How she'll greet me when she meets me when my ship gets in to port

[sovay]

It has not been a good week for sleep in the sense that I have managed about three to four hours out of every twenty-four and generally not when it's night out, but it has been an excellent week for ocean. After contemplating the question and decisively answering that she would rather be a dragon than a cat, my niece who was part of this afternoon's excursion with out-of-town family to Castle Island showed her fire by the sea.

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[chanter1944]

Cranes as in sandhill, or cranes as in lift the physical above the horizon and hold for a while? *curious*

[sovay]

Cranes as in sandhill, or cranes as in lift the physical above the horizon and hold for a while?

I am afraid that I rewrote this post so that the text that prompted your question is no longer present, but cranes in the sense of industrial machinery! Conley Terminal is the container facility of the Port of Boston and I love watching it at work. I tried this evening to take several photographs of the slate-sliding frames of the gantry cranes themselves and unfortunately the best was an abstract of the curved spikes of the wall between us.

[pameladean]

Wait, wait, who is this remarkably grown person?

I'm glad you have had a good time for ocean.

P.

[sovay]

Wait, wait, who is this remarkably grown person?

A treasure.

I'm glad you have had a good time for ocean.

Thank you!

[pameladean]

Indeed. Though once I'd left the keyboard, I reflected that you'd already given me one answer: a dragon.

P.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

rather be a dragon than a cat

My brain immediately read this to the tune of El Condor Pasa, replacing the Simon & Garfunkel version's lyrics (I'd rather be a dragon than a cat, yes I would, if I could, I surely would...) so I feel you about the lack of sleep! May it improve! And I'm glad you got to see some excellent sea! <3

[sovay]

My brain immediately read this to the tune of El Condor Pasa, replacing the Simon & Garfunkel version's lyrics (I'd rather be a dragon than a cat, yes I would, if I could, I surely would...) so I feel you about the lack of sleep! May it improve! And I'm glad you got to see some excellent sea!

Thank you! And may your sleep get its act together, too!

[mrissa]

SAME HERE, my brain automatically completed the couplet with, "I'd rather breathe my fire all over that, yes I would...."

[sovay]

SAME HERE, my brain automatically completed the couplet with, "I'd rather breathe my fire all over that, yes I would...."

I hope to look forward to a performance of this completed filk soon.

[selkie]

I’m so glad you got to share the sea with one another.

[sovay]

I’m so glad you got to share the sea with one another.

*hugs*

I love that she loves it.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, what a great photo! A dragon indeed. :-)

Sorry about the whole lack of sleep thing, though. *hugs*

[sovay]

Aw, what a great photo! A dragon indeed.

She has begun the jump into adolescence. She's fledging.

Sorry about the whole lack of sleep thing, though.

*hugs*

Thank you. I have to say at the moment is it really rough.

[asakiyume]

my niece … showed her fire
—yes, I was seeing the photo as I was reading, and I was thinking, wait: that’s not a Sovay profile…but then I got to the explanation ;-)
The sun in her hair makes most excellent fire!

[sovay]

The sun in her hair makes most excellent fire!

I asked if I could take a picture of her and she said proto-teenishly that I could take a picture of her hiding, so I took a profile with her approval and she looks wonderful.

[greenwoodside]

Hope your niece never gets tired of people complimenting her copper red hair!

I agree re dragons broadly, though think the question really needs to be refined down to individuals due to the diversity in both species. Thus, is it better to be Smaug or Behemoth? Temeraire or Fankle the Cat? Eustace Scrubb or Greebo?

[sovay]

Hope your niece never gets tired of people complimenting her copper red hair!

I will tell her! It is blondish in most lights and then it fires.

I agree re dragons broadly, though think the question really needs to be refined down to individuals due to the diversity in both species. Thus, is it better to be Smaug or Behemoth? Temeraire or Fankle the Cat? Eustace Scrubb or Greebo?

You know, that's a compelling question. There's always that Nesbit story wherein all cats are really transformed dragons.

[greenwoodside]

The ideal sample group! "Do you prefer being cats or dragons?"

Also, thank you for introducing me to the story. I have never read Nesbit, and only know her work via a creaky eighties adaptation of The Five Children and It.

And from that day he grew furrier and furrier, and he was the beginning of all cats. Nothing of the dragon remained except the claws, which all cats have still, as you can easily ascertain.

[sovay]

Also, thank you for introducing me to the story. I have never read Nesbit, and only know her work via a creaky eighties adaptation of The Five Children and It.

You're welcome! I grew up on The Book of Dragons (1901). I also grew up on most of her other children's novels, some of which—The Railway Children (1906), The Enchanted Castle (1907)—really hold up and some of which were rougher to re-read. Others I have not revisited recently enough to have relevant opinions on. As an adult, however, I can really recommend her weird fiction.

And from that day he grew furrier and furrier, and he was the beginning of all cats. Nothing of the dragon remained except the claws, which all cats have still, as you can easily ascertain.

Autolycus was most purrily dragonish.

[gwynnega]

I hope you get better sleep, but I'm glad you got to spend time with your niece at the sea.

[sovay]

I hope you get better sleep, but I'm glad you got to spend time with your niece at the sea.

Thank you!

[choco_frosh]

HOW DID SHE GET TO BE A TWEEN

Anyway, as usual I am sorry to hear about the sleep, and glad about the sea.

[sovay]

HOW DID SHE GET TO BE A TWEEN

TIME MAN IT'S A TRIP

Anyway, as usual I am sorry to hear about the sleep, and glad about the sea.

Thank you!