I chased the moon this morning, and lost. By the time I got away from my high-horizoned, building-intensive lair, the solstice moon only recently eclipsed, had slipped beneath the New Jersey highlands, but in spite of the cold . . . . I was not disappointed.
First I caught the sixth-boro newby Crystal Cutler pushing
barge Patricia E. Poling into the Upper Bay.
Then MSC Mandraki headed past with
bulb exposed to the cold winds and
Gramma Lee T Moran protecting Mandraki‘s assets.
Freddy K Miller (ex-Fred K and ex-Stapleton Service) headed west on a mission.
Rarely sixth-boro-seen Marion Moran sprayed past
in the stark but intense winter solstice colors.
As my fingers were losing all sense of feeling in the wind chill 19 degree sunlight, Freddie K and Susan Miller headed back east with Weeks 533, which has appeared here
powerlifting locomotives and Sully’s Airbus 320.
And before I crawled back into a warm place, I caught Sassafras pushing some fuel in Doubleskin 34 and
What!!?? . . . a classroom on a fieldtrip? checking out Minerva Rita.
Well, maybe this floating classroom is a figment of my imagination brought about by the cold.
Mermaids emerge on the summer solstice and draw the crazy out in me and some of my best friends. I MUCH prefer THAT solstice, now only a half year away again.
All fotos here by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated: check out these fotos of the Crowley barge on towmasters.
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December 21, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Allen Baker
Regarding the Winter Solstice.
As that fine singer & songwriter from Maine, Gordon Bok, sings on “Johnny Stewart, Drover”…
“Dawn will surely find another day;
Sun still chasing moon – never caught her.”
Good to see you along the KVK on this brisk, shortest day of the year.
That Marion going by was sweet. They are some boats.
A much as I want to hang up my sea boots some days and swear off working on the damned things, I still love to watch ’em.
Thanks again.
AB
December 21, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Dennis @ Discount Marine Electronics
Always finding the silver lining. We missed the moon eclipse as well but that was do to cloud cover.
December 22, 2010 at 7:16 pm
eastriver
You may see the mighty Marion around the 6th boro more, now. Her regular run was Louisiana – Puerto Rico with the grain barge Virginia. She’s been replaced, and Virginia refit for, the ATB tug Mary Ann Moran.
As you all like puzzles, look at Marion Moran and Doris Moran. What are the similarities and differences? Does anyone know why?
December 22, 2010 at 7:26 pm
tugster
thanks, eastriver . . . in 2011 i’ll put up fotos of the two and we can play “spot the differences.”