⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 @holly@v.st

@th photographing the family of boobies that are roosting out on the jibboom. They have no fear of people.

Polynesian sailing canoe, what a blast!

We have arrived in Honolulu!

View from the jibboom.

Middle of the Pacific and we pick up this hitchhiker that likes to poop all over the deck

Leaving SF, we’re getting a send-off from a fire boat. Next stop: Hawaii!

I’m in Palo Alto, about to go sail across the Pacific. So far I’ve seen two cybertrucks (I thought the future would be cooler), a car driving down the street with no people in it (nope nope nope), and I’ve tried the Vision Pro (despite the photo there is not actually a cello app yet). I’m eating Mexican for nearly every meal because I can 😋

I tried searching for Attila the Hun on Wikipedia

Oh no, “This is not Amsterdam” is also being used in Dutch cities to stop attempts to reduce car traffic 🤦🏻 https://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/het-is-nog-even-wennen-in-het-autoluwe-centrum-van-sneek-we-willen-de-stad-meer-lucht-geven~b721f3b9/ @notjustbikes

In Dutch the acronym for #autism spectrum disorder is ASS. I can mostly handle this, but every now and then my therapist puts up a picture like this and I burst out laughing, and then I have to apologize for being an 8 year old.

I’m on a train replacement bus from Den Helder and omg the bus driver is playing the worst eurodance 😅 I’m waiting for Planet of the Bass to come on.

Today I’m a tall ship electrician

Dutch countryside on the way to Den Helder.

Traditional Dutch sailing barges on the Waddenzee

The bakery was Lille Bakery. Julia, the cook on the Tres Hombres, had a talent for making connections with local farmers and producers in all the ports and it’s thanks to her I discovered these seeds. Also, fried caper leaves are delicious, who knew?! Also tasted some wonderful freekah and einkorn from https://kornbymoelle.dk

Saw these brassica seeds in a bakery in Copenhagen and asked about them. Got a taste of them raw, they were nutty and delicious and would be nice mixed into bread dough. Also soaked: they’re like mustard but without any of the harsh bitterness, just refreshingly sweet/sour/tangy. I want to mix them into lentil salad or spread them on bread. Need to find these in NL, they’re “huttentut” in Dutch. Specialty seed stores have them, otherwise folks just seem to be selling the oil.

Stowing the royal sail on the Tres Hombres. Sad I missed my opportunity to sail on this ship, and I hope there is another one!

@quixoticgeek have you been on the S line in Copenhagen? Ridiculously wide trains with extra spacious bike parking.

Anyone know how to bulk-delete a bazillion calendar entries? Ran my usual medication reminder shortcut after the iOS 17 update and for some reason it did an infinite loop. I’m afraid of what’s going to happen when they all try to send a notification at the same time 😭 I think I’m going to have to nuke the whole calendar. @viticci @johnvoorhees

Watching the Maeslantkering closer for its annual test