Adventure Ocean - Freedom of the Seas

Good morning,

Here are some images of children in the Adventure Ocean program aboard Freedom of the Seas. 

The children have a wonderful area of the ship for their own events and programs, but on this particular day they were parading through Royal Promenade, the "main street" of the ship.

 Today was a circus parade...

 ...that extended the length of the Royal Promenade, more than a US football field long.

 Seeing and hearing the kids brings a smile to everyone.

Enjoy!

Lois

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 Barney's Exercise Circus & Parade of Numbers [VHS]

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Tam Hat for 18" Doll - Crochet

Good morning,

Ginger needed one more item to make her sweater (pattern here) and skirt (pattern here) outfit complete.  

The little tam hat above probably took me no more than six or eight minutes to make, but it so important to complete the "look" of her outfit.  ;)

Back in the days I was teaching needlecrafts, I would have used an outfit like this to teach different techniques.  

The hat is crocheted in the round using a standard crochet hook.  The skirt is knitted in the round using both double pointed and circular needles.  The sweater is made in Tunisian (afghan) stitch using an afghan hook.

If you would like to make the hat, the pattern is below.

Enjoy!

Lois

PS - My friend, Marit of Marit's Hobby Blog has a give away.  Be sure to click to enter!

Ginger's Crocheted Tam Hat

Materials:

A small amount of blue #4 yarn

work in round; ch 2 always counts as first dc in round, join each round with ss

ch 4, join with ss

round 1: 12 dc in round

round 2: 2 dc in each st (24 st in round)

round 3: *2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next st. Repeat from *. (36 st in round)

round 4: *2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next 2 st. Repeat from *. (48 st in round)

round 5: *2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next 3 st. Repeat from *. *60 st in round)

round 6: work even in dc

round 7: *k3, k2 tog. Repeat from * (48 st in round)

round 8: *k2, k2 tog. Repeat from * (36 st in round)

round 9: work even in sc. 

Break off.  Weave in ends.

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 Lion Brand Yarn 480-098H Nature's Choice Organic Cotton Yarn, Almond

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Captain's Corner in Pharaoh's Lounge

Good morning,

Toward the end of most cruises aboard Freedom of the Seas there is a special event with the Executive Committee.  As pictured left to right they are:  Human Resources Director, Chief Engineer, Staff Captain, Hotel Director, Captain, and Cruise Director as moderator.

The event on this ship is called Captain's Corner is is purely a question and answer question so guests can ask questions of the people who make their cruise vacation possible.   It's always a very interesting session to hear what the guests ask and how the Executive Committee responds.

While sitting in on the Captain's Corner event recently I realized I haven't shown you pictures of Pharaoh's Lounge.  The image above is one side of the entrance hall. 

Inside there is more theme art work...

 ...and there is, of course, a bar in the lounge, too, (this is a cruise ship, you know!) but it wasn't open at the time of this Captain's Corner.

As long as I have sailed on board Freedom of the Seas, I keep finding more areas I haven't featured here.  I hope you are enjoying the ship as much as we do.

Very best,
Lois

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 Royal Caribbean PULLBACK-SKU#614534-6

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New Years Eve

Good morning!

What will you be doing tonight to celebrate the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011?

We are aboard Freedom of the Seas so our plans are to enjoy a formal party (see above), then...

...a delicious dinner.  That image above (filet mignon and lobster tail) and the one below...

 ...the "sampler" dessert were taken in Portofino, the specialty Italian restaurant aboard Freedom of the Seas.

We will toast the new year with a glass of sparkling water.  :)

Have a Safe and Happy New Year, my friends!

Lois

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 Marquis by Waterford Brookside 8-Ounce Champagne Flutes, Set of 4

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Grandeur of the Seas in Georgetown, Grand Cayman

Good morning,

We sailed into Georgetown, Grand Cayman, under very cloudy skies.  I looked out of our stateroom window aboard Freedom of the Seas and noticed Grandeur of the Seas at anchor.  Grandeur is also a Royal Caribbean International ship.  By the time I went up two decks to Deck 12 to get a good angle for a picture, the skies opened up and the sun put a spotlight on Grandeur.  Wow.  How pretty!

Grandeur of the Seas (74,000 gross tons) is less than half the size of Freedom of the Seas (154,407 gross tons) so there is quite a size comparison for anyone who could have gotten a picture of us together in the harbor.  The smaller size doesn't diminish the cruise experience on board Grandeur, though.  It is a terrific ship.

Grandeur is a sister ship (both Vision Class) to Splendour of the Seas, a ship where My Honey and I spent a great deal of time together over eight years.   

Aboard Splendour we sailed East and West in the Mediterranean, all the way up through Europe into the Arctic Circle, Brazil in South America, and North America from Canada into the Caribbean.  Such wonderful memories.

I turned around and got a shot of Grand Cayman where the clouds still hung over the island.

I was so fortunate to have the sun cooperating for that first picture!

Lois

Check out Watery Wednesday.  :)

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 Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands

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Skirt for 18" Doll - Knit

Clothing for 18" Dolls is available for purchase at 

EvensensProductions.com

Knit and crochet patterns to make clothing for 18" Doll are also available.

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 Bernat Satin Print Yarn-Luxury Ombre

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Rainy Day at Labadee, Haiti

Good morning,

Not every day on a cruise ship or tropical island is a sunny one.

This is Labadee, Haiti, where we encountered rain and mist that wasn't all bad. 

Although it wasn't a good day for a picnic at the beach, the mist provided some nice images....

...of the mountains.  Do you see that little speck out there in the water, just right of center in the image?

Here's another shot zoomed in on the man in the boat.  He is a Royal Caribbean employee and is waiting for departure of our ship, Freedom of the Seas.

Although it looks very misty, we do have enough visibility to leave.

The carts had just returned all supplies and equipment to the ship and we were pulling away from the dock.

Our bow thrusters easily pushed us away...

...as we watched the waves crashing into the island just below the walkway we have walked many times before, but not today.

I have some images on a sunny day at Labadee here if you would like to take a look.

I'll surely go ashore again in the next few weeks, too, to capture more images on a sunny day.

Very best,
Lois

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 Frommer's Caribbean 2011 (Frommer's Complete)

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