Luxury Yacht at our Door

Doug and I went for a little run Friday morning and when we returned home, this is the breathtaking view that greeted us.  When a ship like this is parked a stones throw away from the front of your house, it's only natural to go straight to google.

This luxury yacht was delivered to owner by Audrey Milnichenk in 2008.  The name of this interesting vessel is A, which stands for the owners name and Alexsandra, his wife. The A is was designed by Philippe Starck and built by Blohm and Voss.  The purchase price was rumored to be 300 million dollars.  It is a speedy vessel, with a maximum speed of 23 knots and cruising speed of 19 knots.  It also uses lots of fuel.  The fuel tank holds 200,000 gallons.  It uses about 27 gallons of fuel per hour. 

The submarine shaped ship is 390 feet long. There are about 24,000 square feet of interior living space.  The master suite is 2,500 square feet.  The windows have 1.7" thick bomb proof glass and there are over 40 CCTV cameras and motion sensors.

You will find a helipad and a swimming pool on the bow.

The stern has 2 swimming pools, one with a glass bottom, a window to the disco below.  This large opening below the aft deck and pool is for the motor boats and watercraft that transport people here and there.

find a bio of  Audrey Milnichenk CLICK HERE

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Petersburg's City Gardens

If you walk around Petersburg in the Summer, you will see colorful lush gardens in our City parks and along the sidewalks.  The person responsible for these lovely wonders is Jesse O'Connor.  Jesse has been landscaping and nourishing city gardens for years and his work is appreciated by all who walk down the streets of our town.  

If you've lived in Petersburg very long, you know that things looked very different before Jesse built the cities gardens.  We forget the barren landscape of 15 years ago when the Harbor parking lot was just a parking lot.  

I think this was one of Jesse's first gardens.  Look at how the trees have grown.  The colorful annuals accessorize the the lush green and crimson trees during the summer months.

 Eric Larson's black bear hides behind the flowering shrubs.

 This garden is an example of Jesse's masterful attention to detail.  This garden flowers throughout the summer and the majority of the plants in this garden are bulbs and perennials.  Bulbs and perennials are lovely when they are flowering but the life of each bloom is relatively short.  The blooms in this garden begin with tulips and daffodils in the Spring and as these flowers wane, the peonies begin their luscious blooms, bordered by Snow-In-Summer.  This picture was taken after the peony bloom, during mid July.  The terracing of the Ligularia, Hostas and Astilbe makes a lovely backdrop for this restful seating area at the bottom of the hill.

If you garden in Petersburg, you know how difficult it is to get flowers to grow in the dark wet Summer months.  Jesse's gardens are always colorful, lush and healthy.  When you see Jesse, you might want to thank him for almost single handedly, bringing so much beauty to Petersburg.  

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The Market

Come to the Petersburg Market!!!

Dates for the remainder of the season are:

July 26, 2014

August 9, 2014

August 30, 2014

The Market is open from 10:00AM to 1:00PM

Here are some images of last weeks Market.  It's a great place to be on Saturday!