I like to take pictures of ships that sail into the port I live in.
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That’s awesome… I’ve always been cripplingly curious, and have wanted to get into knife making. There was a kid at my son’s high school who was making knives & selling them at craftshows. They were amazing. I hinted to my bride that one would make a great gift, but alas… that never came to fruition. 
I may take it up some day. Even if I never get good at it, I love learning new things.
Funny you mention that… every two years or so, we take a trip to the beach. Last year, we stayed near a port. I got a kick out watching those ships get unloaded (from a distance, of course). Industrial architecture, which is what those ships basically are, is fascinating.
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Learning is what keeps a person young.
It is incredible to see those gigantic vessels sail on the water so effortlessly.
Here’s another picture.
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So big, it doesn’t even look real.
The Michipicoten and Phillip R Clarke are classics. They were built in the 1950s and still going strong. The Great Lakes have several vessels that are 1000 feet in length (304 Meters)
So you like big ships when they’re docking in your port?
On the topic of prospecting. Found an OLD picture of an artifact I found while swimming around in Turtle Bay. Fertility Offering of sorts. It doesn’t matter where I go, I’m always looking for something, and I tend to find the most random things!
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My oldest son & I took a little excursion on the kayak down part of a local river that is very still & quiet.
The fog hangs on the water for much of the day… that’s not a hazy camera lens.
Deer! Also an Osprey, hawks, ducks, geese, a swimming snake etc.
Fun morning.
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I mean I don’t do much of anything currently except collect and shoot various firearms. I am a full time student studying gunsmithing as a trade so the more I get to add to my reference library the better. Here is a picture of my vintage 1938 Mosin that I am working on restoring.
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Schweet… We had a couple of vintage firearms handed down from my grandparents.
Unfortunately, my crackhead brother sawed the barrel off of one & pawned the other after cracking the stock off.
I forget what models they were. Nothing too fancy. One was an early German bolt action. 
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That’s quiet calming and peaceful. I love the picture of the river and the fog.
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The fog was super thick, which was a treat. At times, visibility was no more than 50 feet.
I try to imagine what that must’ve been like for people from earlier times who didn’t know what was around the next bend… Probably terrifying. 
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That must be, imagine running into some rapids or something.
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just like being a kid again. Experiencing things for the very 1st time. I get like that when the red-tide rolls through, sitting at the beach at night and, all of a sudden, the waves flash with that bio-luminescence. I imagine ancient people lost in wonder, trying everything they can to explain it…wars between gods and devils and what not.
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