Dad in the kitchen

I caught Dad in the kitchen, I believe he was making his beloved Potato Salad. Unlike most men his age he has enjoyed cooking most of his life.
 

When I was a kid he took over the bread baking (from Mom when she said she did not have the strength to kneed 9 loaves) every Sunday morning.

 

Florida for the winter…

Then it is off to Cape Coral Florida for the winter.  First things first since it is December 23 it is time to bake cookies.  Sharon and Rose come over to help.

 

The finished product…

Old and new – another project is completed…finally.

 

One last router job.

Then Mark finishes the engine room door with routing the edges – the last of many, many router tasks performed over the years.

Mark refinishes the engine room door.

Another task that has waited while we cruised is the engine room door. The Formica has been stored for quite some time under the v-berth bunk.  Here Mark is applying a little muscle to the gluing process.

 

Chris’ Final Varnish job on Silhouette

Almost 11 years after we purchase s/v Silhouette nee’ Scorpio I finish varnishing the trim that has waited to be done since before we took off cruising on 3/9/2009.  Whew!  It is (with hindsight) a very bittersweet moment.

Leaving Silhouette slowly…

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So…even though there are still projects undone we put Silhouette on the market 10/09/2014 – ironically exactly 5 years and 7 months to the day we took off cruising – 03/09/2009.