F/V American Lady
F/V American Lady

F/V American Lady

FV American Lady - Seattle WA - Bow

F/V American Lady, a local commercial fishing vessel.

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Fishermen’s Terminal

in the Ballard Neighborhood of Seattle

is one of a handful of my ‘go to’ locations for photography.

Always busy with activities

and men working on their vessels,

the Terminal never fails to provide images full of color

and interest.

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Today,

was no exception.

Having just gotten out of my car

and heading down one of the side docks where vessels tie up,

a fellow walked around me and then posed for a picture.

I was still tweaking camera settings

getting ready to

shoot.

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We both laughed and began chatting.

We talked about the shutdown of the Federal government

and its affect upon the King crab fleet waiting for permits for the soon

to commence season on October 15th in the Bering Sea.

Both of us thought the US Congressmen

and Senators

that are wreaking so much havoc upon the country

with their childish actions,

ought to be booted out of office so we can elect a fresh set of representatives.

We discussed the high cost of fuel,

for cars and boats

and the huge reserves of fuel on the Northslope in Alaska

that could provide a much needed break in fuel costs for our country.

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I enjoyed my visit with Tony

and then didn’t want to hold up a man’s work,

so after giving him my business card,

he disappeared towards the bow on deck.

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I took several shots of the F/V American Lady,

a pretty white fishing boat,

a former crab boat, she is now used as a tender,

shuttling fish from fishing boats

to the processors.

Here,

you see her patriotic bow.

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I was going to look up her stats on the US Coast Guard website,

but was confronted

with the following notice,

‘Due to the Federal government shutdown,

NOAA.gov and most associated web sites are unavailable’

… sigh.

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Tomorrow (Tuesday),

is ‘Tuesday Muse‘ over at my friend Nancy’s place,

‘A Rural Journal.

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14 Comments

  1. Shutting down websites like that is just a stunt that the Administration is playing.

    Nice painting on the front of that fishing boat. It is tricky painting the flag in a way that it looks good from each side and from straight ahead.

  2. Thank you so much for your recent visit. I hope you will come again….

    This is a fantastic shot of the flag on his boat and what a nice conversation you had with Tony…..All that’s going on in this country right now is ridiculous and it sounds like he could be affected if a decision is not reached soon…..That’s so sad because his lively hood is at stake…..

  3. This shutdown has already impacted us as farmers and my son as a Navy Reservist. That’s all I have to say on the matter for fear of not being able to shut up…

    Love the patriotic colors — I love my Country, just not some of the people running it right now.

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