claudia's surf city

In memorium.  Mr. Bucknor, aka The Captain—and to his children, Christine, Ann, Carla, Patricia, and Wayne, "Daddy"—was a lovin...

A whale of a cloud!  Pretty sure you guys either are or soon will be sick of my cloud pictures. I am not. I am entranced by the skies he...

The minnows were intrigued with my new water shoes.  It was hot. What better than a swift river to lie down in? And picnic. And drink...

 My brother-in-law Johnny sent me the aerials, which appear to have been colorized. But you can plainly see in the one above that his visi...

 So this thing was in the drawer. I'm assuming I bought it. It looks new. But I have no freaking idea what it's for! Any ideas?  ...

I love this picture of my nextdoor neighbor, Jason, and his dog, Chopper. (Do you suppose his motorcycle is named Pitbull?) He's alway...

The Goose, as seen from pergola most recently used as parking spot for B and B. My hidden deck, with the cafe and it's unintellig...

Now with NYC chairs!

 Here's a friendly horse, coming over to see what I was up to. But there doesn't seem to be a town dog in T'ville this summer....

Well, today I would have been married to this guy for 42 years, had we not divorced 21 years later. So this year is the even split—same di...

I can't claim to understand this, and I haven't talked to the neighbors yet (we are naturally socially distanced unless one is a s...

 The thrill of taking the back road home to the Goose is like that I feel on the Block Island ferry. Almost home, but a beautiful pau...

Left NYC and visited friends in Pittsburgh Spent the night there Left early in the acka emma Left maybe 7 ayem. (photo Anni...

 There is a strange but familiar feel to New York right now. The tall, empty luxury apartments and  ubiquitous masks are of the moment, bu...

 The complaint I heard about my behavior as a child was most often that I always had  my nose in a book. This caused me to read secretly l...

Some of you may recollect the painting of Katie's I posted maybe a week ago in Painting the Past . Well, the above homage represent...

 And so I returned to the Apartment of No Regrets. And apparently no memories either. I had totally forgotten the coral chairs in the hall...

The calm The storm. Arriving in an hour.

The Block Island ferry on Saturday morning A revival service across from the Goose on Sunday Local officials everywhere attrib...