Annette On Ariel

We had very special company on Saturday. Annette Newland, a long time family friend with her son David and his children Katie and Matt, along with Katie’s boyfriend Chris came to visit for a few hours. David and his family live in Virginia and Annette is vacationing further south on the Chesapeake. Annette had invited us to bring Ariel to their waterfront vacation property which we really wanted to do, but the timing was such with Pamela’s due date that we could not risk being away from access to the BWI airport. Not to be deterred she decided to come to us, which is very much in character for her. We called the water taxi to bring her out to Ariel as the step up from the taxi is much more manageable than from the dinghy. This was a very challenging visit for her and we cannot express how much it meant to us to have Annette and her family visit. We were happy to show off our floating home. Most of us did some dinghy touring of Spa Creek and the downtown waterfront while Annette and Linda visited. Matt took over dinghy operation for the return trip and quickly mastered handling the outboard. Annette was very interested in our new sewing machine as she is very knowledgeable about sewing and sewing machines and has done similar projects herself. We think she would have liked to jump in on our sewing project herself.

Annette and Norm’s mother Gladys have been friends for a very long time. In 1972 hurricane Agnes dislocated Norm’s mother from the home she was living in. She and Annette jointly purchased the land on which their homes are located. Their friendship has extended to a very special relationship between our families.