Starlings in the garden
These Starlings are such characters.
Day 336, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Wooden Block and tackle
After a walk out in the cold from Southwold to Walberswick and back I have dived into the Harbour Inn for a coffee. There sitting on the window sill one of 2 wooden blocks and tackle. Obviously from some wooden boat from the harbours past it is a thing of both beautiful and function.
Day 335, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Birch Tea light
I love this Silver birch tea light holder. The trunk is hollowed out for the glass jar slips into. Candles add a nice warmth to a cold evening.
Day 334, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
River Hundred Sluice
The River Hundreds needs a little encouragement to get to sea at Kessingland. Yes it needs a pumping station to get it up and over the single bank otherwise it would flood and threaten the lower parts of the village. However the pumping station and sluice is also under threat from storm surges from the sea. The delicate balance of the East Anglian Coast.
Day 333, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Working on Excelsior
Currently up on the hard Excelsior (LT 472) is having some much needed work done under the waterline. Here is Gavin the skipper after earlier adding some oakum (a process known as caulking) now applying some tar. Excelsior can be viewed for the next couple of weeks from the footpath that runs along the northern side of Lake Lothing in Lowestoft. Excelsior was built in Lowestoft in 1921 and is now one of only a handful of wooden smacks still sailing today, she is close to my heart with my Great Grandfather once owning Deodar and Sunbeam which still both sail in Sweden.
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