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Scalloping

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County Boat Ramp in Old Homosassa
Public boat ramp in Old Homosassa on the second Saturday of scalloping season. Fortunately, we don’t have to wait in that craziness since our boat is on a lift in our back yard.
On our way
And we are on our way!
Crystal River Power Plant
Our very own nuclear power plant!
Scalloping expert number 1
Scalloping expert number 1
Scalloping expert number 2
Scalloping expert number 2
The catch
This was the catch on Saturday. While 8 gallons is the legal limit for 4 people, Cap’n Terry stayed with the boat for safety reasons and I’m a swimming wimp. The waves were too big for me and all I got in my scalloping endeavours were several mouthfuls of salty water. Waah! So the scalloping was left to the two experts who were exhausted after four hours of diving and swimming to the boat with their booty.
Cleaning crew
Scallops now have to be cleaned.

Scallop Plate of scallops

The chef
Chief scalloper and chef
Cooked scallops
Cooking scallops with a slice of bacon
gone
Gone!

Another look at the master bathroom

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Back to the masterbath. Lovin’ it.  Especially in these calm gray tones.  Ahhhhh.  Almost zen like.

Big soaking tub
All that tub needs is some bubbles and a glass of wine!

It wasn’t always so peaceful.  The last step in a really great renovation experience was picking the paint colors.  I said gray. But Clay, my really great contractor, said all the different woods needed to pop.  I’m easily convinced when it comes to colors so I went with pop:

So we lived with it for about six weeks.  Yes, the wood popped, but I needed calm.  I got a bunch of color chips, took Terry’s and Michelle’s advice and now it’s two lovely lovely calm shades of gray.  (no, no,no, not like the book)

Bathtub
Faucets

 

Knobs

 

Pebble Tile

Walk in shower and freestanding tub

Cloud pictures

Sinks

 

I spent hours going through shelter magazine, catalogs, and Pinterest before buying anything for the bathroom.  The cloud pictures came from http://6thstreetdesignschool.blogspot.com/  Love this blog.  If I had an extra bucket of money and lived in Utah, I would hire Kirsten Curtis-Krason. She put cloud pictures that her pilot husband took into Ikea frames.  I said–I have those frames! Took the pics from my back yard, ordered 12″ x 12″ photos online from mpix.com–so easy!

The candle shelf came from http://ana-white.com/2010/10/plans/ten-dollar-ledges.  I showed the plans to Terry and told him what I wanted to put on it.  He went right out and built a protype with scrap wood that he had in the garage.  Then we went to home depot and bought some good stuff.  He built it the same day and I painted it with glossy white spray paint.  If anyone knows Ikea, you know that they have their own special shade of white and it’s not glossy white.  So I convinced him to build another and I painted it the same gray as the bathroom.  Ahhhhhh, lovely.  (And the shiny white candle shelf will be in my dining room someday)

Other than what Terry built, or I had on hand, or could get from Ikea or Target or Home Depot, everything else was ordered online for this renovation.  Contact me and I will give you the details.