Monday, 23 December 2019

Rainy Daze at the "Cottage"




We’re going to need a lot of drying out, if the sun ever appears again! Day after day of rain – today quite heavy – and we’re occupying ourselves with indoor jobs (cozy, actually). It looks like cleaning the bilge might fall to me, while Jeff is going to brave the deep blue to clean the underside of the boat. He won’t notice the rain down there 😊.

We have been snatching between-rainstorm moments for some fun – yesterday we dinghied to our favourite Volleyball Beach for a “kosher” pig roast lunch and feeding the sting rays who come up to us like pet cats (they know which side their conch guts are buttered on). Two days ago we hiked over the hill to the gorgeous ocean beach, with its miles of empty, powdery sand and dramatically crashing waves. We never tire of this sight.

Meanwhile, indoors, I’m practicing my uke and choir music, baking, making Chanukah latkes, painting (sample below), writing blog posts, reading, etc. etc. Jeff has a never-ending list of boat jobs he works on when he’s not resting.

Tomorrow we’ll head back to George Town, now that the wind has calmed, to re-provision and prepare for the upcoming celebrations – Chanukah (as of last night), our 36th anniversary (tomorrow night) and a Christmas day pot-luck on the beach, weather permitting. It could be worse …. Happy holidays, everyone – whatever you’re celebrating in this season of lights.















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