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Day two of our recent trip to NYC found us stiring out of bed at 5:30 am, and headed for the subway by 7:00. We were pretty excited to be heading downtown to Columbus Circle for the <a href="http://social.macys.com/parade/" target="_blank">Macey's Thanksgiving Day Parade</a>! We headed out early to ensure a good viewing spot, as the parade began at 9:00 am at the North side of Central Park. Attending the Macey's parade had been on my bucket list for some time. Before we departed TO I had several friends comment, arn't you nervous about attending such a big event in a big city? But, to be honest, I tried not to give it too much thought. I prefer to direct my energy and thoughts towards the positive aspects of our world. You have to believe in the good. And, to see those big silly character balloons come floating down the steets of a massive city, that has also come to a massive standstill, is certainly energizing and uplifting! <br>
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The other days of our getaway involved a visit to the beautiful<a href="http://www.nybg.org/" target="_blank"> New York City Botanical Gardens</a>, as well as a walk upon the Highline. We certainly lucked out with great weather over the week!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Our visit to the Botanical Gardens coincided with the Holiday Train Show. While the park itself was beautiful, and very much reminded me of our Toronto Islands, the exhibit was truly wonderful. Featuring model trains that meandered through the tropical conservatories and past dozens of miniature replicas of New York City's most known landmarks and architecture. The replicas were all exquisitely constructed of bark, twigs, and all sorts of natural materials. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's here. The cold weather of winter is finally upon us. And here we are in the month of January and we are still riding our bikes to and fro just like it was July. The weather until now, has been incredibly, if not worryingly, mild. The past two winters have been brutal, and while we have had the</span><a name='more'></a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> odd cold spell, this winter has been downright balmy. Too balmy to put the bikes away! </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We have a wee and real evergreen tree that is decorated and all secure on the settee. Well, almost. I think it may need to be tethered from its top to the bulkhead, as our Dog certainly likes to curl up beneath it, testing its steadiness. It's already experienced a wobble or two, despite its base being screwed down. It won't be the first tree to topple over. </span></div>
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And we're back from an epic holiday in New York City! I wish I could say we had experienced this adventure aboard Monster. However, she was safely tied fast to the dock with the Dog under the watchful eye of a wonderful Friend and Dog Sitter! Thank you, thank you, thank you Z!<br />
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On Tuesday am we set off for the border in our trusty rental car. To attempt to fly into New York on the busy Thanksgiving Day weekend would be nothing short of insane so we opted to drive. A great road trip it was! Complete with a gas station stop to indulge in tasty American candy and coffee. Wednesday, a sunny morning in the Bronx greeted us, as T & E were our hosts for the week. It didn't take us long to get out the door and headed downtown for the <a href="http://www.southstreetseaport.com/" target="_blank">South Street Seaport</a> and the revered tall ship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_(ship)" target="_blank">Peking</a>. After the customary photographs with the ship, just as we had taken 3 years prior for our engagement announcement, we learnt that today, we could tour the decks. I was rather beside myself with excitement! </div>
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I stood at the helm, it was all too easy to imagine the massive vessel underway, the rise and fall of her bow as she made way. Images from the movie Around Cape Horn filled my head; sailors aloft and about the deck, the dog running about, wind in the rigging. While I have experienced the pleasure of square rigged sailing aboard the <a href="http://www.picton-castle.com/" target="_blank">Picton Castle</a>, nothing can quite compare to what it would have been like to sail upon the 377 ft. Peking in her day. My moments aboard were truly magnificent and unforgettable. Especially witnessing my Boy run about her decks. If you havn't seen the movie Around Cape Horn, narrated by Irving Johnson, I highly suggest you do so. The Peking's days at the South Street Seaport in NYC are limited as the ship will soon return to her home country, Germany for a massive refit. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then, the Summer snow is upon us. The sticky buds give way to a downy white fluff. From the Poplar trees, it flies through the air like a fine snow, a blizzard of sorts. It accumulates along the paths like a heavy dander. It tickles your nose, it covers the water. It blows inside your boat, a whole new definition of dust bunny. It is dangerously flammable. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After the snow, there are the usual mosquitos. No need to say more, and they are followed by the mud wasps. Seemingly harmless creatures, albeit a bit frightening looking, the mud wasps are merely intent on building their little com massive mud dwellings. Any crevice aboard your vessel, inside or out, is not immune to the industrious nature of these insects. After a rain you'll find them hovering over the mud, only to track it to some deep hideaway. The best solution I've come up with is to stuff a paper towel in such crevice. I don't like to use noxious sprays. So please don't be offended come July, if you happen to come aboard and see tufts of paper towel sticking out of here and there. I'm keeping the mud wasps out!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then come the real wasps. Yellowjackets. The kind that sting. They hover and congregate above anything remotely sweet. Your beer, your wine, your apple juice. Keep it covered or beware. Even last weeks spill. Your freshly shampooed hair. This year they seemed worse then ever. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All to soon the leaves turn and begin to fall. And here I stand tonight. Writing about all the changes I've witnessed as the days of the summer have passed us by. The marina has emptied out, and the boats are being hauled out. They dissapear daily. Our Island season has come to an end.</span></div>
