Back home

Well the last time I went to the airport was the best. That was when I got to pick up my wife and our friend Harley and bring her back to the boat. It is interesting to me that there are people for whom the liveaboard life is just natural. It is for me and it is for her. I am so very thankful to have found someone that could get me thinking about doing this so easily. It has been a life change that is most welcome.

Now that carrie is back with us on the Clarion, it seems that things are "Back to normal." It feels like the boat is breathing easily again. Good feeling.

A day at Deception Pass

I created this piece as another test of the D300s but also because the day was just too beautiful at the park. This contains the full length song "I love the rain the most" by Joe Purdy. A great song for a beautiful day as the summer gave way to fall.

At the dock

At the dock from Thor Radford on Vimeo.

Here is a new video testing out the Nikon D300s that I shot yesterday. I rather like the way the camera shoots but I need a lot more time to get used to it to make good video. I figure it goes here since I shot all of the footage on dock 4 where the Clarion is moored. It is all about the place around my home.

The video of Carrie's and my trip to Japan for the eclipse of the century. This is nothing more than a glorified "How I spent me summer vacation" thing but enjoy nonetheless.

Yesterday on Lake Washington

Richard, Garth Bonnie and I got out on the lake again yesterday and had a fantastic day of sailing. Great day and great company. If only Carrie had been here it would have been perfect. Enjoy the short video. I sure enjoyed making it.

Brightwork starts anew...

It is August. A time when most sane people are using their boats and running all around the lakes and sound on them. I am not doing that. Well, OK I am, but I also have to do the dirty work that comes with being a boat owner. That means brightwork. Those who are unfamiliar with the term be warned it is not the most fun thing to do in the mid summer heat. Taping. Sanding. Varnishing. Not fun at all.

The boat has her ways of telling you that she needs you though, and ours did so yesterday when I looked down at the grab rails I finished just a few short months ago to find that they were starting to rub clean of the varnish I so lovingly applied. No time to lose! I had to get going. So now I am out there in the afternoons working on the woodwork when I could be swimming... Oh well, that's the life of a sailor.

And that is fine with me.

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

It was time for me to let the girls go this morning. I know that Riley has been very excited to get bak to her dads house in Louisville and I understand that but I also know there will be a really big, girl-shaped hole in a lot of people's lives here in Seattle with her leaving. I miss her already.

Carrie is also away for a fairly long time. She will be off the boat for a month and a half staying with Riley and getting her ready for the coming school year. I know that I am not the only one who will miss her too.

For now I have the chance to do some projects that I couldn't do with the family here but those jobs are little comfort when compared to the hours of quiet that used to be filled with the fun times with Carrie and Riley.