Don’t Rock The Boat

Forth of July was the perfect time to Christen the boat My Loving Spouse built for the pond.  The Wean (Scottish for ‘wee one’) pronounced ‘wee-in’, was built from 2 pieces of quarter inch ply wood. It’s been said before, he is ‘as handy as pockets’.

The inspiration for the boat comes from his Grandfather’s heart.It is a small boat for our small people to enjoy our small pond.We have a ‘wee’ pond, so the boat needed to be small as well.Amazing what can be done with a few pieces of flimsy plywood.I was instructed to buy any clamps I might see, while I was out at garage sales.  He used everyone he had.

The only time he said The Bad British word was when he was building the oars.  He declared, he’d never build those bloody things again!

It was starting to really look like a boat.

More clamps please….

He built a keel, so it would row straight.

Which was fairly optimistic with how small (wee) our pond is.

My Loving Spouse starts adding fancy details to the seats and painted it a bright happy blue.  It is a beautiful wee boat.

We got out the Champagne (actually it was a bottle we had been given, that a friend said, they weren’t sure it was any good) and Christen the boat.  I said those important words,

“I name this ship the Wean.  God bless her and all who float in her.”

Then we smashed the champagne.  I’d like to say, that those where the moments our friends will remember.

However….

it is a small boat for small people.  So, if you are not a small person and you happen to be in the small boat, you might want to remember to not rock the boat, or you may be looking for your glasses, like My Loving Spouse is as they are currently on the bottom of our small pond, as he lost them when he flipped the Wean over and dumped himself into the pond.

My Loving Spouse, making boats…making memories.

Stop by for a row on the pond, just don’t rock the boat!