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Here's another historic painting featuring some basic paddle decoration. It is from Cornelius Krieghoff's 1858 work - Indians in the Employ of the Hudson's Bay Company at at Portage . Leaning on the rock is a paddle featuring some etched chevron markings   Indians in the Employ of the Hudson's Bay Company at at Portage Cornelius Krieghoff - 1858 Art Gallery of Ontario - Toronto (Canada)   Dates: 1858 Paddle Closeup

It is a beautiful June day with temps in the 70's and a nice breeze. I head to the north end of the big lake. There are four bald eagles circling and fishing not far from shore along with two gulls that are doing some fancy diving after fish. I have apparently had some effect on the amount of plastic debris in Union Bay as it is getting difficult for me to collect enough junk for my sculpture project. The north end of the lake collects debris, in fact it should collect everything that hasn't gotten caught up in the miles of shoreline to the south (winds tend to be out of the south). I set out from a park and scoot along the shore. Most of the park's shoreline is overgrown. I dunno, maybe this is to discourage swimming here as there is a lot of debris on the shore. The lake here has a firm sandy bottom, so I can wade and collect junk when I need to. Unlike the marsh, where most stuff is floating, a great amount of the sandy berm forming the shore is comprised of plastic. I f...

Last night, as lightning flashed in the windows, I watched "Apocalypse Now" and thought of its attraction as a river journey, one of many river journeys in art... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Lord Jim, TheSand Pebbles (my favorite), and the Lewis and Clark Journals, which may not be art, but are done so well that they should be (no one has yet made a decent film of that story when you think about it).  I put in on the Quinnipiac once again from the same spot next to the gravel yard that I used before.  Puffing, swirling and gusting warm winds match the cumulonimbus above and there is a threat of thunderstorms.  I turn down river this time into the large tidal marsh, and into the wind and into the flooding tidal current. Phragmites (a 10 to 20 ft tall non-native reed) dominate the marsh.  It makes me wonder if Monsanto has researched this plant in their efforts to turn the entire world's food source into white wheat, french fry shaped potatoes, and corn grown i...

I looked at S this morning as I was going out the door and said, "I may not be doing what I am supposed to be doing, but I'm doing something." She replied, "You're doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing." By the time I reach Merwin Point, the far side of Calf Pen Cove, I have seen five loons. male long-tail duck It is calm, or nearly so, so I make the mile plus crossing from the point to Charles Island, remembering that last winter I had found it so bare, but also that a hurricane had just swept over, through and around it.  When I get about a 1/3 of the way, where the water is deep, I spot three long-tail ducks, the male holding his seven inch tail feathers up out of the water. The island looks much better this time.  The shoreline brush is thicker and the nests that the night herons built still dot the upper branches of the trees.  Last winter, the plants were pretty shaggy and there were no left overs from any bird nests - over 300 egrets and her...

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Surviving authentic paddles from the Voyageur Fur Trade era are few and far between. Paintings, like those of Frances Anne Hopkins give a clue as to the various shape and styles used by these hardy canoemen. Sometimes, archeological excavations add to the knowledge base of paddle shapes. In the 1970s, the National Parks Service undertook a series of underwater excavations around Grand Portage. Until recently, I was only aware of catalog descriptions outlining some of the interesting finds, including some partial fragments of paddles. However, now some of the finds have been posted online in this Photo Gallery of Tools from the excavations. Included in this gallery is the full blade of a late 18th, early 19th century voyageur paddle made of white cedar. It looks to be a simple, straight sided blade with a subtle taper from the shoulders to a rounded tip White Cedar Paddle Fragment Description: 18-19 cent. voyageur;  87.5 cm long; 14 cm wide; 1.9cm thick. Credit: NPS GRPO 16122 Anoth...

Everybody is running to the store A quick shout-out to family & friends (and new blog friends)!  I'm working on a blog post about our week+ in "Velcro", mostly about going to the vet and what a pita government paperwork is...but here is a quick overview: We are officially prepping for our first international crossing to the Bahamas. Both my husband and I have travelled in the Caribbean quite a bit for work. We're excited. We love learning about new places. Trying new food.  LOVE seafood. Exploring (our boat name should be "What's over there?" but it wouldn't fit, thus Odin--the Wanderer.   We've been spending the week doing a few last minute errands and chatting with other cruisers about routing, their favorite spots, departure windows, and Chris Parker's weather forecast. For my non-sailing friends, here is an example of cruiser chat (Most conversations skip hello and go straight to business): "Hey, did you just get in?" "...

15 August 2015 We had anchored in the shelter of Double Island Point for the night to set ourselves up for crossing the notorious Wide Bay Bar at the southern tip of Fraser Island. The optimum time for the crossing is considered to be two hours before high tide. This provides enough water over the shallow sandbars and the incoming current travels in the same direction as the prevailing south easterly swell. An outgoing tide causes those swells to stand up sharply and often break making things much more dangerous. Any bar crossing with a section nicknamed “the mad mile” deserves respect. As a result we weighed anchor in the dark at 5.00am and set course across the bay headed for the bar. Up and away in the dark. We always love sunrises at sea.   Not having crossed before we had done our research online and found that the Government Department, Marine Safety Queensland had issued GPS waypoints to guide mariners on the safest course through.   We also spoke to other cruisers and ...

Chesapeake Light Craft, one of the largest suppliers of boat kits for "stitch and glue" (a.k.a., taped seam, tack-and-tape, etc.) construction, has posted info. on a great new product . I only hope this will still be here after April 1. By the way, "einbaum" is German for dugout canoe, literally "one tree." Thanks to buddy Jean Paul Vellotti for this one.