It's a miracle I'm loosing any weight but I am down a few pounds despite an occasional lunch at the local rib place. (~$2.85)
I enjoy having Cantaloupe and strawberry yogurt for breakfast but have had to cut the cantaloupe up into chunks because I haven't had a spoon. At home I use a 'melon baller' but didn't bring it. I liked the large handle on the fork and spoon above so well that I asked the owner if she'd sell them and she said she'd like 5 pesos each (~50¢). What a dear. I'm watching a tropical downpour this early morning, thinking maybe I'll have cantaloupe for breakfast today. =).
Pedaling home after the meeting last night I passed one of the ocean front jewelry shops where they were trying to move a huge safe back into the store with a forklift. I understand the seas of Wilma finally crashed their way into the place and drove the safe out into the street, across the rocky beach into the sea. The store owners and insurance company were rumored to have offered lavish compensation for the finding and recovering the safe. Some local divers went at it and succeeded only to find the term 'Lavish' means different things to different people. Since the divers had the safe, everyone came to terms. (No this guy isn't trying to lift the safe, he's just having some fun with the camera.)
What is a tropical downpour? I emptied out this hurricane candle and yesterday's rains have almost filled it to the brim again. Notice the air conditioner behind the wash hanging on the line? Pidgins like to get on top of that AC unit in the mornings and breed because it's out of sight from flying predators above. What a racket with their claws tap dancing on the tin and all that cooing. I've tried sneaking the camera around the corner for a little peek but they always bolt.
Earlier this week the carpenter measured my doorway for a screen door. Here it is being installed. I had to leave to keep from trying to 'help'. =)
And that, folks, is the end of yet another week in Paradise. Shall we close with a great sunset between rain showers?
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