Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (1889)

by Eugene Field

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
   Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
   Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
   The old moon asked the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring fish
   That live in this beautiful sea;
   Nets of silver and gold have we!”
                     Said Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

The old moon laughed and sang a song,
   As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
   Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
   That lived in that beautiful sea—
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish—
   Never afeard are we”;
   So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
                     Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

All night long their nets they threw
   To the stars in the twinkling foam—
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
   Bringing the fishermen home;
’T was all so pretty a sail it seemed
   As if it could not be,
And some folks thought ’t was a dream they’d dreamed
   Of sailing that beautiful sea—
   But I shall name you the fishermen three:
                     Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
   And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
   Is a wee one’s trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
   Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
   As you rock in the misty sea,
   Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:
                     Wynken,
                     Blynken,
                     And Nod.

Back in Forida, Sweet St. Augustine

I got balls!  Argh!  Balls of steel!
(After 3000 miles at sea...)

 

Savannah, Georgia

Safe harbour in beautiful Savannah, Georgia.  Savannah is built around a couple of dozen squares with park and green area, fountains and statues and surrounded by centuries old mansions, antique shops and ghosts!  An insular old town with a lot of secrets.

Dock space for 5 boats in the old port.

Beautiful sites around every corner.

The center of one of the squares.

Spanish Moss on Live Oak

The infamous Mercer House.  Read "In the Garden of Good and Evil"

Southport, North Carolina

Don't worry...this is NOT us!

there is no cutting corners!

Southport, North Carolina
Pirate Party!

B&B in Annapolis while the boat was hauled out to replace the cutlass bearing and put in a thru hull.

Intercostal Waterway Lock in the Dismal Swamp, North Carolina.  20 boats packed in!

pirate ship

Elizabeth City Voted the Most Welcoming!!!
If 5 boats come in at the same time the townspeople welcome us with wine and cheese and the women get roses!   Karen at the grocery store picked up cruisers at the dock and brought us back!

Washington, D.C.

CAPITAL HILL, D.C.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

THE WHITE HOUSE!
HELLO OBAMAS!









                                         


Smithonian Institutes:

          Air and Space Center

Gallery of Modern Art

                                                   

Spying outside the Spy Museum

Lunch with Wade's good friend and law school buddy, Jim.

A full afternoon at the Washington Master's Art Gallery.

   

                                 Toulouse at the Washington Masters Art Gallery.  The Art Gallery was Wade's favorite at the Smithsonian.

New York New York!!!!

   We made it! 

Arriving in New York City.

Our view of the Big Apple from our slip in Newport Marina, NYC

.... just past the Colgate clock...

Zephyr and Thomas and Baby come aboard from Costa Rica.

Time Square

The Liberty Girls  Zephyr and Jane

Aren't we cute!

Museum of Natural History

Metropolitan Art Gallery

Gaughin....Tahiti here we come!

Zephyr and Janie leave for India and Nepal.

Wade and I say goodbye and back to Broadway to see Wicked...Wicked!!

We also had seen Billy Elliot with the fam.

After a night anchorage at Great Kills we head off to explore Long Island. "Catch ya later Miss Liberty!"

Leaving the Big Apple under the Brooklyn Bridge

 

My favorite building.... The Chrysler Building

We loved Long Island!  So much history and "fishstory" with pasts of whaling and storms at sea.  Floods that ruined villages and the patron saints often single woman or widows that restored the sea-side towns that have become havens for tourists and summer homes and refuges for the rich and famous.  We enjoyed the Hamptons and Sag Harbour, Port Jefferson.  We had a great time at the Greenport Brewery tasting espresso dark brew and a pumpkin ale just to name a couple of the delicious beer brewed on site but first took a spin (actually went 'round twice) on a restored carousel!

Bluefish, wine and a new dress!

...and a gorgeous sunset with my honey....what more could a girl ask for?!

Swans visiting our boat for appies at cocktail hour at Sag Harbour (and Montauk!)

They smelled the barbeque!

              Surfing buddy Rick MacMurray and Wade at a photoshoot in Montauk.  Shaka  bro!

                                                               Surfing Ditch Plains

                                Montauk Lighthouse.  The first lighthouse in New York State.

View from the lighthouse...wedding and paddle boarders.

Frequenting Liar's Pub.  Just one of the many docks where fisherman bring in thier catch and, deservedly, quench the thirst!  Lots of Striped Bass in these waters!

Ahar mate!