One Thing On a Friday

Never whistle on a boat. The wind will think you are challenging her. 

 
Georgetown, Maine. Photo by my husband, John

1.  My first island trip was postponed today, due to this:

A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAPE COD EARLY THIS MORNING... THEN STALL OVER THE COAST OF MAINE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL GUST TO STORM FORCE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY BUILD AND BECOME VERY ROUGH.

WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT... OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS... AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

So my phone rang last night.  I'm disappointed, because I was really looking forward to this trip--and I'd already ironed!  :-) 

But it reminds me so much of being an island teacher--everything depends on the ferry.  It's going to be a challenge to reschedule this visit, because I have eight complicated trips to work around in the next five weeks.  I'm sure we can work something out, though.   

In the meantime, I'll listen to the wind and rain battling each other and enjoy my rapidly-intensifying storm day--inside.