I'm a few days late blogging about the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, which was last weekend. It was my first time there and it was a lot of fun.
There were hundreds of wooden boats, from tall ships and steamers to canoes and kayaks and even gorgeous wooden paddleboards.
If you want to build a ship,
don't drum up the men to gather wood,
divide the work and give orders.
Instead, teach them to yearn
for the vast and endless sea..."
- Antoine de Saint Exupery
- Antoine de Saint Exupery
Many of the boats sported colorful flower arrangements, and the picturesque town of Port Townsend was filled with bright hanging flower baskets.
"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing --
half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
- Spoken by Ratty to Mole in Wind in the Willows
- Spoken by Ratty to Mole in Wind in the Willows
a children's book by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
Wooden kayaks against the brilliant blue sky. |
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