into the 20s, and we had an inch of snow on the ground again. Just when you begin to think that maybe the global warming theorists are right (and we sure wouldn't mind that), Mother Nature pulls a fast one and we are jolted back to winter.




Ah well, one can always dream- and remember. Scenes like this are all the sweeter after a long cold winter!

Countdown to Spring

Less than 100 days until Spring- and only 103 days until April 15th- the official start of our summer tenancy at the marina on Cayuga Lake, one of NewYork State's most beautiful recreation spots.

Here we are on January 2, 2006- checking out the Serendipity. (The picture's a little crooked 'cause we had to use the hood of the car). Our slip is over there across the way- to the left of the channel out to the lake. It looks pretty desolate over there! The lake has kept the bulk of the snow up on the hills, but it's cold today, about 25 and windy, as usual. It's hard to believe that soon this marina will come to life, these boat covers will come off, and over 200 boats will be rocking gently in their slips. But we have evidence that it will be so - see below!

Now back to our winter quarters for some hot chocolate - and a start for Tom's wallpapering adventure!