January 26, 2006 - Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Birthday calendar part 2
I have not lived in snowy weather for 15 years, but I still can't get the idea that February is winter -by the northern half of this planet- and winter means snow -by the northern parts of the northern half of the planet- and snow means a reason to celebrate -by the kids living in temperate north sea climates in the northern parts of the northern half of the planet- out of my head. Though I was certainly not made for cold climates, I still miss the seasonal changes of my native land. So this is the February page of my birthday calendar. I made it with acrylic, tempera, and charcoal on paper.
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January 23, 2006 - Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Birthday calendar
Us odd Dutch people have been known to hang birthday calendars in our bathrooms or other practical places where we are forced to look at them regularly. However, this under no circumstances guarantees we will actually remember any particular birthday on or before the day in question or anytime thereafter. Anyway, I still felt I needed one, so here is the January page for my new birthday calendar. It is done in acrylic and charcoal on paper.
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January 12, 2006 - Isla Mujeres, Mexico
New work. Sort of.
Here's another painting that took forever to be finished. I started it somewhere around exactly a year ago, but never put the finishing touches on it until today. It's acrylic on paper, and it's called Winter Walks The Mountainside.
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January 4, 2006 - Miami, Florida
Outside the comfort zone
We delivered a 33' Quest (race-)sailboat from Mexico to Florida. Like most boats in Marina Paraiso, hurricane Wilma's rage had brought her down for a short stay on the bottom of the bay, effectively eliminating her electronics, big sails, and cooking facilities. A thorough once-over took care of essential electronics, emergency gear and small sails, but the stove was not a priority. So I prepared a variety of baked goods, and loaded the cabinets and ice box with bread, yoghurt, fruits, nuts, chocolate, crackers, cheetos, olives, and a bunch of canned foods I hoped we could stomach cold. Once underway, our first meal was a tuna salad sandwich, which is a perfectly tasty way to start three days of uncooked fare. But to my surprise, in spite of the calm weather and reasonably quiet wave action in the Gulf Stream, the tuna insisted on getting back into the water a couple of hours later.
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So I got seasick.
Thankfully I only had to hang over the side of the boat once. And I think it was mainly caused by some new doctor-prescribed chemicals I have been taking lately. But it was made worse by the fact that the boat, though very fast even with just a storm sail and small jib, was extremely uncomfortable. It was very smelly, noisy and bouncy inside, and there were no comfortable dry spots to sit outside. I think a big part of the seasickness thing happens in your head. For me, it starts when I get uncomfortable - I guess I just wasn't cut out to be a racer. And so it happened that I ended up spending that night, new year's eve and most of the rest of the trip packed up in foul weather gear on a small cushion in the cockpit of the boat (going inside made me instantly nauseous) while living on yoghurt, apples, nuts and crackers, and sending good wishes for the new year to everyone I know (yes. everyone.) into the cloudy night above the Gulf of Mexico. Happy 2006.
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