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Sunday, August 2, 2015

Nantucket, Final Set


We saw this too late...

The joys of being very early risers









Does this photo really need a caption?

Making a baby bath








Feeding the ducks



Eating stale duck bread






Lifting the millstone at the oldest mill (on Nantucket and in the U.S.)
This several-ton stone can only be lifted using a series of complex pulleys.

The shaft that goes from the wind-turned blades down to the grind stones

The corn meant for milling (or spilling)





The Quirk Warings Visit

 Really, these are the playfullest ones in New England. 
We are lucky enough to see them every summer. 
Katie, Tim, Liam (8) and Reid (5). 


Giant squid with tentacles!

Ice cream on the harbor




And, of course, more strawberry picking (because we did this about 8 times this summer)

Filling the baskets to the brim is serious work



Reading Findus, a fantatically funny series introduced to us by Katie, Tim, Liam, and Reid


Buzzing the ferry, which means riding our little motorboat alongside the ferry as our friends leave the island.
Until next summer...

Boating, Beaching, and Biology

Some more Nantucket days...on boats.

Tubing!


The town view from a boat ride






We did a marine biology family field trip to Pocomo beach.
The young scientists netted 3 rounds of fish, crabs, and even squid!

Searching the net for life

Sorting the life we found



The squid we discovered! They turned red as a defense but later were clear.

Measuring the fish