BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID, THE MASTER AND COMMANDER
Posted: Monday, 03 March 2008 |
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I'm feeling very sea-sick now.............
Tws from The Loo
Dame Naomi James (the first women to sail solo around the world) lost her husband Rob in a drowning accident - he was also an 茅lite competitive sailor. Someone remarked to her that the sea was "cruel". Her reply was that ".. the just is". It is we humans who endow it with various charcteristics. I respect and love the sea the more it roars and rants, the more I respect it. The Greek word for the "original ocean" is "panthalassa", which has a beautiful, almost onomatopoeic ring to my ears.
Barney from Swithiod the sailor
I was brought up beside the sea and have lived near it all my life. My dad use to say," Fire and water are good servants but terrible masters," and I have felt the same way. I love the sea but there are days when it just scares the proverbial out of me.
Hyper-Borean from Beside the seaside
another great blog,squidgy; TWS which loo yours or FC's?
carol from over here
Do you really think we'd let Tws anywhere near our lovely new fragranced loo? With his propensities? I think not!
Flying Cat from echoes of a million seashells
Aarrrgh, yes I see what you mean. I'm feeling the same. Pass the bucket willya
Squidgy the Otter from Easy, peasy, feeling queasy
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun. Yes today, Monday 3 March 2008, we had four seasons in one day. Morning, it was almost spring like, I went for a walk to Cliad to see the seal pups which were in their usual place on the rocks. The sun came through, the Sky was blue and it was like summer. As I walked along the beach, the weather changed yet again. purple clouds, heavy with snow, It was like a scene out of Perfect Storm, and then it did snow, Winter. I could see the snow topped mountains on Rum. Anyway, walking back along the beach, the sun re-emerged and it was summer again. My fleece was on then off, then on again. !!! Teatime and it became windy and cold, like Autumn. Well, they say variety is the spice of life !!!
Squidgy the Otter from The four seasons
I love the sea too, I respect her, but the power is just awesome. I have spent some of my happiest days, fishing, creeling, catamaran, sailing, watching the basking sharks and one day a sighting of the magnificient Orcas. Perhaps this blog was prompted by too many DVD's. My satellite blew off last week, so I was reliant on my collection of DVD's. First Up - Perfect Storm, then Open Water, Jaws and Adrift. All ending in some kind of tragedy at sea. Strange how films can play tricks on your mind. Perfect Storm and Jaws especially. I did get a fright one day when I went swimming off Union Island in the Grenadines, a very large fish came up to me which looked like a shark, but was in fact a cat fish. Ohhh, how my heart missed a beat !!! tee heee
Squidgy the Otter from Too many DVD's
Naturally no-one would ever be afraid of a catfish. It goes without spraying...
Flying Cat from mostly harmless