Back in the saddle…

Aug07_nathan_fshgWe are back in Hong Kong but after less than 16 hours I was on my way to Singapore. Wow, I am tired. I had a terrible, terrible nightmare last night and woke-up at 4 AM badly jet lagged and with that yucky post-nightmare feeling. You know the one… that feeling that won’t go away even when you think to yourself, "thank goodness that was only a dream." In a nutshell, in the dream Sebastian was abducted. About 2 – 3 years later we were reunited. Seb had no idea who I was but he was still wearing his Superman outfit. The dream lasted forever and was sprinkled with a variety of criminal activities – robberies, drug deals etc – where people tried to implicate me. The real criminal was the guy who abducted Sebastian… it was just all bad and a far cry from the peaceful picture of Nathan fishing off the dock at Fintry (above).

T4_in_pmThe second picture here is the final version of T4 sailing near dusk one evening. Blake suggested I do some green "misting" of the sails, hull, etc. I think he made a good suggestion. (Blake also used the same paint to paint a dead bush in the Fintry driveway… I should have gotten a picture of that!) In the end I managed to get T4 balanced enough to successfully point "to windward" and a very quick close to broad reach balance, too. (So quick, that at one point while swimming to retrieve T4, I was unable to keep up!) I took some video of T4 sailing that looks quite cool in slow motion. When I get a moment I’ll post that and other videos of the kids singing, diving and generally having fun at Fintry… no nightmares.

Even though I am now on the other side of the world, it is still cottage season in Canada and I’ll continue to visit my sister’s blog at Cottage Life Magazine while dreaming about Fintry!

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  1. those ngihtmares are tough to recover from. glad all is well now. get some good rest will ya?

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  2. I had one of those a couple of weeks back. I did feel horrible the whole day, but I realised that the nightmare’s purpose was to expell some dark thoughts/worries from within me, so maybe in the long run you too will feel better having exorcised what was worrying you 🙂

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  3. Blake aka Granddad Blake August 19, 2007 at 12:23 am

    In the event any of the grandchildren go missing you can bet dollars to doughnuts that Mo has them. I hope she doesn’t read this.
    Love to all…Blake

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Back in the saddle…

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  1. those ngihtmares are tough to recover from. glad all is well now. get some good rest will ya?

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  2. I had one of those a couple of weeks back. I did feel horrible the whole day, but I realised that the nightmare’s purpose was to expell some dark thoughts/worries from within me, so maybe in the long run you too will feel better having exorcised what was worrying you 🙂

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  3. Blake aka Granddad Blake August 19, 2007 at 12:23 am

    In the event any of the grandchildren go missing you can bet dollars to doughnuts that Mo has them. I hope she doesn’t read this.
    Love to all…Blake

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ABOUT AUTHOR
Charles

Originally from Canada and lived in Hong Kong for fifteen years. Married to the terribly talented & gorgeous Tess.

RECENT POSTS
No Joy

I doubt my father will be thrilled with my inaugural entry into the blogging world. But read on anyway… In my younger, pre-parenthood and much

Sebastian’s Knee

Many read Tess’ post on Sebastian’s knee. I will now tell you what ended up happening at the Tuesday morning follow-up appointment. This is Hong

Sebastian the Naughty Pedestrian

I am writing from Bangkok. I am on a business trip and staying in the same hotel from my first trip to Asia in 1990.

New pictures posted!

new pictures posted on tess’ blog of the triplets and Sebastian… click here!

Macau Recruiting Issues

Tantalizing Tess left today for her grandfather’s funeral. Sombre moods. I am sitting at our computer sipping a glass of white wine. It’s about 11