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Today’s post title ‘F and T’ is the name of my dad’s newest addtion to his boat collection (Say that name really fast and it’s quite interesting). Just to be clear, my dad only currently owns four boats: 2 fishing boats, 1 small motor boat, and 1 dingy with a motor. My parents sold their little pleasure boat last season so this year we haven’t much of an option for pleasure boating. Since the little motor boat isn’t all that comfortable for a crowd my dad decided to send out for his crew to dock the ’FnT’ in his ‘front’ yard. He hosed it all down and we took it out for a day. Might not be a yauht but she sure is comfortable and it was a real treat for my four year old.

Upon our return the wind had picked up. Docking was not so easy with a two man crew (the two littlest crew members were fast asleep, photos to come later). I took some photos in order to document the event of dad’s crew bringing the boat in. It was momentous simply because of where they had to dock it.

Disclaimer: Don’t try this at home. Actually, it’s a lot of fun. Be sure to pick up the non-tobacco tobacco! It’s the subtle sweet flavors that make it enjoyable.

So a few nights ago my brother in law brought his very new Hookah, some call it Shisha…we like to call it the ‘Hubbly Bubbly’… to our house. My brother in law spent a lot of time in the Middle East as he worked there for 8 years. My sister tells me he dearly missed the Hubbly Bubbly so she got him one on her last trip out west. Now she’s ordered a pink one for ‘the girls’.

As Wikipedia states a Hookah is: a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) water pipe for smoking. Originally from India, it has gained popularity, especially in the Arab world, particularly under the Ottoman Empire. A hookah operates by water filtration and indirect heat. It can be used for smoking herbal fruits.

Above photo by Lori Moss. I had to put it up because I this is my husband and I never get this great a photo of him.

Above photo by Lori Moss. In case you’re wondering, that’s me. I’ve never been a smoker so the blowing smoke photos of me were pitiful.

Today’s post is in remembrance of a fish plant worker named Larry. I recognize that he was not just a fish plant worker. The community of Happy Adventure is based largely, if not solely, around the local Fish Plant, HASP (Happy Adventure Sea Products). Larry spent much of his time there as did his brothers and many of the people he knew. I did not know him personally but I did notice him that day on the wharf and for some reason I felt as though I singled him out to photograph him. When I heard the news I thought instantly of the photos that for even a stranger reason did not make it to my blog. Today I’m posting them in remembrance of a life.

Larry died tragically on the 9th of May after a fatal fall while working. These photos were taken on the 26th of April, just two weeks before his accident. They’ve been sent to his family in hopes of bringing them comfort as possibly the last photos taken of him. I don’t know much about Larry but I do know that every life is precious and his seemed to end too soon. He was in his late 40’s.