Off Locust Street

 

Captain, 2018

 

Helping with Chaucer.

Monarch Butterfly

 After weeks wrangling this creature from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, here we are.

After this photo, the butterfly flew out of the enclosure, up, and away!

Afternoon Break

 

Tinker's Last Day

 

September 5, 2025.

Pulmonary issues had become too great, too painful.

She was one of the sweetest cats I have ever known.

These photos were all taken this morning, Tinker's last morning.

Oddly enough, today I found out her original kitten name was "Flame".

My father-in-law adopted her, called her "Stinker" for a while, but then shifted her name to "Tinker" and "Tinkerbelle".

She certainly grew into Tinker and Tinkerbelle, my regal beastie.

I will miss her dearly.

Paddle-Happy

 

Red as a Rose

 

Mendocino, 2020?

Tinker Tea-Time

 

Message in a Bottle

 

2012

Tinker Sunshine Monday

 

Fiat Lux

 

Afternoon break.

Van Damme: Mendocino Waters

 

Mendo Local

 

2014 photo.

Gray Morning Paddle

 

Richardson Bay.

Lunch

 

Inner Harbor: Two Views

July 2022

Yesterday, 2025.

The first photo is the better one, aesthetically speaking.

The Good Old Days: Captain and Lady

 

The study.

My pals 

 RIP

Cutting Onions, Coble-Style

 

Cutting onions, Coble-style, to hold off the crying 

Old-school dive mask.

I first used that mask in the late-1960s.

I believe I wore that mask for my first open-water dive in 1978.

After that, I upgraded to a prescription mask.

Thank you Uncle Bob for the guidance.

Tinker and I Escape with Terry Shames

 

Terry Shames 's adventure/crime novels featuring Jessie Madison:

Perilous Waters

Deep Dive.

Very enjoyable!

Mariner Memories: 2015

 

There I am, happy paddler.

Off Van Damme (not sure the year, possibly 2015).

Photo by Jeffrey Peterson.

Jiminy Cricket's stunt-double.

Van Damme. 2015.

Off Timber Cove, 2015.

JP and friend.

Good times.

Tinker Snorepuss

 

Rum for Billy Bones -- and Hektor Too

 

Rereading around #64.

Tinker!

Sweet Lady Oh

 

Oh Lady oh

Oh Lady oh

My gentle, gentle darling

Sweet Lady oh

Oh Lady oh

Oh Lady oh

My dear departed darling

Sweet Lady oh.

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Last day: 6/11/2025

 Lady, sleeping,

exhausted by the struggle,

snatching what relief, what rest, she could.

Low Tide at the End of Locust Street

 

Lady's Curtain Call: RIP June 11, 2025

 

Lady's curtain call.

RIP, you puma, you jackalope of a house cat.

Sprite, Bright Spark, Little Slip, Captain's Bossy Sister, and the most brillig of beasts.  

Sweet, sweet Lady!

Trill-buhrrrrrill-buhrrrrillll girl!

Rescue/Rescuer!

June 11, 2025.

Last day's photos.

Tonight's Rereading

 

Lady, Lovely Dear

 

Waiting for more lap-time.

She's feeling lowly, and a vet visit is being arranged.

Tinker, Sun-Catcher

 

Lady: Portrait