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With the blast of weather that blew in over the weekend, I'm already missing the hot summer days. The tune 'Let's go the Ex!...' is still playing in my mind. I'm harkening back, as on the Friday of the long Labour Day weekend that's what we did! It had been years since either Gordon or myself had<a name='more'></a> been to the CNE, the Canadian National Exhibition, also known as the Ex. It marks the end of summer here in Toronto, and we thought it would be a great way to treat the Boy before school started the next week.<br />
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After indulging in a less than ideal breakfast of waffles and ice cream in the Food Building, we headed for the Skyride. It was a leisurely ride with an excellent breeze, high above the crowds and festivities we rode. We soaked up the lay of the land and planned what to do next. Let me tell you all those colours, sights, and sounds are a lot to take in! I should have taken more pictures but in the heat of the day, and the thrill of all the moments I wasn't overly snap happy.</div>
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I did however, win my Son a midway prize! I even upsized it for him with a successive win and he i<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">s as pleased as punch with his stuffed donut!</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> We also managed to squeeze in a couple of the performances presented, the Super Dogs, and the Boy's favorite, the Parkour Demonstration. It was a fantastic day, and the start of a yearly tradition!</span></div>
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And so, the Toronto 2015 Pan Am games have now wrapped up, and I have to say it was memorable from my experience! I wasn't able to partake in any spectatorship of any events due to my work <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>obligations but, I was able to catch a few glimpses of the sailing! The Royal Canadian Yacht Club<a name='more'></a> hosted the Sailing events, and it was great to see the Club come alive with all the Athletes, Coaches and Volunteers. Up next are the Para Pan Am Games!<br /></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This weeks muster is brought to you by my Husband Gordon. He hasn't had much of a presence here on our blog, though he has certainly provided plenty of insight, inspiration, and most importantly, a great deal of editing of my posts. This week, the photos have been taken by Gordon. These Toronto</span><a name='more'></a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> city skyline pics capture some of the beautiful colours that we witness regularly via our office, the Harbour. </span><br /></div>
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So it begins, another season on the Island! Yahoo! It would be an understatement to say that I, or rather, we, are not excited to relocate to our Island home. Our winter city side was cold, snowy, icy and rather uneventful. I can say we fulfilled our days just as everyone else going through the motions<a name='more'></a> of life. We have also been reflecting upon the fact that the end of April marked one year since we sailed from Belleville to return to the big city of Toronto. A year later, we won't hesitate to say that it was a great decision!<br />
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With our return to the Island comes some change to our routine, however it's a return to a familiar routine. Once again we will work, school and reside on the Island. A bit of paradise, and a small town in an otherwise big hectic city. With Toronto hosting the Pan Am Games this summer, the City will be teeming with busy-ness. Until that onslaught we are just reveling in the peace and serenity that accompanies being on the Island.</div>
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On a recent visit our Boy's Uncle and Aunt, aka Gordon's brother and his wife, T & E, gifted us the most unbelievable and uniquely special gift, a Lego rendition of our dear Good Ship Monster. True to the real thing she features tanbark sails, our prominent railing, a blue canvas Bimini even the graceful<a name='more'></a> sweep of our bow. There's lifejackets, binoculars, and a deck box full of tools. Lego memes of our whole family, including the dog are aboard.<br />
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Filling water is a prime example. It's easy peasy usually, connect the hose that is coiled up on our dock standard and within 10 minutes our 50 gallon tank is full. On those brutal days in the midst of freezing temperatures, we hope to get the tank filled within an hour. Before the ice settled in we laid a long length of water hose from our dock across and beneath the water to the main marina building to assist in the process. Approximately a 100 feet. Now, the ice surounding each end of the hose will have to be broken to in order attach the connecting hoses. In the main building there is a general hose that everyone is able to use, and with a bucket or so of hot water down our long hose, it's usually ready to connect. This depends on how long it took to break the end of our personal hose out of the ice. The other week the ice was so thick Gordon was able to stand on it and attack it with a fire axe. So you see, this could take some time. After turning on the water we return to our dockside to retrieve our end of the hose from beneath the ice, if need be. Hopefully as you haul it up to the surface, it is of course made fast with a lanyard, water should be steaming out flushing the hose. Then at last you can connect the other hose that attaches to our interior fill fitting and Bob's your uncle! Cross your fingers that there is good flow and pressure, and the tank should fill in 10-15 minutes. