In the spring I painted the flowers on the bow of the boat. Since we had two boats at that time we had Yancanuck anchored so we didn't have to pay for slip rent on two boats. Tom would row out to the boat and take pieces off the boat and bring them to shore to refinish them. We would row past Bayou Joes, a popular place to eat. Sometimes the waitress would yell out "There goes the Professor and Marianne", as we rowed by.
Tom removed the bow piece with the wooden flowers on it and I painted it. It is big and very heavy. It was a bit tricky getting them back on the boat when you are in a dinghy and you are floating around. There are two, one on each side of the boat.