Member Photos....

[catnhatnh]

I didn't have a current photo the last few times one of these threads went around so I'll start-Here's me just offshore of Wolfeboro NH on Lake Winnipesaukee. Show me a picture of you and your summer...
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[Bertha Venation]

1. hi catnhatnh

I'm on my phone so can't post a photo right now. But I like yours. You look like a kind fellow.

What kind of boat? Is it for fishing? We have some friends who take us out on their boat a few times each summer. I love it.

[catnhatnh]

2. Thanks B...

18 ft bowrider-It's for exploring and picnicking. I like the lonely coves.

[Bertha Venation]

3. Nice

We can't seem to find lonely coves. We just anchor where there's no traffic and break out the lunch. We see lots of great blue herons and ospreys on Trappe Creek and the Choptank River. Our friends' boat is docked in Trappe, MD, on the eastern shore.

[catnhatnh]

4. Now I'm jealous....

...I'd kill to wander the Chesapeake. And from a heritage point of view, as a teen, I was a 3rd generation oysterman (Connecticut-Long Island Sound). Oh- on edit, I seek the loons.

[Bertha Venation]

5. oysters -- isn't that hard work?

Or at least, cold work?

I would like to see, or better yet, hear, a loon.

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. I worked with a group of Chesapeake Bay watermen in the 80's on environmental issues...

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More than a few had dropped out of grade school to work their
fathers' boats, but they were some of the most well-read, bright,
knowledgeable and conversant people I have ever known.
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I truly enjoyed working with those guys.
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http://www.baygateways.net/watermen.cfm
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[MiddleFingerMom]

10. Here's something until you do:

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I like setting it on loon, thunder, rain (heavy) and fire (as in fireplace).
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http://naturesoundsfor.me/
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[Aristus]

7. Don't have a pic of me from this summer.

Here's one of me from a few summers back, posing in front of the derelict 1930's Puget Sound ferry Kalakala:



I wonder if water is going to be a theme for this picture thread...

[In_The_Wind]

14. That's a great photo of you!

[Aristus]

24. Thank you.

[In_The_Wind]

26. I only state the truth.

[catnhatnh]

16. Nice shot...

Boats would be nice but how about "what kind of things make my summer"?

[Aristus]

25. Well, it made my summer to visit the Kalakala.

She's a legend around here. Not that the legend is helping very much in securing funding for her restoration...

[one_voice]

31. very nice!

[Aristus]

33. Thank you...

[u4ic]

37. Oops, sorry, for a second thought that was the Coho

That boat is probably faster!

[Aristus]

40. Yeah, I hope the Coho isn't a derelict!

That's how I get to Victoria and back!

BTW, when do we get to see another pic of you?

[u4ic]

46. No but it's a degenerate!

Just after I posted I read this: http://www.timescolonist.com/coho-ferry-smashes-dock-near-victoria-regent-hotel-no-injuries-1.505669 And went on its (slow but) merry way!

I'm becoming more wary of what I put on the net (pics included). Obviously I live in a very progressive area, but when it's on the net, there it is. For good. So I'm keeping a low profile because of it. Next time you're in town, we'll just have to have tea. High tea. At the Empress. :pinky smilie:

[Aristus]

48. Cool!

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. Lunch with Kali here in Tucson a coupla weeks ago:

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[cliffordu]

9. Who's drink was bigger??

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. Who cares? Mine was longer.

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MUCH longer.
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[cliffordu]

13. Well...

[catnhatnh]

17. Wow...

You know Jerry Garcia performed for the last time 18 years ago this week, right?

[MiddleFingerMom]

36. Throughout my lifetime, I've always resembled SOMEONE... as a young man it was...

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... a young Leon Russell and Jesus. As I aged, it was Jerry Garcia and an OLD Leon
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I've had this kind of generic bearded hippie/biker face and was ALWAYS being
mistaken for someone else the person knew. Once, I heard a woman say, "Well,
DON'T say hi!!!" as she spun me around, locked me in a tight embrace/grind, and
kissed me... kissed my VERY passionately and for quite some time.
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She finally came up for air, looked at me closely for awhile and said, "I'm sorry...
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"Yes," I replied with a very straight, very well-sucked face. "Yes, I am."
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[one_voice]

32. Whatever you're drinking...

I want a couple.

