too busy to blog

Anyone who has ever attempted to keep up a steady stream of blogging probably understands how ideas come and go in your head. Entire stories are told to yourself but never make it to the ether. So that has been this week. It has been filled with Louie, our part time cat; the theory of spots, not dots but places; the lone Artemis boat in the lagoon in the early morning and then hauled out by crane; and chisels. I think there have been thoughts of the seasons changing, a blue moon, and losing the morning and evening light too.
As one who likes to illustrate thoughts with photographs there seem to be even more challenges.
Now Artemis has been easy:

And the chisels, well here's the photo, but the story is still running around on my work bench as I chip away.

Louie, I need to record his purring and perhaps get him to write a few lines, he seems to try to wrap himself around my neck when I am typing. We still do not know his actual home, but his owners do not seem to know about advantage for fleas as he just deposited a couple on me. He will appear at home and they may wonder what the funny spot on the back of his head is. Any pet owners out there know about the sort punk hairdo created for a couple of days after the application of this better living through chemistry brought to us by Bayer. I could do a whole blog on this overpriced product that has kept our household flea free for many years.
Now the theory of spots, the best spot for cats, people in yoga classes favorite location, and where we sit a dining room table will have to wait for another day. And the photo, hmmmm.

artemis update

This was the first day of racing the AC45's. Thank you Mark and Liza for this great shot. The big excitement which I viewed from the shop was the hull of Artemis AC72 being towed into Seaplane Lagoon. This will be the boat for the 2013 America's Cup.

This hull will sport a 131 foot mast, and a was whisked from the water and into the Artemis warehouse within a few hours of this photos. In the AC45 races, all teams are racing the same boats, but the AC72s have secrecy about them and are individual to all the teams.

the highlight of mike's year

Ah, a good reason to be 62, your national parks senior pass. We can now drive through Yosemite for free! I'm going to get my own next year.

look, a new one

Do you think it's summer at the beach?

artemis

I noticed some docks being put in the other day. And this morning a large crane appeared and this boat was lowered into the water.

And eventually another boat was lowered in as well. I saw the Bigge crane truck driving away this afternoon, so I suspect these two boats may be in our sights for awhile. These are not the America's Cup boats, only a 45 foot version. But this a preview of what we can expect in the future. I really think the large building blocking the view of the San Francisco skyline needs to be removed. And by the way, here is the meaning of Artemis . Good to have a goddess in the neighborhood.