Saturday

I woke up late on Saturday after spending a rather restless night. I made a pot of coffee, but before I could drink it, I realized I was 13 minutes late already for my haircut! So, without shaving or showering (I know! Yuck!!!) I drove like crazy through the rain. But, by the time I got there she had already taken another customer. So, I drank some of their mediocre coffee and waited for 1/2 hour and then got my hair cut.

On the way back home, I stopped at the Farmer's Market (on Middlebelt, about 1/2 mile south of Plymouth Road). I browsed, with nothing really on my agenda. I ended up buying a beautiful bunch of beets, a bunch of radishes, some great looking tomatoes and a pint of blueberries. I have no idea what I will do with these things.

Back home, I finally finished and posted Friday's Blog entry. The rain had stopped and the sun is out, BTW.I checked the gauge and we have had about 1/8 inch of rain since I last checked it on Friday.

I did take a two hour nap this afternoon. I woke up without ambition. Yeah, I could go grocery shopping, or cut the back lawn, or put together my new garden arbor. But, I didn't do any of that.

Instead, I popped in the DVD "Master and Commander Far Side of the World." Why? Well, first of all I like it and second, when they are doing a sounding, the seaman yells out "15 fathoms, sand and shell!"

Why is that important? Well, I have been reading both volume 1 and 2 of the "Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula." By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist To The Expedition.

And, what I didn't realize was that when they did a sounding by dropping a lead weight into the water to check the depth, they add tallow on the bottom to see what the bottom is like. So, each entry is like, we anchored in 10 fathoms of water, mud (or sand or sand and shell) so, "15 fathoms, sand and shell!" was just perfect!

I watched the movie and then went to bed.