I don’t know what it is about this time of year, but it’s always the craziest – and has been for time out of mind. I do think though that it’s even crazier now because of Ye Olde Boat Museum and all the things that go with a summer there.

At least this year there won’t be 235 tons of heavy metal slouching its way up Museum Drive – so one would think it would be quieter.

Not so.

But I’m not complaining – as I’m having an incredible ride.

We’re going to go to Richmond in the next couple of days to see Dublingirl and family which will be lovely. They’ve been out in the wilds of Colorado for a long time and have now migrated eastward – alighting ever so briefly in Virginia. It should be a lovely evening wherever we decide to meet.

I was good and actually didn’t purchase the giant cricket puppet to honour the occasion……

Right now I’m getting ready for a week off from the madness that is work – which is something that I never thought I would need so much. But I certainly do. Before my brain melts.

My mind stays buried in ironclads and columbiads so much at work these days that I have actually taken to seeking out books that have neither in them.

It’s actually not that hard…..

But right now I’m in the midst of Seabiscuit – which is about as far away from maritime history as one can get (though not as far as one would think since the daggone horse is named after shipboard food…..). Anyway – I’m thoroughly enjoying the respite from black powder and steam engines as I lose myself in the world of bug boys and hundred granders.

Well, this is a whole lot of nothing. But I wanted to say something lest folks think that I had been abducted by Civil War reenactors or somesuch.

Not that it would be a bad thing, mind you…….

Happy 200th birthday to John Ericsson tomorrow. Do something Swedish to celebrate!

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