T Stands for Hot Summer Days

Hi there Ladies. It's Tuesday which means it is time to share our drink related posts and join the T day fun. This happens every Tuesday over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog.

Today I am going to show some summer fun in the boat.  My husband loves boats. Our boat isn't big or fancy, but we can do some exploring and have some fun summer adventures.

This past Sunday (the only sunny day this weekend) we took my husband's sister and his college aged niece for a ride.  His niece was really excited as she has never been out in the boat before.

A toast that Ally finally gets to go for a boat ride.

Of course our toast was either ice water or flavored seltzer water, depending on your choice. Sunday was very  hot  and ice water drinks  were about the only thing refreshing.

Later on we anchored the boat and went ashore for an ice cream.
It was an interesting boating day. We saw one whale (no photos), a seal (no photos) and a Mola mola, also known as the ocean sunfish. I've never seen one of these in real life before.
Here's what they look like from a side view if you were swimming under water.

http://www.apexpredators.com/blog-article/april-2014-shark-bytes-

The are strangest looking fish.
They are also the heaviest fish in the ocean and feed mostly on jellyfish.

"Ocean sunfish that are seen in our New England waters are typically 4 to 8 feet in length, weighing 300 - 1,000 lbs. Preliminary studies conducted by the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) has conducted in conjunction with NOAA's Aging and Growth Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, indicate that the majority of these fish are juveniles who have not spawned. The large adults have been reported to be up to 10 feet in length and weigh over 2,000 lbs."

http://www.nebshark.org/Information_OS.html

Here's  couple of the photos I took. They aren't as clear as the other photo because I took them looking down through the water. These fish like to bask in the sun on the upper level of water and you see their fins going in and out of the water almost like a shark fin. The only thing is their fin is floppy and not stiff like a shark fin. 

It was a pretty cool adventure.

And here's a few other photos from the day. It was a little foggy when we started out.

But cleared out later.

And before I wrap up, I want to show you a great ATC  I received in the mail the other day from Eileen, The Artful Crafter.

It's a real beauty.

And it came with a packet of some Japanese paper and a very cool poem.

There was a little stencil too but it's kind of hard to see on the paper.

Thanks Eileen. It's always fun to get happy mail, as I am sure all of you would agree.

Hope everyone has a wonderful T day.

 And I appreciate you stopping by to visit.