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Breaking ice is an everyday occurance for us winter liveaboard folk. An arduous task and preoccupation that could have dire consequences. As we are steel hulled it's not as imperative but we really don't like to be 'frozen in' as we say. Generally speaking the water agitators do the job. In the extreme cold we've experienced their efforts are just not enough. I've come to see quite an array of ice breaking techniques by now. Anything from a length of rebar, a 2" x 4", a weight on a long line, homemade and store bought edges, even a chainsaw, all in an effort to get the job done. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Our boat often resounds with the sound of a neighbor out on the dock, chop, chop, chopping away at the ice. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If you are lucky Mother Nature will help do the job for you. A light snow fall will act as insulation and the ice will break up itself, soon opening a small gap around the hull. Ideally, you want open water all around.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122729835330781724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802269937700264382.post-17112367397534221602015-02-19T22:09:00.001-08:002015-03-13T07:48:37.303-07:00Slow Down<div>
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I<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">n by last blog entry I remarked how I felt I was always wishing my life away. While 'wishing' may have not have been the most ideal word I could have used, the sentiment that I often find myself looking to what is next, particularly when it comes to the warm versus cold seasons, sailing seasons,</span><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> holds true. My days are really not occupied with mindless summer daydreams but rather with the ongoings of everyday life. Make coffee, get the Boy to school, errands, groceries, laundry, pick the Boy up from school, work, and oh, what's for dinner, and dishes. Always lots of dishes. Add in the usual ship checks too. With the days going through their courses, it seems they pass by quite rapidly. No, it doesn't 'seem' that way, they do pass quickly. Wasn't Christmas just last week? and now what to do on March Break is a topic of conversation. So really, where does this time go? On the other hand, these bitterly cold days of February feel endless and I'm hopelessly longing for summer. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What a conundrum. </span><br /></div>
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I<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">t's dawned on me in the past few weeks that nothing marks the passage of time more than the growth of our Son. He's about 5 and a half now. Already. Some days I just want to squeeze him up and not let go. I have even asked him to stop growing in an attempt to savor the moments. Every age is truly the best. I've recently taken to writting down all the super cute things he says. It may just be that I'm more aware by recording his Boy-isms, but they are tending to occur more frequently. I should have started sooner. As I write now in the middle of the night, (as I tend to do) he has since climbed into our bunk and his elbow rests on my chest, moving there from my ear. I hear him breathing. He kicks off the blankets. It is beyond fulfilling, it's a wordless emotion, to watch him grow, experience and learn new things, and develop into the amazing person he is becoming. Every day brings something new. Why is it all happening in the blink of an eye? I look at friend's pictures of their newborn babies, growing toddlers, and precious baby bumps and shake my head with wonder how it all passed so fast. I have pictures galore to mark all the milestones and birthdays, and everything in between. The school pictures too, are starting to accumulate. One day, I know he'll stop climbing into our bunk in favor of his own. No, I don't wish my life away. What I really want is for it to slow down. </span></div>
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I<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">t's the time of year when I start seriously pining for sun and warm, stinking hot sweltering days. I read recently that we are now in the dead of winter, a period when the average temperature doesn't drop nor does it climb. There's nothing but cold on our horizon. Thus, my countdown to our Island</span><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> return has begun... </span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I sometimes feel that I am wishing my life away, always looking forward to what is next. It seems like a natural feeling in the dead of winter, when everything is so stagnant. While there is something to be said for the beauty inherent in all the ice and snow lately, these cold icy days seem like they will last forever. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It comes as no surprise that all of our plans, activities and work revolve around nice sunny warm weather. Boat life in general, in our corner of the world, is always centered around one season to the next. Needless to say, I'm in want of the warm season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Here we are with another year upon us! All in all we have to say that 2014 was a pretty decent year to us. It was a year of great change as we adjusted to living aboard Monster and made a major move from Belleville/Kingston back to Toronto. We are now happily looking forward to what the months</span><a name='more'></a><br />
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