Short on words.....

Let's go short on words and long on photos, shall we??  Yup that's what it's going to be because after the last two weeks working in 90+ heat and 100+ humidity with NO air conditioning........the words might be a little too graphic..

The "storage shed" formerly 'the bridge'

The dish washing station

Boat yard camaraderie moving Jerry's work tent to the far end of the yard

The "beauty parlor"....( term used very loosely)  more like the scalpers chair

Then there is my (almost finished galley)....I am totally thrilled it is gorgeous, and if "mama's happy" every body's happy right?? 

The captain likes this decorating idea, very convenient.  Unfortunately they don't last long in this heat.

and our new 12 volt galley lights so that I will have light to do dishes when on the hook.  It got expensive tossing them overboard!!

  

one of our three Florida afternoon thunderstorms last week....we could say that we lived in a "gated, lakefront community!!

Remember how we damaged our props last spring in South Carolina?  Well we had them repaired in Michigan and here he is painting over all that Brass Beauty!!!  Evidently the zinc paint helps keep them free of barnacles, or so we hope.

We changed the bottom paint and no it is NOT black....just a VERY dark blue.  At least it goes better with the gray props!

Because I'm always behind the camera I know you all think I don't do any work, but here is the proof!  I still have mad skills climbing a ladder and waxing a boat.  All those years working at Merrill Marine are still paying off.

Although I will say  " It is NOT as easy as it was 20 years ago by any stretch of the imagination..

 
 So.....today was the day....LAUNCH 2014!!  
I think the bottom paint looks great!  It WAS my idea  :-)

 and she went Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Gary was saying hello once again to "Bessie and Bertha"  his affectionate names for "his girls"

Looks fierce and it was a whopper!   at least 3 feet....just a baby folks. cute as could be but all the sad pleading eyes in the world would not convince us that we need a "boat alligator" aboard.  Bob would be ticked!

 

We plan to leave tomorrow after taking our grand kids for their first boat ride.... we have been looking forward to that for a long time.  Stay tuned..................