Almost back!

Oh happy day!! After having my brother go through many, many dance steps to get my computer fixed in the States, it's back and working well! With the new phone and a hotspot, I'm still slow but I CAN post again!

And when the new camera gets here next week (thanks, Sarah!!!!) - because yes, the old one died and was stupid expensive to fix; the tropics are hard on electronics, yes indeed - it will be, like my bro says, a country western song in reverse. I'm so looking forward to playing with my favorite toys again and sharing what happens with you, my patient readers! 

In the meantime, I've taken a bunch of phone photos, some of which may or may not show up here eventually, but almost every day is still filled with beauty to be found, despite the sometimes overwhelmingly exasperating events of the world. I think it makes it even more important to find the beauty and work with passion to keep it, no matter how small the effort might appear. We're all we've got!

Into every life...

Have a scandal free Saturday! Do something supercalifragilisticexpealidocious!

Free Range Friday Culebra ~ Beachy Eggs

No, I did not cook eggs at the beach. But in answer to that age old question, which came first, the beach or the eggs, I can answer you now. The beach came first, as well it should.

But before the beach, the bay came. That doesn't sound too scientific, but roll with me, because the first few shots are from yesterday morning.

Shooting directly into the sun is interesting sometimes...

No matter where I went, that sailboat was determined to be in the shot.

 As I was leaving town, I ran into the road guys Hombres at Work. It wasn't in the least band like, but it will be nice to have smooth roads again for awhile. Like the triathlon on St. Croix, certain events on islands mean paved roads, cleaned up roadsides, trash cleaning and a few more positives that get special attention. In the VI's during elections, they call this Bull and Bread. You figure it out.

Back to the beach! The water was slightly cooler this morning, but not at all cold once the barriers were breached. Breached on the beach. Sorry...I couldn't stop myself.

If you look really closely, you can see the sailboat out there. Where's that trasnsport machine?

How I actually captured this wavelet with the phone camera is one of the Photography Gods little chuckles.

The chickens had been fed and watered hours before, and it was time for the cackle berries to be taken away from them. Thank you, ladies! Whichever ones you are.

Of COURSE I broke a yolk, when I hardly ever do that. But hey, I was not going to crack two more eggs
just to impress you with my culinary genius. Are these eggs pretty or are these eggs pretty?

Ok, I admit it. eggs from the chickens and some of my own rye bread feels really good to have as a meal. Now to get some veggies growing and take advantage of the fact that we can grow year 'round here if we work it.

Invest 98 really does bear some watching, with some expecting it to become TS Rafael sooner than later. It's easy at this time of year to be out of the prep mode and onto the upcoming holidays, but hey, the fat lady hasn't sung yet and you shouldn't either, if you have a home here, have a plan here. 

Have a fill yourself full of fine food Friday! Do something fervently.

Simple Sunday ~ Culebra

harvest moon--
when my heart's had its fill
it's dawn ~ Issa

Rain at night, Sun in the day

Unfortunately, I missed getting a shot of the brilliant morning rainbow on my slow dash down the hill to take care of cat duty. The sky is autumn blue, a few puff clouds around, the sun already full on. These are from the past few days...in Paradox.

From the hilltop looking toward Vieques

Come a little bit closer now

Yes, this is where the name Caribbean Blue comes from

 Bay side

Oh lucky me, my backyard

A Kelli flower - no, I haven't a clue 

what it is, except exotic and beautiful

I'm hoping the cart gets back on the corner this weekend - since I hung my harness up, I'll be waiting on the availability of friends to get that done...in the meantime, I'm looking at ordering chickens for eggs and bread recipes for loaves. Multi-tasking are us (yes, CWIM cooks, shhh, don't tell).