Project and some boat stuff...

Joan has been working on another quilt - cute fabrics, including some guitar and cat stuff.  She downplays what she makes, but I think this is really nice...

More detail work to go.

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This morning, I sent this photo to my kid, to show her how furry Rufus has gotten since she has last seen him...

With her two Siberian Forest Cats, she knows FURRY - Rufus isn't close to that, but he has come a long ways since we first rescued him.

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The boat stuff...

Late this morning, we took John and Ruth out for some hands-on with Cool Change.  They haven't owned a boat before and would like to get a pontoon the size of ours.  We tried for yesterday, but Mother Nature blessed us with a gentle rain.  Today was overcast and breezier, but a good time to see how the boat handles that.

I drove the boat out the canal, then let John take the helm for a while.  Taking things slowly, I had him go forward, turn both directions, pick something on-shore to head towards - he did fine with it.  Then, time for Ruth to get some helm experience...

We even saw a couple dolphins while maneuvering in the turning basin...

I figured an hour or so of explaining boat things and giving them both some time to try it, we headed back in.  At the dock, we visited for a bit, then said our good-byes.  I think they have a bit more understanding about what all is involved with this, and said they'd take my advice to take a class and learn more.

When I came into the house, Joan said, "Would you like me to make some sandwiches for lunch and we'll head back out on the boat?"

"Absolutely."  I really enjoy our time together on the boat... and, food.

I went back to the boat to get it set up for just us two, while she made lunch.  "Food delivery!"

The wind was blowing around 16, but the temperature was in the mid-70s.  Nice to be out and about...

We at our lunch while heading to the ship channel, planning to run east.  We saw a lone dolphin watch boat before that, but decided to let them have 'em to themselves.

This guy had the marker all to himself...

Then, our first view of some dolphins...

We had 4 or 5 - they were more interested in feeding than checking us out...

Listening to the commercial whale watch folks on the VHF, it didn't sound like anyone was seeing much activity.  We enjoyed having these to ourselves, including quite a few views of this Mom and baby...

You have to look close to the first and third images above - baby face!

We enjoyed cruising around, then headed for home.

Rufus was waiting for us - I think he was a bit miffed that he didn't get to go out today...