sweet Saturday...

because Steve gets back today. He has been sailing our boat here from Grenada for the past two weeks. It sounds like it has been a rough ride and he told me that he has some good stories to tell, so I’ll leave it at that for now. He should get into the marina around 11pm or so. Next  week I will  regale you with tales of waves and wind and who knows what else.

I arrived back on “the project” this past Monday after 2 weeks at home for Thanksgiving with my family and friends—such a wonderful time!   Re-entry into Bocas reality is usually rough and this trip was no exception. I arrived back to the news that a number of vehicles were in the repair shop, which is hard because all of my workers need transportation, not only of themselves but also of their equipment (weed whackers, machetes, mops and buckets, ladders, etc).  Then it started raining and hardly let up until Thursday afternoon--three depressing wet difficult days. Yet there is always something glorious about the rain here. It forces one to realize that rain is just another way to be outside—indeed one can work outside in the rain because it’s so warm, and I even like pruning plants and weeding in the rain. The main inconvenience for me is that you can’t weed whack in the rain because the grass is too slippery and it’s not good for the motor. But the grass grows fast with all the moisture so you have a major problem—you can’t cut the grass while it is raining, but the rain makes the grass grow faster. And you have to keep the grass down in order to keep the bugs at bay (especially scorpions). It also looks tidier. So now I am buying another weed whacker so that I can have two guys whacking away when the sun shines, so to speak.

Now to the pictures of the last few weeks since my last blog:

Addie and Tara

Sylvia and Bonnie

This is Santos, our large equipment operator, in the vehicle I call “T-rex.” Santos  is one of those people who spreads happiness and contentment wherever he goes.

Friday morning I went into town (Bocas, on Isla Colon). I entered the street off the dock and immediately sensed that something was up. There were people all over and an air of excitement, like there was going to be a parade or something. Then I saw the director’s chairs and the cameras. There was a motion picture being filmed on the street in Bocas!! The film is by a German producer and the title, in English, is “Treasure Hunter.”   (somehow, I don’t think it will be up for Best Foreign Film). The guy with the beard and mustache is supposedly a famous actor in Germany.

All for now. I am so excited- Steve just called me on his satellite phone and expects to arrive in the marina in an hour. I feel like a school girl with a crush- need to go spritz on some perfume and get ready to go down to wait on the dock for my husband who has been out at sea!