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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Seattle’s houseboats
Took a rowboat out across Seattle’s Lake Union to photograph its houseboats (in the US they call these structures floating homes). Verandahs, large windows, solar panels and bright colours are popular but generally there’s little homogeneity in their design. There are certainly some vivid imaginations at work, as in this home with its own totem pole and sculptures of geckos, horses and sea horses. Continue reading
Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle
The Center for Wooden Boats is a great museum but it’s much more than that: how many museums encourage you to take out the exhibits and have fun with them? The CWB actually loan out their antique wooden boats for the public to enjoy… and encourage them to bump them about. The center also teaches maritime skills and even has a course for families to learn to build their own boat. Continue reading
Camden rocks
Three locks in Camden then moored up outside the outdoor market. Wandered round the shops and took some grub from one of the food stalls back to the boat. I’d just sat down to eat and the boat started rocking … Continue reading
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Icebreaker
Driving a boat through thin ice makes the most wonderful tinkling sound, and the sight of sheets of ice breaking up amongst small waves is delightful. It hadn’t been a particularly cold weekend but there was still a lot of … Continue reading
Angel and wild geese
The geese are so damn noisy this time of year, I don’t need an alarm clock. They are everywhere in pairs. Honking, fighting and mating all day long. I’m moored outside the Narrowboat, a great little waterside pub in Angel, … Continue reading