Chaosbutterfly

My vacation starts on Friday.    I will getting a few of my nephews for a couple of days from my sister.  I am trying to plan a few things for them to do that isn’t going to break my highly budgeted bank account.  This is not an easy task.  If anyone has any great ideas for kids that doesn’t cost money and is so much fun they will forget they are not spending money, I’m all ears.  Right now, I plan to take them on a boat ride, visit the Elissa, take the ferry to Bolivar and see hurricane damage maybe pester a few of my friends if they are willing hang out with kids, run a pirate game on my boat.   Any more ideas?

Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Online Exhibitions :: Cecil Sharp Diaries :: Introduction.

If you love folk music of any kind, that is sea shanties, mountain music or English folk music, you don’t want to miss this!

It had to be done. I am sure my friends, we can think of a few more lyrics than this… add if you want:

Hurricane’s a’ comin’ we are all going to die
Hurricane’s a comin’ we are all going to die
Storm surge is a risin’ yet there’s not a cloud in the sky
Hurricane’s a comin’ we are all going to die

I’ve tied off the boats ma’am and filled up the tanks
The water’s already lappin’ up top of the pier
The rain has yet to come but the floods already here
Hurricane’s a comin’ and we are all going to die

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Historic Galveston Oaks Cut Down.

It happened over the weekend.  The sorrow I feel about this is overwhelming.

We have another overnight scheduled so I’m going down there on Saturday afternoon for that. (continue reading…)

I managed to get to the Elissa on Friday just after 6pm.  I was amazed I got there that soon. (continue reading…)

The summer here is starting early it seems.  (continue reading…)

The media widgets on the wordpress site doesn’t like large uploads so I’ve put these on the Gallery page. So… (continue reading…)

I did get that new camera.  It’s small, very small, and packed with nice bells and whistles.

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With the wind as bad as it is today, I am not surprised either.  And… I am sure it is as I speak, the wind is blowing as much water out of the bay as it possibly can.  It was already a pain this morning to get off my own boat.  I over slept this morning, my alarm didn’t go off for whatever reason.  My whole day has been like that.  I didn’t get in to work until after 9.