There is a difference between naked, nekked, and nakey. Naked means you have no clothes on. Nekked means you have no clothes on and you're up to something. Nakey is cute naked... like a little kid playing in the sprinkler... or little Isabella without her harness. Wait, you didn't think I was going to post naked photos of the Blonde, did you?
We have a routine: I play guitar, Joan comes into the guitar room, and Izzy follows her. Joan brushes Izzy, after taking off her harness. Since Iz doesn't like to go for walks here, she gets to run around nakey for a while...
Sweet in all her freshly brushed fur. She has a slightly concerned look on her face... there is more activity than usual around the house. She knows what that means.
The process has begun: stashing and gathering. Stuff is off the deck, so no grilling or TV watching out there. For a while. The walls in the guitar room are looking bare. Speaking of guitars (and I have been doing that more lately), I mentioned that the new Emerald X7 is a "small guitar." Not ukulele small, but smaller than my other guitars. My two carbon fiber guitars...
The RainSong Shorty is on the left, the Emerald X7 on the right. If you look close, the neck sizes are pretty close in size - the X7 is 3/4" shorter. The body size on the Emerald is smaller and thinner. Yes, the Shorty is louder (size matters with an acoustic guitar). The headstock (where the tuning keys are at the top of the neck) is also smaller on the X7. Interesting design on that Emerald headstock: it is shaped so the strings run straight from the nut to the tuning keys. I don't know if that makes any difference, but it seems like there would be less sideways pressure on the strings.
Oh, there are some pretty wood guitars, too; but these carbon fiber guitars travel nicely. Wood acoustic guitars need to live where the humidity is 45 - 50% humidity. Not an easy thing to control when you are RV or boat cruising. Joan asked if I wanted to take both of these... there is a finite amount of room in the Aspect. And, I bought the X7 because of its compact size. Here's a look at the Shorty (left) and a Taylor all mahogany, similar size, on the right...
There is a lot of stuff moving beyond our deck, too. The three oil rigs that are being temporarily stored in the turning basin are now 4 rigs. And some big tugs playing "musical chairs," moving these giants around...
It will be interesting to see what's next in the turning basin.
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