Good Morning!

[Sue]

That palm tree is no doubt in thousands and thousands of tourist photos around the world.  It's very photogenic as are the chickens.   

What a hoot!  Or a cluck, I guess you'd say.

Sue

[stoneaxe]

My addition to the Good Morning thread.

Paddlecam pic on a wave.


Wipeout

[Sue]

COOL!   

Sue in Vancouver

[Sue]

Oh dear, our brave captain be sidelined with a bloomin' pain in her gut!  Laz, do you know of some place with a voo-doo doctor or sumpthin' that can cure our beloved Cap't Deb!  She be in terrible pain, that one.  She's in sick-bay and she's cussin' sumpthin' fierce.  Most of the crew is afeared of gittin' anywhere near her, for fear of the consequences.  Help!  Somebody help!

Wench Sue in Vancouver, USA

[Captain Deb]

@#&%!  %$#@ *&%$#ing %$#@* pain in me @%$#ing gut! &*%$#! AAAWWWWWWKKKKKK!  AAAAARRRRRR!!!!! Fetch me a rusty %&*$#@ing cutlass! I'm ready to cut the thing out meself!!!

Capt Deb

PS Awesome pics Stoneaxe, just awesome!  Never been paddleboarding but windsurfing used to be my thing when I lived in the Virgin Islands.  Nothing like the feel of a board on a wave, no matter what kind!!

[joebloggs]

Good morning all... it's a gorgeous day here today and I just washed my hair for the first time 13 days after surgery... bliss!!

Hope it's a lovely day where you are xx

[Captain Deb]

Hope none o' thet purty pink color came out! It is AWESOME!!! It also matches the hull of our boat, the Princess Batty Wench.  Shower spins a bit don't it??? WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!  Baby Shampoo worked for me and allowed me to keep my eyes open which stopped the spinnies.  Ain't clean hair great??

Hugs and welcome aboard, JB!!

Capt Deb

[joebloggs]

Captain Deb!

I had read one of your posts saying baby shampoo was the go - I got some yesterday in readiness... worked a treat, no tears, no probs and super soft hair!  Alas the pink wig hasn't been on for a while... think now is the time though!!

[Brendalu]

Capt Deb,

I really like your new avatar......Sadie is really growing up, I hope her Momma doesn't!!  You bring so many smiles to all of us, I wish I could send you something to make the pain go away.  A keg of rum sounds good to me, but the spinning might be a little hard to take!!
You're in my thoughts and prayers...............
Hugs,
Brendalu

[CROOKEDSMILE]

Cap. Deb.,
Could you please tell me some things about your life. It sounds so storybook. You are an artist. Right? You lived in the Virgin Islands. Right? You were captain of a sailboat? I'm catching some of it but I would love to know where you lived and what you did and I have gathered that Dr. Love is your husband. Is this a nickname or is this is profession and real name? I haven't been around as long as some of these folks so I am getting bits and pieces but your life just sounds sooooooooooo neat.
Angie

[Sue]

Cap't Deb needs to write her swash buckling story.  It'd be a best seller! 

Sue in Vancouver USa

[Captain Deb]

Garsh Miss Angie Wench, it ain't no big deal.  Me Pappy moved to St Croix in the Virgin Islands from Cleveland in the late 60's and opened a veterinary practice down there and I followed him down when I got bored with college in 1971.  I alternated between being a self-employed artist and working on charter sailboats and got a captain's license in 1979. I ran a big glitzy 51 foot ketch doing term charters, ran a day sailer, a ferry, and ended up living on St John for a while painting clothing and commuting to St Thomas and Tortola as a rent-a-captain for the bareboat companies.  Then I opened a hand-painted clothing store on St Croix in 1987.  In 1989 Hurricane Hugo devastated the island and destroyed my house and the economy of the island and I moved to Boone, NC in 1990 and  got in art school at Appalachian State in Boone, NC where my Dad had retired to. I met Dr Love,( who is a real Dr since he has a PhD,) the first day of class! We started dating shortly after I graduated and got married 2 years later.  I was taking Dr Love back to the islands just about every year for vaycay till the dreaded AN showed up! He loves it down there.

That's me life in a nutshell since inquiring minds want to know. Thanks fer askin! No need to write a book when a paragraph will do!

Capt Deb

[Captain Deb]

Inside that paragraph is years of living out of a duffle bag, being a vagabond,  seeing most of the islands of the Caribbean and having a pretty interesting time of it I must admit!

Capt Deb

[msmaggie]

Hey Capt. Deb,

You are living in my dad's family's stomping grounds!  His family (Farthing) was from Boone, NC, and there are still lots of them all over that mountainous area.  I haven't been there in years, but remember it as very beautiful.  Farthing is not a common name, but when I was sixteen ( I think I can remember that far back  ) I looked in the Boone phone book and saw lots of Farthings.  Have never seen one in any phone book since then, and I have lived LOTS of places.

Priscilla

[Captain Deb]

What an incredibly small world! Farthing Auditorium is right next to the Art Department at Appalachian State University. Before it moved to it's current location, the University's art gallery was there and also where I asked Dr Love out on our first date after my senior exhibit! (Cheeky me!)

Capt Deb