nauti-cal by nature

I should preface this by saying that I suffer from from debilitating seasickness. As in-  I got seasick on a cruiseship. As in- I got seasick on a drydocked boat. Seriously. 

Despite the fact that I'm not clearly not seaworthy, I love the look of all things nautical. Anchors, canvas, rusty metal chains, weathered timber, faded paint...you're speaking my language.  Not to mention ropes and knots, which I became so obsessed with in college that my entire senior thesis centered on them.

I'll never know why, but there is something about the iconography of ships, boats, docks and life at sea that appeals to me. Perhaps I was a mermaid in a past life. (I've still got the mane for it.) Or maybe I just love old rusty stuff.

Either way, I got my visual fix during our quick trip to the Pacific Northwest last month. And I didn't even get seasick.

More shots of our trip here.