Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Water Song

Aloha!



Play today's song (above) if you care to.

When you live on a boat, the sound of flowing water is never good.





A sailor's ear becomes exquisitely attuned

to all the subtle sounds

that water makes when it is moving.

It could even wake you up!




If water is finding it's way inside,
a trip to the dry dock is indicated-
Or you might sink!

Of course it took no special skills to notice the flowing river
in our engine room yesterday.

Were pumps and panic in my immediate future?

I'm happy to tell you that we had a plumbing issue.

YaY!

In fact I've never been so happy to have a
"mere"
plumbing issue!

So our life afloat is going swimmingly. . .

er, that is: I won't need to swim for now.

And next time you have some maintenance issue at YOUR place
just remember, it could always be worse.
At least you probably won't sink


For past posts about our boat life, you can click HERE , HERE or HERE .


and if you REALLY loved the song, here is a video of same:

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

CC, so glad you didn't sink!

BLOGitse said...

What a song... :)
Aloha from Casa!

Rosaria Williams said...

Yeah, water sounds when you're on the water, are never soothing. You do have to develop another sense, don't you? We just think it is so romantic, swaying with the water.
Hope your plumbing problem doesn't send you on land permanently.

Betty Manousos said...

Wow! I love these photos, especially the first and second one!

Stunning!

Big hugs+Aloha!

B xx

Anonymous said...

Whew! Just wet feet, eh? I figured your boat had some plumbing, but didn't know it had a reservoir big enough to cause a flood. Keep that kayak handy! Aloha, DrumMajor

The Weaver of Grass said...

That puts a whole new light of hearing running water Cloudia.

Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades. said...

We took our boat out this past weekend but we dont live on it!
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Cloudia said...

Nice to see YOU! Thanks

Anonymous said...

Always two hand full of water beneath your keel.


daily athens

DeniseinVA said...

Very glad that it was just a plumbing problem Cloudia. No, didn't want to see you swimming unless you were doing it for fun.
An English Girl Rambles

Junosmom said...

Yes, true, I will not sink. I do sometimes wonder, given that we live on karst land (sink holes, caves and springs) if the earth might not someday swallow up my house, but it hasn't happened yet.

We do have quite a few people who occasionally get the Ohio River in their living rooms, but thankfully, not me.

Carol said...

So glad that it wasn't more serious. Thank you for your sweet comment today!

Nancy said...

You are living the life I have always dreamed about - plumbing issues and all.

Cloudia said...

Thank You

Teresa said...

We had a plumbing issue today, too, but all it meant was that I couldn't do my laundry before school. Now I have to wait for the weekend...

Glad to know you're still afloat and that Miss Kitty is not fish food.

magiceye said...

keep floating!!

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!!

Phivos Nicolaides said...

Aloha friend from Cyprus!

Cloudia said...

Aloha!

bichonpawz said...

Love the photos! Aloha from NY Cloudia!!

Brian Miller said...

yeah, thats not good...glag you caught yours..

aloha from VA!

Bhavesh Chhatbar said...

Wo! That moon rainbow is too good!! We get to see it sometimes here too :)

Anonymous said...

Glad you're still afloat. Those photos are just stunning!

Dianne said...

we have so many plumbing issues in this damn old sweet dear house but it never before dawned on me that we won't sink

thanks :)

David Cranmer said...

Glad to hear you discovered it in time.

Hilary said...

Ack.. I'm glad you remained afloat. Love that second image.

Cloudia said...

Aloha Cool Persons!!

Rajesh said...

Beautiful shots of amazing variety. My favorites are the shining rack and lovers at the sunset.