[MiddleFingerMom]

34. That was my first and only, but DESPITE Kali's charge of "Girly Drink!!! Girly Drink!!!"...

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... that sucker was knock-you-on-your-ass STRONG!!!!!
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You can tell from the colors (top is strawberry margarita) and the
frost lines that I'm JUST starting on that one, too.
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I see her so seldomly and I enjoy her company so much that lunch
with my friend Kali gets me that high naturally.
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[one_voice]

35. You can tell..

that you two enjoy each others company.

So sweet--

I enjoy her company so much that lunch
with my friend Kali gets me that high naturally.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Here's me and my husband on vacation in Italy...just got home today!

[catnhatnh]

18. Congratulations on the great vacation....

and thanks for the pic!

[NuclearDem]

15. Not the single best picture of myself ever, but what the hell

[catnhatnh]

19. What the hell indeed.

And it's great to find younger Dems on the board....

[catnhatnh]

20. Morning Kick N/T

[Bertha Venation]

21. Ok, bud, here you go

A very hot day on the Choptank about two weeks ago. I'm on the left. I'd been dousing my face and rubbing it with ice cubes all afternoon. Hot inside and out (that time of life, don'tcha know). My wife Kathy is on the right.

[catnhatnh]

22. You make a great looking couple...

...The boats in the water but the weather is socked in...Looks better Friday. Here's a dock cam at my port.
http://www.wolfeborocam.com/

Hope to be out Friday and hope you get some water time too!

[Bertha Venation]

23. One day a couple of years ago

on the way to the boat, I stopped in at West Marine to get hat bungees. The guy asked me if I was a boater. I told him I am learning to be, but right now I just want to get out on the water. He said "you're a boater."

I hope you can get out soon! No trips for us for the foreseeable future; one of our friends just had surgery so they won't be going out for a while.

[Ava]

27. enjoying southern warmth while home for a few weeks

I just graduated from NYU and am heading to landlocked graduate school (Duke) come August so I'm enjoying the beach while I can.

[Aristus]

28. I remember that face!

[Ava]

29. Hi Aristus!

How are you?

[Aristus]

30. Very well.

Good to see you!

[Ava]

38. Ditto

[Rhiannon12866]

39. Hi, Ava! How are you?

Time sure flies, but I'd know you anywhere!

[Ava]

41. I'm doing really well!

Editing and taking time to relax this summer. It's been great. How about you?

[Rhiannon12866]

42. I'm still hanging in here, LOL.

I keep busy as both a forum host and on MIRT here, but still manage to keep up on the news. I wish I could tell you we're having a fantastic summer, but all the rain and the flooding kind of puts a damper on things. Wish we could send it to our friends in the Midwest.



Glad to hear that all is going well for you! You deserve some time to relax, hope you're having fun!

[Ava]

43. Oh no! That looks nasty!

Hopefully the rainy weather will start letting up so you can enjoy the summer. One thing I missed while living in NY these past four years was the warm summer of the south.

[Rhiannon12866]

44. That's right, you were in NY!

I still am, but upstate. And if it's hot here, it must be even worse down south. But I'd certainly trade that for our winters. We don't have spring. The snow melts and then it's 90-degrees. When I was in school, I had an outside summer job at an amusement park. I can't imagine that today.

[Ava]

45. See, I like the warm summers

But then again in the south you have easy access to the gulf, and also various lakes and freshwater places to swim and keep cool. I'm hoping to go tubing before I leave in August, so much fun! And yeah, outdoor work in the summer would be unbearable right about now!

[Rhiannon12866]

47. I live just south of Lake George, but it's tourist season just now

And it's hot pretty much everywhere when it's not raining, which can't please the tourists. I've been to Arizona, but that's a "dry heat." The humidity here is stifling. It can't have been as unbearable when I worked outside summers. I drove the train at the amusement park, but I was hired as Cinderella, rode around in a pumpkin coach in a long dress.