A few days ago, Lily came walking up with one of these. We knew that cashews grew around here but we had not yet seen one. The nut, actually a seed, grows at the bottom of a fleshy fruit called a cashew apple. The meat pulp is used to make a sweet drink. However, you […]
Lily stayed in the pool most of the day Saturday. She splashed around with some friends we had not seen since we were here last year – Mallory and Jaime. I sat with their mom, Jaime, and tried to keep up with her and Maya’s political discussion in Spanish. I quickly got lost but they […]
By Lily Fuchs Yesterday I did boat chores. I polished the stainless steel in the cockpit. Dad said I could either do school or boat chores. I said chores. So I helped him with the sail washing and cockpit polishing. We wash the sail by putting it on deck and scrubbing it fold-by-fold. My favorite […]
We picked up the hotdogs, buns and cake around noon. It was a wet ride in the dinghy back to the boat with Lily holding the boxed cake in her lap as we bumped across the water. Once back on land, we performed a little cake surgery in order to remove an unwanted princess from […]
We awoke this morning to an ant invasion. There were easily a thousand ants busily streaming down one of the docklines, across the deck and right into the boat through the open hatches. We have been killing mercilessly but more emerge from little cracks in the woodwork as we get the exposed ones exterminated. We […]
Some kids play in the yard. Some kids play in the shipyard. Molly, Will and Lily all have a bike so the race is on. Time to head back to the boat. Wow, what a pretty evening.
Last weekend was rainy and cool but the heat has returned. The sun comes up early so the boat starts feeling hot about 10. Randall hired a local guy, Lionel, to help him clean the boat and engine room. They also cleaned and sanded down our fading navy stripe along the cabin top and Randall […]
Last night, we were talking about seeing a Facebook post from a friend sharing that his two teenage boys had just discovered the hilarity of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s of First” routine. We decided to gather around the computer and share this treat together. Lily rolled on the settee laughing while I admit to a […]
Lily and I had some beach fun today. We started out kayaking but it was a little windy so we turned our efforts to sand castle construction. Lily had apartments, farms, markets, an orphanage and coral-ornamented guard towers. I had promised a full report on our blowing bubbles lessons. However, our lessons have been postponed […]
We have been living a pretty routine boat life this week. Homeschool and computer work at the salon table all morning. A boat chore in the afternoon, like laundry by hand in a tub on the bow. Volleyball or swimming in the late afternoon. Dinner late in the evening, often grilled to avoid heating the […]