I agree.

There is another mix (which we lack in our country) sea and mountains. The closest for us is the Beagle Channel in the very South.

River on its wayit to the Pacific. It has bern abnormally hit and dry

 

Another day at SPI:

 

Another day at SPI:

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South Padre Island, right? "Serial Peripheral Interface" already discarded.

 

South Padre Island, right? "Serial Peripheral Interface" already discarded.

you got that right ... LOL!

 

Some vacay photos

 

Climbing The Green Ladder, and Beach-Bound:

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Another day at SPI:

What flag and name is she sailing under?
Max.

 

What flag and name is she sailing under?
Max.

LOL! ... that's actually a restaurant at the Pier, it's called Pirate's Landing, but the ship in question is "The Black Dragon Pirate Ship"

 

LOL! ... that's actually a restaurant at the Pier, it's called Pirate's Landing, but the ship in question is "The Black Dragon Pirate Ship"

It doesn't look much like the skull and crossbones!
At least from the picture.!
Max.

 

I spent most of the summer playing with this lady...

We've had one amazing spring and summer, with temperature up to 30°C, which is very unusual in our area.

 

Neat little gaff rig, would that be a Sitka Spruce mast by any chance?
Max.

 

I spent most of the summer playing with this lady...
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We've had one amazing spring and summer, with temperature up to 30°C, which is very unusual in our area.

Were there any other ladies on board your lady? ...

 

Neat little gaff rig, would that be a Sitka Spruce mast by any chance?
Max.

The mast i from 2016. A flagpole fabric owner walked in the forest in southern Norway, looking at trees. Then he saw this pine, and though "Um... This might be a nice flag pole." He cut it down, dragged it to the fabric, and put it one storage. Then I called. "Hi, I need a mast to my sailboat, can you help me?" Three weeks later, the mast was delivered at my house. I let it dry for 6-7 weeks, before I started working on it. Shaping the foot, insert some oak, and soak it in Linseed oil. 27 liters, and 7.5 liters of Owatrol D2 oil.

Were there any other ladies on board your lady? ...

Yes it was.

 

Sitka spruce you say? The decimation of BC forest did start because British wanted those nice trees for the navy...
Our work trip to Haida Gwaii

 

Sitka spruce you say? The decimation of BC forest did start because British wanted those nice trees for the navy...

Up until the 80's I could buy Sitka spruce here from the lumber yard, made a nice knot free boom with it.
Max.

 

Here are a few more:

Up until the 80's I could buy Sitka spruce here from the lumber yard, made a nice knot free boom with it.
Max.

Golden Spruce is a very good book about this area and logging industry in general. The destruction is hard to picture, both to nature and to people... Yet nothing stops. No lessons learned.

 

Here are a few more:


Golden Spruce is a very good book about this area and logging industry in general. The destruction is hard to picture, both to nature and to people... Yet nothing stops. No lessons learned.

Usually there is extensive replanting done, but the worst is often from mother nature.
This does not include Alberta and Manitoba.
Max.

 

Usually there is extensive replanting done, but the worst is often from mother nature.
This does not include Alberta and Manitoba.
Max.

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Monoculture is a problem. Planting pine is a problem. Disrupting natural balance is a problem. Right now the resident orca population is in decline and the salmon is in decline so the proposal is to cull seals and sea lions as they take too much salmon? I porpose there are too many of someone else...

 

Rain season is here. Here's a couple of pics taken in our backyard by wifey, whose natural talent never ceases to amaze me:

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Rain season is here. Here's a couple of pics taken in our backyard by wifey, whose natural talent never ceases to amaze me:

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Love the mushroom shot, with backlighting on the gill details.