Another day on the sea
+5 C, cloudy and 2 m/s SW, which guarantees an event free paddling tour, but yesterday was windy, so the sea was rather choppy.The usual baby-sitter couldn’t make it because of a minor injury, so I got a younger baby-sitter. Insurances and pleadings, that I’ll be fine on my own, didn’t do the trick. People have different ideas about what danger is. Had to accept the reality.
He’s the first time in those waters, in good mood, smiling and making small talk. I’m preferring to be on my own. Or at least left in peace. Led him through the crabbiest parts of the fjord, looking for the seal. No luck this time.
Around the first corner of Jonsborg, there is a low stone there that’s covered with water during high tide. The seal likes to lie there and then it looks like a seal is lying on water in the middle of the sea. (I have a picture.) No luck this time.
After rounding the second corner, we anchored for a tea break – the youth had thermos and cookies – so pleasant to get warm drink after all that seallessness and all…
And then on the way back, after we had chopped through an ice field – thin, but you can’t really paddle through ice – the youth said “It can’t be better, than that”, I sourly answered: “Oh, sure it can”… and there it was. Just appeared above the surface and looked at us. My companion was as enthusiastic and happy as I.
The seal let us see it for a few more times, but didn’t follow for long, as it had done a couple of times before.
Seals…
Got a short video of a colour-changing half-adult cygnet with a parent.
Found an oyster shell 18 cm long, 10 cm wide.