"Come Sail Away . . . "
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| “Every ship has her own personality, the tricks she does, the foibles she has.” - Errol Flynn (from Architectural Digest) |
Greetings,
Because of a new project around here - we all totally have yachts on the brain. Not one of the ultra-modern boats - but, more of a vintage 1940's kinda yacht. Beautiful woodwork. Gleaming with varnish. Bold navy and white striped textiles. Tan ankles in tattered boat shoes. And wide-brimmed hats shielding sun-glassed eyes from the afternoon sun.
Sean Kennedy’s motor yacht, the Mariner III, was restored by designers Robert
Bray, Michael Schaible and Mitchell Turnbough to a condition recalling
its 1920s construction. The bridge deck, with its view into
the pilot house, is used for sunbathing.
She is an object of beauty and strength,
and I stand and watch until at last she hangs
like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says, " There she goes! "
and I stand and watch until at last she hangs
like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says, " There she goes! "
- from Henry Van Dyke's "The Parable of Immortality"
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| President Kennedy, out on the water . . . |
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| Or maybe - something simple. And plastic. And lego? Cheers, Scot |
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The decks are trimmed with gold,
And of jam and spice there's a paradise in the hold.
My ship's aglow with a million pearls
And rubies fill each bin,
The sun sits high in a sapphire sky when my ship comes in.
I can wait the years
Till it appears
One fine day one spring,
But the pearls and such
They won't mean much if there's missing just one thing.
I do not care if that day arrives
That dream need never be,
If the ship I sing doesn't also bring
My own true love to me,
If the ship I sing doesn't aalso bring my own true love to me.
Kurt Weil- Lady in the Dark.
omg. perfect!
Ain't it a great song? sigh...