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Having spent a beautiful night anchored at Boca Raton Inlet with on other boat, we arrived in downtown Fort Lauderdale yesterday afternoon. Shortly after we were settled we had the best surprise, we were visited by Kathy,George & Ben Markham of S/V Is…

Here we cheer the Easter feast. Done in the pressure cooker with steamed asparagus. Its really not hard making fabulous meals on a boat. (View Post…)

Today I prepared a feast, lamb chops, sweet potato, onion, tomatoes and asparagus. Yum, it was divine. After Al does the clean up we will head to shore for showers and walk to the ice cream shop for dessert. It was a great easter. (View Post…)

This is Bridget’s best wabbit impression. She wasn’t keen on donning the buck teeth and pink nose, but she is cute. We are having a quiet day. May go to the market, but clouds are heading this way, so we’ll see. We are having lamb chops for supper…

Just a wee post about some of my excitement. I follow several knitting blogs. A favourite is French Press Knits, a young mother from Michigan, who is also a designer. I offered to be a test knitter for her and I am currently working on my first assi…

Its Al’s 61st birthday today, at 10.18 its over 86 in the boat and 82 out side and i have the oven on for his birthday dessert. Key Lime Pie. After it comes out we will go ashore, sign out bikes, ride to Publix for the rest of the ingredients for his…

Here is the best pic we could capture of my neck cowl design. Move over Barry Klein. I made my own design to use the Trendsetter Magenta yarn that I love. Neck cowls/warmers are becoming a favourite of mine to wear and knit. Not to wear in Florida …

Time goes by so quickly, we got off the boat this evening and walked to town and enjoyed a Mexican meal at the Key Lime Cafe. We were home in time to enjoy this gorgeous sunset and feel a cool breeze. This morning we went with Tim to the church music…

I returned on Tuesday evening after a better day of travel than going home. My flight into Fort Lauderdale was delayed by only a half hour. My darling daughter had the foresight to send me off with a packed lunch which i grazed on all day, a chicken …

We survived a crazy week that had us holed up on the boat for 3 days. We were on the cusp of a tornado. There was torrential rain and high winds that had us thrashing about like mad. On Saturday night we invited Tim, Gina and Skip for a supper of Fl…