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Mendocino

Mendocino

Mendocino

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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 Nautical and Marine Images I 1 Comment

Light at the End of the Storm

Lt. @ End(click on image for larger view)

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Saturday, November 21st, 2009 Nautical and Marine Images I No Comments

Schooner Moon

Schooner Moon
Schooner Moon

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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 Nautical and Marine Images I 2 Comments

The GAMBELLA Moored at Drawbridge

The GAMBELLA Moored at Drawbridge

The GAMBELLA Moored at Drawbridge

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Monday, November 16th, 2009 Nautical and Marine Images I No Comments

Nautica

Nautica

Nautica

Mezzotint from zinc plate.

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Small Etchings (3″ x 4″)

"A Wonderful Bird..."         

   “A Wonderful Bird. . .”                   Piper Pair                              (click on image for larger view)

          

    N. of Trinidad                           Marine Wildlife

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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Nautical and Marine Images I No Comments

Quietly I Go My Way

 

Quietly I Go My Way

Quietly I Go My Way

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Abandoned

 

Abandoned

Abandoned

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As seen near Marshal, California in 1989

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Monday, February 16th, 2009 Nautical and Marine Images I No Comments

Moon Ship

The GAMBELLA

The GAMBELLA

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Moon Ship

It was a warm summer night and the schooner GAMBELLA stretched her pretty legs. Countless hours of my personal attention were paying dividends as she moved south with a nimble grace. The Bay* was smooth and flat. The tide was on the flood and a gentle breeze was steady over the port quarter. Then a full Moon rose over the East Bay hills and its muted light danced on the surface of the water.

Oh, to linger in that reflection,

A brief passage of near perfection.

Dream-like it was, but alas it was real.

It needed some water under the keel.

I knew we were running out of bay,

But didn’t want it to end that way.

I made an image to hang on my wall,

And in it GAMBELLA still stands tall.

The hiss of the wake’s trailing froth,

The creak of the rig working aloft,

These things I hear when I can see

The rare moment that transported me.

So when life’s voyage comes to an end

I’d make that passage once again.

And if to heaven I have gone

There I’ll sail her on and on.

R. L. Mason

Mendocino, CA

2009

* San Francisco Bay circa 1976

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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Nautical and Marine Images I No Comments
 

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