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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 10:23 am |
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someone I know has a birthday on Tuesday. So apparently Mother Nature has a birthday present in mind.
Clearly, I need to stop doing the nude rain dances. It's definately not working out in my favor.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 10:56 am |
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 11:18 am |
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that is my exact plan!! Good food, and a chance to sleep in the top of my nephew's new bunk bed.....what more could a girl want?
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 09:37 pm |
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Well...dancing might be the answer. I wasn't going to post until I saw this, but I'm cheating and posting what I just put on stormcarib (yes...I plagerize myself on a regular basis but so far I haven't sued myself so I guess it's ok).
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I've been listening to a USVI radio station while they are broadcasting St. Thomas Carnival (St. Croix has the Christmas carnival, St. Thomas the Spring, St. John has...I forget). I love these shows; they are all live, and pretty crazy. The parade had some *gaps*...the announcers blamed it on the rain but I've never been to a parade in the USVI's that didn't have gaps...usually the one at the beginning which makes it start 2 hours late. But no one cares because it's serious party time.
Man/woman in the street interviews are hilarious, because usually the interviewee is well lubricated with the joy juice of choice. Radio guy "So mon, how you liking Carnival?" Guy in the street "OH MON, I LOVE CARNIVAL [starts singing calypso song he hopes will win], this is the best mon, rain don't stop the carnival, we're all [more singing] uh, it's a GOOD TIME!!! HAPPY CARNIVAAAAALLLLLLLL!!! mumble laugh sing mumble friends laughing, radio guy laughing...then dead air except for the bands and crowds for maybe 5 minutes until the hooked in St. Croix guy starts talking.."Oh I guess those guys are taking a break...well, here's some mus..uh...yes, music...those guys...ok." "No mon, we're not taking a break, I need to find some batteries for my headset."
A lot of people from Culebra boat over for Carnival where they have lots of family connections, coming home after three days of non-stop partying looking much worse for wear. You don't see those people for a few days...
And we did get rain! Lots of clouds all day, and then out of the grey, someone turned the fire hose on. It didn't last long but it was enough to douse the ground and fill the bottom of the dinghy. Now it is coolish and calm, the humid air of earlier washed away leaving a pretty perfect temp for the late afternoon and evening.
Last night, I spent my first night on the houseboat...calm and beautiful, the tipped egg shaped moon blasting as brightly as a full one and fish jumping for the stars. I can get used to that. Houseboats don't act or feel like sailboats in the water though, even flat calm water. It's strange, but it's good. Tomorrow a friend will scrape off about 5 years of growth from the bottom (yes, he's getting paid, but I still wonder if we'll be friends when he's done...oh well, I gave fair warning - me not doing it myself should be warning enough!). It is crunchy munchy under there and I'm afraid I might change the whole ecological set up in my bay once the bottom is boat and not a marine biosphere. More shrimp and lobsters! I can live with that.
While this shot may look dreary to many, for us it is the color of life.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 09:38 pm |
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The moon last night...it was astonishingly bright...and odd.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 09:43 pm |
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and this has absolutely nothing to do with the weather and it was from yesterday, but Neil just looked so damn dapper in his new chef coat, I had to share it. The occasion was a local govt. Secretary Day party, held in the new dining area of Dinghy Dock. Yes, you read that correctly and you'll just have to go see it for yourself!
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 10:10 pm |
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I'm sooooooo happy for you that you got to enjoy what I'm sure was a very special, and emotional in it's own way, first night on the houseboat, and the moon should shine her special light on you -- you know who's directing that light now!
And I love Neil's new jacket -- how very professional and dapper he looks!!!! Another guy who deserves special light beams!!
thanks for sharing!
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| Damn! Tell Neil he cleans up well! LOL! I especially like the Culebra flag and sun over his name.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 12:37 am |
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Island Woman MJ wrote:
Last night, I spent my first night on the houseboat...
Did CWIM (Cat Who Isn't Mine) get to spend the night too?
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 12:54 am |
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Hell no. She sits on a rock at the top of the dock (sorry that rhymes but it's the truth) waiting for me. No way she'd get on the dock or the boat unless I dragged her along. and since I'm living on land, I don't want to freak her out into becoming The Cat Who Isn't Mine That I Never Saw Again.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 01:43 am |
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oh glory! It's been raining for about an hour now...nice, steady rain, the kind we need the most and it looks like it could go on awhile longer. Keep dancing!!!
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 10:23 am |
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yippeee!!! Apparently dancing AND nights spent on the houseboat is the answer.
Maine is desperate too -- we're supposed to get 1-3 inches tomorrow night -- and I'm sure every firefighter in the state is holding their breath.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 07:43 pm |
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AWESOME news on all the rain events happening and to be!!! We should be expecting our own tonight, though we don't need it.
Congrats on the first overnighter in the new abode MJ!! It sounds like it was wonderful and I'm sure just the beginning of a great new dimension to your life 
Now, about this new dining area at Dinghy Dock, why are you teasing us like that? It's---dare I say it-----cruel, you know!! Though if it is anything as nice as Neil in his new chef coat, we can't wait to be there!! Who am I kidding, we can't wait to be there no matter what it is like!!!
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 10:34 pm |
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Hmm, this is the second time I've been called cruel here...but tease you I did and tease you I shall! You'll see when you get here. Unless I'm invited to something happening there and then I'll take pictures...and maybe post them 
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