My Greenport Garden - April 2012

Ajuga reptans

tulips

more tulips

and espalier apple blossoms

Thanksgiving in Greenport NY

Families join to celebrate Thanksgiving in Greenport NY.
Left to right: Stuart, Terese, Jonathan, Kit, Frank, Seanna, Katy, Felix, Steve
Surnames: Bull, Hollingsworth, Hunt, Svoboda
On a leash: Dixie
Background: Mitchell Park Carousel

50 oysters in a pail

50 oysters in a pail with the gear required to service these mollusks. Crocs for wading. Scrub brush for cleaning the oyster cages of squirts that block the flow of tides, and the brush makes the oysters themselves look their best. Heavy duty rubber cloves protect the hands from the razor front edges of the shells.

1500 oysters in cages that will soon return to hanging from the dock of the Harbor Knoll Bed and Breakfast in Greenport NY.

Orca scene [pun] in waters off Greenport

I just finished an orca scene plunging into the waters off Mitchell Park in the Village of Greenport. This concept image is an .png 2D export from Google SketchUp and is to be included as an AR component of "Cellphonia: Whales" in my NYSCA proposal. And yes, I know the orca is not native to Greenport waters, read Wikipedia to learn more about he orca's usual habitat. The orca source is courtesy of Mandun.

AEOLUS - double ended skiff

AEOLUS is a double ended rowing and sailing skiff that my son Frank and I finished in 2009. This photo is taken at the inaugural launch from Preston's dock in Greenport NY. Aeolus is a lapstrake hull of stitch and glue construction from a kit supplied by Chesapeake Light Craft. She is 15 feet long and weighs only 95 lbs. Note her cotton lanteen sail from Lamu, Kenya.