Thursday, 26 March 2020

Bringing in the Boat in Days of Old

I, as usual, got ahead of myself and had written a couple of posts before virus time which were never published so I will post these over the next few days.  Photos and stories of the glorious olden days.

 February 2020


Winter is the time the fishermen haul in their boats to scrub the barnacles of their (boats) bottoms, wash the decks and give them a lick of paint




The Arion is brought onto land by son-in-law and all his friends

Job well done.  The boat is safe.
Time to party



And a few weeks later the boat goes back into the water
Same place, same scenario,  but with a brightly painted, barnacle free boat




It's party time again



A little rain didn't stop the fun

I'm not allowed to say 'good fishing', that brings bad luck to a fisherman, so, as they say elsewhere,  'break a leg'


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12 comments:

  1. JayCee26 March 2020 at 10:41

    Any excuse for a party is good.

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    1. local alien26 March 2020 at 13:33

      That's how it used to be and somehow I think it will continue...later

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  2. wisps of words26 March 2020 at 10:56

    Remember...

    When life was usual...

    And also, when life was less hectic. But living on your island, life has not ever been as hectic, as other places, I suppose.

    One lady was remembering, when they and another family, were the only people "on their mountain." And there were no school buses or etc. The quiet of that life, in time gone by.

    Remember... Your island... And know, all that will come back. It will...

    Gentle hugs,
    🌸 🌸 🌸

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  3. local alien26 March 2020 at 13:34

    Life is certainly less hectic now. Plenty of time to finish off the small stuff I've put aside or put off. Potter potter. Just the way I like it

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  4. At Home In New Zealand26 March 2020 at 14:36

    I'm glad it was the boat they were scraping the barnacles off LOL :))

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    1. local alien27 March 2020 at 00:14

      Just the boat but meantime they got rid of a bit of rust in their larynx!

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  5. angela26 March 2020 at 16:31

    Didn’t know saying good fishing was bad luck. I won’t ever say it again
    Me bad lol

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    1. local alien27 March 2020 at 00:14

      My husband won't go fishing if I dare, and I don't, to say good luck.

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  6. Cro Magnon26 March 2020 at 21:59

    Lovely boat; she looks beautiful with her nice bottom.

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    1. local alien27 March 2020 at 00:16

      All ready for another years fishing. It's a family boat. He went out night fishing with granddaughter last week

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  7. Sol27 March 2020 at 09:37

    how is it going there? we are ok here at present. are you planting a garden this year?

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    1. local alien27 March 2020 at 10:50

      My garden more or less ready but it's raining and the only thing I have to plant are pumpkin seeds. They always do well so I shall push them in every spare space. Just waiting for sunshine and hopefully some plants at the plant shoo

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