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Thursday, 5 September 2013

Row Your Boat - Sepia Saturday

There is an old nursery rhyme called  'Row, Row, Row Your Boat.' Before I could match the theme


I had to find me a boat by searching the house. This is what I found.

Boats a plenty - one one the left, a single rower?
Try as I might I can hardly claim a rowing boat in the next picture along.

Beached!
Looking for a model answer all I could come up with was 

A model yacht
I got quite excited when I enlarged the photo bomb.

Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
So a old photo of the Transporter (and two tugs) has made it across to Michigan - but again not a rowing boat in sight.

I wonder whether I can claim a model rowing boat

Two oars - but a sail as well
In desperation I thought back to my time in Norway.

But the rower had abandoned ship!
I guess that's a hint for a landlubber like me to hand you over to other champion rowers at Sepia-saturday-193.




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23 comments:

  1. tony5 September 2013 at 23:06

    There Is Something So Calming About Sailing Boats.They Represent A Perfect Pace For Life!

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  2. La Nightingail6 September 2013 at 00:06

    A nice effort for a landlubber. :)) I like your model boats - especially the row/sail boat with all its model paraphernalia!

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  3. Alan Burnett6 September 2013 at 11:09

    Take a boat, lots of water and lots of sky and you always seem to get a photo that screams loneliness. Even that last photo, the one with the snow, does too.

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  4. Jackie van Bergen6 September 2013 at 12:44

    Some beautiful model ships, did you make them?
    And no wonder the rower abandoned ship - it was too cold - that is snow on the bank isn't it!?

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  5. Colleen G. Brown Pasquale6 September 2013 at 12:50

    Wonderful boats! Our son in law, the sailor, would love to visit you.

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  6. Anonymous6 September 2013 at 14:08

    What great models.

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  7. Unknown6 September 2013 at 16:53

    Interesting shot, that last one, with the rowboat by the rocks; snow, snow, snow...I never think about rowing in winter...

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  8. Little Nell6 September 2013 at 18:02

    I always wanted one of those model yachts; I'll just have to do with your model posts instead!

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  9. Postcardy6 September 2013 at 18:15

    It sounds like you live in a boat house!

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  10. Bob Scotney6 September 2013 at 19:53

    Jackie van Bergen - the models belong to my son-in-law. I shall have to ask him. We are staying with him and my daughter for a few weeks.
    It is snow during a Norwegian winter.

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  11. Hilary Melton-Butcher6 September 2013 at 21:16

    Hp Bob .. good selection and so pleased your SIL enjoys his models ..

    Love the photos and the 'desperation' to find some rowers!

    You should be here this weekend - the Mayor's Thames Festival ... a spectacle of colour with 350 boats ... and 24,000 competitors ... I was going to visit Tower Bridge tomorrow - but thought I'd defer .. can't take the scrum!!

    Should be an amazing site with the Thames and its marathon event .. I'm looking forward to seeing the report backs ...

    Cheers and enjoy the rest of your visit - glad I reminded you of home in my latest post!! Hilary

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  12. Alex Daw6 September 2013 at 22:34

    Beautiful pictures - and I love those models too. I've always hankered after a model boat. The local trash and treasure shop tempts me....

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  13. Alex Daw6 September 2013 at 22:35

    Lovely pictures. I like the models too. There's something about a model boat.

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  14. Joan6 September 2013 at 22:49

    You found so many boats in the house-- sea lovers, or just like models and pictures of boats? Whichever, it was a nice Sepian view.

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  15. Mike Brubaker7 September 2013 at 02:31

    Boats aplenty and that's pretty good for being away from home. Fancy taking passage on a ship for your return?

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  16. Hazel7 September 2013 at 04:34

    'Abandoned ship' made me smile; reminds me of those years teaching in a Marine academy where students would tease themselves by saying 'abandon ship' when they're in a hurry to have the class ended and rush to the next class.

    Hazel

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  17. Wendy7 September 2013 at 22:27

    I love to see a sailboat on our lake in Virginia, but I have no interest in riding one.

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  18. ScotSue8 September 2013 at 14:51

    A great set of photographs. The first painting is so lovely and calming with the way the light shines on the water and the composition of the boats.

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  19. Tattered and Lost9 September 2013 at 07:07

    I so love that model boat with all its little accessories. It makes me think back to being a kid and getting excited during the summer rains because it meant that once the rain had stopped the street gutters would be running with water and a perfect place to sale my boats.

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  20. Bruno Laliberté9 September 2013 at 10:05

    You are a model citizen for trying your best!!
    :)~
    HUGZ

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  21. Anonymous9 September 2013 at 18:30

    I think I would like your decor - ships and sailing boats around always seem to "be calming". (Har de har har)

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  22. Jofeath10 September 2013 at 14:28

    Great boat picture choices, despite the lack of rowers you lament :-)

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  23. Anonymous10 September 2013 at 16:44

    I take pictures of boat models as much as I can. Much easier! And they are just as interesting as real boats.

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