Susie Byrd Longlining in the Gulf

Susie who goes lobstering with a bunch of my guys in the summer sent me this video. She’s down in Florida longlining.

Enjoy-

My Baby is no longer a baby

My Baby is no longer a baby, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

OK I’m really really having a tough time with this.

Since the Bean was a couple months old she slept and put herself to sleep with her two binkies. One orange, and one pink.

The Mrs and I have been lamenting the day that we would have to take the binkies away because we figured that Ellie would never get to sleep without them, and the horror show it would be trying to get her to sleep.

Out of the blue last night she tells her mom that she wants to give her binkies to the fishies and lobsters down at daddy’s wharf.

So she came down and tossed them to the fishies without even batting an eyelash. What was supposed to be this trying time of transition into being a little girl from a baby happened in the blink of an eye.

And I’m pretty sad about it.

It’s the last thing of her being a baby, and there’s no turning back.

Whoa.

The Bean With Her Sparkly Markers

Newport Sailing Center Boom

Newport Sailing Center Boom, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Hard Core Dockage in Newport, RI

Hard Core Dockage, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

I don’t know who footed the bill for these floats, but they are about the most heavy duty I’ve ever seen.

These docks are seriously beefy.

Beat Up Lobster Skiffs

Beat Up Lobster Skiffs, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

The juxtaposition of the beat up old lobster skiffs in the cove next to a monster mansion.