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14
Jun 13

The blues of Bermuda

Our three day visit to the island of Bermuda is over. We talked about how it is easy to stop seeing the fantastic things just in front of you, how it sometimes takes a stranger to remind you of the beauty of things with which you are most familiar.

There is a lot of blue in Bermuda. The ocean is incredibly salty there. Both of these things are blamed on the lack of fresh water sources on the island. Whatever the cause, it makes for a great setting.

This is the mooring point just below our cabin:

Since we’ve cast lines and pushed away, we’re thinking about the ocean again. Here is a series of 10 photos showing off the many shades of blue we’ve seen the last few days. Enjoy.

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14
Jun 13

Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda – day three

Our last day in Bermuda for this trip. We returned to Horseshoe Bay, where the sands are beautiful, the winds are peaceful and the ocean is still stirring with powerful energy. We found a quiet place to snorkel. There is a video of that later in this post.

Thinking of passing this place off as one of my summer homes. What do you think?

Our cab driver today. Nice fellow. He explained how the Bermudians come to the U.S. to do all of their shopping.

Here’s the video of our snorkeling, on our new GoPro camera. The Yankee, as always, shot the best parts:

Empty chairs in one of the cruise ship’s lounges. You should be here!

The aerialists were back on stage tonight. I ran into her in the elevator somewhere. She is a bit taller than you’d think. They are impressive, if you’re into this sort of thing. I think her main job is to not eat food on a cruise ship.

As we left Bermuda for the U.S. today I’ll have a special post coming up dedicated to the ocean. It’ll be … blue.

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7
Jun 13

Friday throwback

I just made up a reason not to write a lot this week. My reason: June. So this week is full of older pictures. Some of them have been in this space or elsewhere on the site or in some of the regular social media places before. So they might be old to you — and bless you for still visiting — or they might be brand new.

Enjoy.

We were travelling somewhere, Boston I think, in 2011 maybe, when she reached over and grabbed my sunglasses. She looked far better in them than I ever have. And so I seldom wear them anymore:

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31
May 13

Just skip to the music

And on the fifth day of this crud, I have the worst of this crud.

The good news being that, soon, I’ll be on the other side of it. The bad news being that I haven’t slept all week. Though I did find a nap today.

And then I spent most of the day complaining about my head: my head cold, my sinuses, my headaches and all. It just goes on and on.

So some music then, because why not? Earth, Wind & Fire covers on this edition of YouTube Cover Theater. This guy personifies the concept, claiming over 175 million YouTube views of his various videos, Igor Presnyakov covers Let’s Groove Tonight:

Tyler Robinson covers September:

This is crazy good, and sometime soon you’ll be telling people you knew Emily Elbert way back when:

High school jazz bands better be covering EWF. Bass player’s got chops, too:

You get a lot of drum solos and recordings of bass solos and backing tracks when you search for Earth, Wind & Fire covers. But you also get the criminally under-viewed Allen W. Davis:

And then I spent 20 minutes listening to Davis’ other stuff. Fascinating.

Couldn’t pick just one Earth, Wind & Fire song to end with, so here’s the Greatest Hits, Volume 1, off a vinyl transfer, as it should be:

Have a great weekend!

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24
May 13

Travel day

It was a beautiful day for it. Nice clear skies and mild temperatures. Beautiful scenery:

But there was a lot of windshield time today. On the other hand I got the car washed, too. And saw things like this:

As I rode along on the interstate, I learned that there were five accidents at one time. Four of them were ahead of me. Plus holiday weekend travel. Plus rush hour. Plus staring into the western sun for awhile — which isn’t so bad this time of year. It has a lovely hue.

I also saw two tow trucks being towed. How random. They look like this:

Have a lovely weekend. Stay safe.