Janice aboard Seaweed,
living the good life afloat...

 

• Inexpensive Fan Option. Hella fans from Defender were one of the first comfort purchases I made for my Seaweed. Back then the least expensive single speed 12-volt model available was priced at $22. Recently mine began displaying death spirals. Replacements made by Hella are now three-speed, and cost nearly $90 each. That is too costly so I went looking for an alternative. For $8.88 I found perfection at the local Walmart.
  Categories:  Boats, Characters, Comfort, Money,
   

• Lightning Strike series Summary (parts 1 and 2) This page contains parts one and two of the Lightning Strike series. It details the range of damage caused when lightning hit a nearby boat.
  Categories:  Boat Talk, Characters, Gear, In the Bilges, Locations, Pets, Security,
   

• Lightning Strike series Conclusion (part 2) The lightning that struck a neighboring Prairie did not just take out one 12-volt battery. Details on that can be found in the Lightning Strike and Errors Made (part 1) article. Further problems were identified and solved in this, the conclusion of the lightning series.
  Categories:  Boat Talk, Characters, Gear, In the Bilges, Locations, Security,
   

• Lightning Strike and Errors Made (part 1) It all started 28 December 2020, though at that time none of us were not aware of how far the problems went. This is part one of the lightning series. Today I detail how fortunate I am to have a great neighbor, and the far reaching events that began late last year. Mistakes were made by me. Here is what I learned.
  Categories:  Boat Talk, Characters, In the Bilges, Pets,
   

• Feeding the birds (February 2021) It all started with my Buddy. A young grey night heron began visiting Seaweed. I bought hot dogs and began to cut them into wafers for Buddy. The neighbors were fishermen and when cleaning their catches would feed fish scraps to the herons. I thought that was cool, so opened Seaweed's night heron restaurant.
  Categories: Books, Entertainment, Wild Things,
   

• Tomato Rocket (Dollar Tree item) I continue to grow salads as described in the Microgreens Aboard Seaweed (series) series. Recently I began branching out. Although my previous experiences with tomato plants have ended in abject failure, I have not given up. My newest attempt was purchased from Dollar Tree. I bought a Tomato Rocket.
  Category: Galley,
   

• Cheesecake (easy no milk/no bake method) We did not have refrigeration aboard our 40'er until I was a teenager. I didn't drink milk as that was not something we had available. Over a half century later, I have never drunk a glass of milk. That said, I do like cheesecake, and the instant No Bake box mix varieties are a real blessing.
  Categories:  Boats, Characters, Comfort, Galley, Locations, Memory Lane, Money,
   

• Bird of Prey ID Sought. The dock behind Seaweed had a new bird arrive this past week. It was small. My hotdog eating birds were wary. I am hoping one of my readers will know exactly what visited. Reading about the wildlife that surrounds my world is one of the things I like best about living aboard.
  Categories:  Books, Characters, Recommendations, Wild Things,
   

• Hanger Storage. For at least ten years I've been putting my excess hangers under the step into my forward cabin. The problem is that the hangers would fall off. This "temporary" storage system was implemented over a decade ago. There needed to be a better solution. I finally found a five-minute fix to permanently remove this annoyance.
  Categories: Boat Talk, Memory Lane, Organizing, Unmentionables,