tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496469.post5468063156439470523..comments2024-01-14T16:40:11.474-05:00Comments on Zephyr (sail): Launching a Chesapeake ClassicZephyr (Sail)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03550229698429834356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496469.post-23970664763898376792007-06-08T07:57:00.000-04:002007-06-08T07:57:00.000-04:004 June 2007After the storm, my mine cleared.And a...4 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>After the storm, my mine cleared.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And a high wind arose and blew the tropics north.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>running quartz crystals through a blender.<BR/><BR/>sand through your engines.<BR/><BR/>bubbles in your bays.<BR/><BR/>estuaries reaching out toward forbidden seas...<BR/><BR/>sand through your eyes.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>5 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Calm as baby's breath<BR/><BR/><BR/>as peaceful as the storm's eye<BR/><BR/><BR/>Clouds spread and drawn with rough strokes of stratospheric winds<BR/><BR/><BR/>a warm and windy tropical day.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>======================================<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>7 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>Black water at dusk.<BR/><BR/>Lighting on the horizon.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Warm winds coming in across the darkening waters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>A flash of white wings as an egret takes flight.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And Thunder like God clearing his throat.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{<BR/><BR/><BR/>8 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Morning star in the still of the clear, dark waters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>a sky as clear eyed as a young girl.<BR/><BR/><BR/>bruised and tattered storm remnants limp off in the gathering light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496469.post-12587826190515874632007-05-31T16:05:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:05:00.000-04:00Thanks! Wish I could take credit ;-)Thanks! Wish I could take credit ;-)Zephyr (Sail)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03550229698429834356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496469.post-35395870608968237162007-05-31T02:57:00.000-04:002007-05-31T02:57:00.000-04:00I am currently at a location that is cursed by hav...I am currently at a location that is cursed by having no Internet access other than a slower-than-normal dialup connection, so the suspense was killing me as those pictures gradually filled in.<BR/><BR/>I began to see the shape of the boat as the first picture started to appear, and my response was "oooh."<BR/><BR/>Then the third picture started to load, and my response was "OOOH!"<BR/><BR/>As the pictures finished loading, my response was "AAAAH!!"<BR/><BR/>That is one beautiful boat.Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201269435839112134noreply@blogger.com