There are many blues in the sixth boro . . . besides my own. Saturday I caught an unexpected glimpse of King’s Point Liberator.
DonJon has their unmistakeable blue.
But then there’s this one, which mesmerized me for the first time almost six years ago and when the vessel was just off the ways.
Palva is a midsized vessel of the NesteOil fleet.
And these blues are just part of their corporate colors scheme.
No matter . . . I’m still captured by these colors,
arrested and drawn in.
Five years ago I wrote: “It’s the color of sky, water, twilight ice, and distant land.” When Palva left for sea yesterday, it’s destination was Murmansk, possibly 11 days away.
Murmansk . . . exotic though not balmy. Fair winds and frazil ice . . . if any.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who’s frustrated by wordpress interface changes which prevent the fotos from enlarging when you click on them . . . the way they used to. If anyone has a solution, let me know, svp.
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December 3, 2012 at 4:49 pm
D Merritt
Will, your fotos don’t enlarge as before, is that as intended?
December 3, 2012 at 7:06 pm
tugster
see the note at the end of the post. wordpress changed its “dashboard” a few days ago, and i’ve not located the setting to allow that enlargement. as soon as i can get them to enlarge again, it’ll happen. i’m doing everthing the same with the foto size. anyone have a solution? i too miss the detail i can see on my originals but you can’t in the post.
December 4, 2012 at 11:40 am
Ken
I love that last picture. There is something about it.
December 5, 2012 at 9:29 am
Alan Boreham/Beer in the Bilges
No one but a sailor knows how many different colors of blue there actually are!
December 5, 2012 at 9:42 am
tugster
sailors and artists?? and jazz musicians? and shrinks? alan– looks like a good book you got there and a fabulous place to do the research.