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A Cat In the Family Now

It was rather impulsive but last month we bought a new boat. It started with a sort of sketchy uncertain plan for all four of us Fuchses to sail somewhere together. Jake is sort of missing boat life. We miss Jake. It seems like a good thing. The only problem was our Moody’s lack of […]

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Wichita Mountains Hike

Lily and I are playing around in Oklahoma this week. We spent yesterday catching up with Carl and Faye. Today, we went with Toni and Danny for a hike on Dog Run Trail in the Wichita Mountains. It was a little grey for working on my photography but awesome fall weather for the hike. Posting […]

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Tampa Bay To Kemah

We made the Tampa Bay to Kemah trip in about three weeks. Here is the quick run down: Tampa to Pensacola – Made terrible time getting out of Tampa Bay with the tide and wind working against us. First night out, our heading was almost entirely in to the wind and the autopilot seemed unable […]

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Back To Homeschool Countdown

We are getting all prepared to start back to homeschool next week. We ordered this year’s math books a couple of days ago and have multiplication and division flashcards ready and waiting. We have bought several fiction books for Lily’s silent reading and have some more advanced literature and poetry to read aloud and discuss. […]

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Finally Back To Foxtrot

We’ve been away six months and so much has changed. One the first day we arrived, Lily went on a marina kid hunt. We already knew that several of Lily’s Harborage buddies had moved on down the coast or back home to their other lives. However, Lily was hopeful that there would be new kids […]

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Birthday Bash

The week started out with GLEN’S 9th birthday party!! Lily was invited for pizza, cake and fun times up at the Bayboro cafe. All week, Glen, Chase and Lily have been playing with Glen’s new game, Bey Blades. This is pretty exciting for Lily since, as you can see from the bottom picture, she has […]

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Building A Better Fort

Lily came tearing down the companionway and back to the aft cabin to accost me with her news. “Ms. Tammy said I can help her back to her boat with her laundry. We are going to ask Mr. Dylan to come see our fort. He is really good at making forts and Ms. Tammy said […]

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Downtown Farmers Market

We had a quiet week around here. Lily and I got in the homeschooling groove again. Over Christmas, we waded at a nearby beach and the shallow water had numerous round, jelly like growth that were anchored in the sand by a single tap root. So for science this week, we tried to identify the […]

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