Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Holding Down the Fort





Maggie has gone away on a big old jet airliner, to the far off Eastern European land of her birth, Poland. She has not visited with her family there in a very long time so I am glad she was able to make the trip. Unfortunately, I was unable to accompany her. It is difficult to find an appropriate sitter for the boys and our two boats, so I stayed back to hold down the fort. My hope has been to get loads of work done on the boats and my old truck, but with the rain steadily falling, I am held up below deck making the most of it with Chopper and Billy. We have been missing Maggie terribly but we are managing to keep ourselves occupied with a lot of reading, cooking, cleaning, and documentary watching.

Today, like an old friend, the Black Crowned Night Heron returned to our marina. He is one of the last waterfowl to return from warmer climates back to his Summer fishing spot here in Baltimore. I watched him in amazement all last summer as he would patiently wait on the swim platform of our neighbor's boat for an unsuspecting fish or snake to swim by. Today he sat perched on the bow rail right outside the window drying his feathers in between rain showers. These are rather rare so it's neat to get to be so close to him. He looks a lot like a creature from a Pink Floyd video. Gosh I miss Maggie.






5 comments:

Mid-Life Cruising! said...

As the saying goes, "Abscence makes the heart grow fonder". Hope the rain stops soon for you. We're having the same problem here in Louisiana. Finally had time to work on our boat but then the rains came.

Samantha said...

we have night herons here, too, and they always remind me of that penguin guy from batman.

Jamie said...

Awww, that's sweet. Hard to be away from your favorite person!

Travis and Maggie said...

Totally taht penguin guy!

laura said...

The world just keeps getting smaller! We just got back from Europe (family wedding) and are moving aboard our boat next week. It would be nice if I were even remotely ready!
BTW, I bought a pretty amber pendant from a lovely Polish lady while we were in London!