It’s a pleasant 20 degrees Celsius in Shoal Bay, off Tasmania’s east coast. The northerly wind’s being deflected over Bishop and Clerk, the main peaks on Maria Island and Roobi is bobbing gently at anchor in the clear water.
We’re celebrating our 37th wedding anniversary today (40 years together, but three of those were the ‘try before you buy’ component). We started the day with a walk through the isthmus and onto stunning Reidel Beach. With only a couple of pied oyster catchers for company it was easy to pretend it was our own private beach. It doesn’t get more romantic than a long walk hand-in-hand with Capt G. (When he gathered, and carefully washed, all the shells to decorate my sand drawing I got a little misty eyed.)
This sailing life can be crazy busy, but I’m grateful that we have the time to slow travel. It’s easy to fall into the trap of moving on to find the next beach, the next view, the next cute little town. I wonder sometimes if social media exacerbates this as we’re all looking for new pictures, new experiences to fill our feeds. There’s so much to be found if we look a little closer, soak up the ambience, appreciate the beauty around us. ‘Smell the roses’ as the saying goes!
As I type this post the smell of fresh baked bread surrounds me and I’m reminded again that love doesn’t need grand gestures. It comes in the little moments, the considerations, the compromises, and in giving back.
We can never say ‘I love you’ too many times.
Happy anniversary to you. Best wishes for continued joy, happiness and adventures
Thank you! It doesn’t feel as though that many years have passed, but hoping for many more adventures to come.
Happy anniversary
Thank you!
Happy happy happy anniversary to you two lovely people. You are certainly living the life. Xx
Thanks, Heather, life is very good 🙂
I was just telling Wade about your 37 + 3 years together which prompted him to ask ‘how long have we been together?’ After some calculations I came up with 30 years. “30 years, he exclaims, that’s nearly half my lifetime!” It’s a bit surprising, but worth celebrating!
Ha! Love it! And congrats to you two too. May there be many more adventures ahead for you both – although Wade can stop reminding us he’s the young one!!
Happy anniversary to you both 🙂
Have Fun
Helen
Thanks, Helen, it will be a quiet night on Roobi. We’re up to Series 3 of Ted Lasso so a couple to episodes of that should keep us laughing!
I m so glad you got to spend your Anniversary that way. Congratulations Capt G and yourself are truly well matched. Those small gestures mean so much than the Grandoise ones.⛵️
Thank you, Lyn. It doesn’t feel as though we’ve been together that long but I guess that’s why it works! Our niece at Christmas time kept laughing at as. ‘There’s an echo on this boat,’ she said many times. It seems we tell the same stories and snippets of facts we think might be interesting
Happy Anniversary to you both.
Thank you! I’m not sure where all the years have gone… But hoping for many more!
Happy anniversary and continue enjoying the moment. Life’s not that complicated.
So true, Ross. And Tassie always reminds me to slow down and enjoy whatever is around the corner 🙂