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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
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Sunday 20 April – part one: are we the only ones up this early?
Once again, we woke up early. I blame the bird life here. Honestly, I swear they’re worse than cockerels. They see the sun come up, and seem to decide to greet it. It was only 6:10am, but I figured I’d get up. I’d slept better than last night. Having the sleeping bag we brought with us on top of the bedding helped to keep me warm, although that made it even more of a shock to the system when we finally had to get up.
I got the tea going, then we settled down to breakfast – this morning, cereal for me, as I’d bought four pints of milk with us, and we weren’t going to be taking it home with us, and I didn’t want it to go to waste, and baked beans and sausages on toast for Mark. He told me cooking that was taking him back to his camping holidays. Ok, you’re welcome to your memories of those. I draw the line there. There is only so much slumming it this girl can take!
Once we were done, we washed everything up. The weather was certainly interesting this morning. I thought I’d heard it raining when I was in bed, and it certainly looked as if it had. While we were getting breakfast ready, it tipped it down, yet 10 minutes later, this was the sight…
… and they say the weather changes frequently in Florida!
We set off just after 8:00am, with me getting photos of Mark hauling our anchor up – my goodness, he struggled with that! I was glad I didn’t volunteer to do that.
Then he cast off our mooring ropes (hark at me with the sailing terms! ) and we were on our way.
It was nice to get some photos of Wroxham as we left, as when we came in, we got to it quite quickly, so I didn’t get many shots. It seems like a nice enough place, although I really would not like to see it in the middle of the summer, as I bet it’s chaos.
Soon we were back out into the water and, for a while, we were on our own. After all, it was Easter Sunday, and it was still early. I loved the light the early morning sun was casting on the water as we went along…
Eventually, we did see other boats, so I guess we weren’t the only ones up stupidly early today!
This goose had found an odd place to be. I don’t think I’ve ever seen geese stand up on tree stumps like this.
Mark told me he liked the way the reeds had bent in the wind, so I tried to get some arty shots of them for him:
At one point, we saw a heron, and I was able to get some shots of him….
It looks beautiful along there in the early morning. I'd probably still be sleeping, and miss that . I love how some of the house have their own little water inlets, kind of like driveways for their boats!
Such a peaceful morning! Well, peaceful after the birds already woke you up.
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They see the sun come up, and seem to decide to greet it. It was only 6:10am, but I figured I’d get up. I’d slept better than last night. Having the sleeping bag we brought with us on top of the bedding helped to keep me warm, although that made it even more of a shock to the system when we finally had to get up. 
I was glad I didn’t volunteer to do that. 
. I love how some of the house have their own little water inlets, kind of like driveways for their boats!
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Mary - not enough trips!
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