Sarah | August 20, 2011
Ekk is away at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum‘s Colonial Trades & Crafts Fair this weekend. Due to another obligation, I unfortunately can’t attend. I’ve got some spare time today to put together another post while I wait for Ekk to return with his camera and tell me all about it.
In the mean time, I’ve [...]
Sarah | August 10, 2011
“A Female Sailor,” from the Sydney Morning Herald, July 10 1840.
Extract of a letter from an officer of the Robert Small, dated in that ship off the Cape of Good Hope, the 20th of October 1839. The Robert Small sailed from London last August.
“A very singular case has been discovered on board our ship; we [...]
Ekk | August 7, 2011
Just before we went to Ogdensburg, I bought some hemlock boards to start Heron’s planking. I’d made a “soaking tank” from the remains of the portable garage (that discorporated late last winter). The planks went in to soak.
Boards in the soaking tank. Small frogs have taken up housekeeping and use the boards as beachside property.
Why [...]
Brian | July 27, 2011
[ August 20, 2011 10:00 am to August 21, 2011 5:00 pm. ] The crew of the Merganser will be participating in the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s “18th Century Trades & Crafts” event in Vergennes, VT on August 20-21, 2011.
Stroll the grounds with us and chat with 18th-century reenactors as they share their knowledge and skills. Learn about the way of life for those in the American Revolution [...]
