Mark Bjorge
@markbjorge.bsky.social
DC to the ESVA, and X to Bluesky.
Ozymandias:
Look upon my works ye mighty and despair.
Look upon my works ye mighty and despair.
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ozymandias:
Look upon my works ye mighty and despair.
Look upon my works ye mighty and despair.
I got the bow pulpit and the platform off today. I’ll get the sprit itself off tomorrow.
I think I have a good way to lower it solo easily.
If all that goes smoothly, I will try to get the caprails (where the hull to deck joint is) sanded and ready for fiberglass on Thursday.
I think I have a good way to lower it solo easily.
If all that goes smoothly, I will try to get the caprails (where the hull to deck joint is) sanded and ready for fiberglass on Thursday.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I got the bow pulpit and the platform off today. I’ll get the sprit itself off tomorrow.
I think I have a good way to lower it solo easily.
If all that goes smoothly, I will try to get the caprails (where the hull to deck joint is) sanded and ready for fiberglass on Thursday.
I think I have a good way to lower it solo easily.
If all that goes smoothly, I will try to get the caprails (where the hull to deck joint is) sanded and ready for fiberglass on Thursday.
Rise Up house roast
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Rise Up house roast
Black walnut and ash cabin floor. This is raw unstained, wood sanded, but unfinished. Wiping with acetone shows how it may look finished.
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Black walnut and ash cabin floor. This is raw unstained, wood sanded, but unfinished. Wiping with acetone shows how it may look finished.
Teak hatch for storage locker behind port settee cushion in Westsail 32 Mistral. Sanded to 240 grit.
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Teak hatch for storage locker behind port settee cushion in Westsail 32 Mistral. Sanded to 240 grit.
Looks like I may be able to salvage the 50 year old teak caprail on my Westsail.
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Looks like I may be able to salvage the 50 year old teak caprail on my Westsail.
Cleaning up, trying to stay warm.
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Cleaning up, trying to stay warm.
You can see it with a naked eye, but you’ll have to acclimate your eyes to the dark first.
A good phone camera will capture this picture right now. #ESVA
A good phone camera will capture this picture right now. #ESVA
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
You can see it with a naked eye, but you’ll have to acclimate your eyes to the dark first.
A good phone camera will capture this picture right now. #ESVA
A good phone camera will capture this picture right now. #ESVA
Photos taken at the Roosevelt Memorial and the Hirshhorn Museum.
October 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Photos taken at the Roosevelt Memorial and the Hirshhorn Museum.
Photo taken this evening looking West from the ESVA. Is there anyone here who knows cloud formations who can tell me a bit about these? #weather #meteorology
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Photo taken this evening looking West from the ESVA. Is there anyone here who knows cloud formations who can tell me a bit about these? #weather #meteorology
Yesterday it we pruned and watered our grapes and got a start on pressure washing the house. It was a sunny and humid 90°f and seemed like a good day for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
July 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Yesterday it we pruned and watered our grapes and got a start on pressure washing the house. It was a sunny and humid 90°f and seemed like a good day for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
In the evening I enjoyed a nice sail. The next three days should be great for that.
We had over 4.5” of rain in under two hours today, and the result was a whole lot of flooding.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
July 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We had over 4.5” of rain in under two hours today, and the result was a whole lot of flooding.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
I removed two aquatic(!) turtles from the road on my way home from work.
I’m going to guess that the heavily industrialized nature of the economy here - agriculture & poultry - leaves teens & twenty something’s feeling they have few options to support a family. I’m guessing most leave. The population demographics trend older here & labor is imported from Mexico & Haiti.
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I’m going to guess that the heavily industrialized nature of the economy here - agriculture & poultry - leaves teens & twenty something’s feeling they have few options to support a family. I’m guessing most leave. The population demographics trend older here & labor is imported from Mexico & Haiti.
This Diamondback Terrapin was hunkered down in the road. So I set roadside in a Spartina Patens field.
June 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This Diamondback Terrapin was hunkered down in the road. So I set roadside in a Spartina Patens field.
Day trip to Cambridge and Hoopers Island, MD.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
June 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Day trip to Cambridge and Hoopers Island, MD.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
Cambridge is, IMO, hands down the prettiest town on the Eastern Shore. Very historic. Very pleasant. Didn’t take photos in town while driving so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
1942 Gerlinger forklift, still putting in work at the boatyard.
June 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
1942 Gerlinger forklift, still putting in work at the boatyard.
Even small towns in red districts, like Andy Harris’s, turned out
June 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Even small towns in red districts, like Andy Harris’s, turned out
Strong Independence Day vibes in #SalisburyMD for #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Strong Independence Day vibes in #SalisburyMD for #NoKings
While waiting for supplies to re-rig the Lugger, I went island hopping under motor yesterday. Visited two islands I’d not been to yet, and found a terrapin nesting site and collected some fishing trash.
May 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
While waiting for supplies to re-rig the Lugger, I went island hopping under motor yesterday. Visited two islands I’d not been to yet, and found a terrapin nesting site and collected some fishing trash.
Serene twilight sail yesterday
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Serene twilight sail yesterday