Culebra Odds and Ends

First, thank you to those who have written with offers of help, including donations, along with positive feedback and encouragement concerning Marsha's cats and Animal Welfare of Culebra. Each caring person means a lot and on behalf of AWC, here is one expression of thanks! The job isn't even close to done, but having hope is huge. Again, time is running very short; if you come up with one home for one cat, you've saved a life and enriched a home.

Some announcements here on a couple of local businesses! D's Garden, our wonderful nursery, now located down the street opposite from Genesis (take that street and go around to the end, and there she is) ready to make your holidays brighter! She is open Wednesdays to Saturday, 9-3. The phone # 787-435-9844. 

"I also have poinsettias baskets $13.00 red, basket of three color red/white/pink $14.00,  6" pot red $4.00.  Every month I will have a different type of sale."


Diane will let me know about the sale plants and I'll pass them along here. Check it out!

Smoke Tender Wow is going to be serving breakfast on the ferry dock! Breakfast burritos, anyone? Eggs and smoked meat sound good to me, or maybe a sandwich on homemade bread. There will also be sticky buns. Don't know what a sticky bun is? Go down to the dock and find out for yourself. French press coffee  and Old Fashioned sodas will also be available.


The 7 day a week hours are: Sunday - Wednesday 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m,
                                            Thursday - Saturday 6 a.m. to 12:00

Full Moon parties included! Oops, missed that one! Pictures to come, just as soon as I get down to the ferry at 6:00 a.m. in need of a burrito... You can find Smoke Tender Wow on Facebook, if you like.

Susie's opens Wednesday! New and old mix on the menu, come see what she's doing in the kitchen this year! For a sample of what's on the menu (with more to be added), here is her website.

And, by the way...I've heard a number of people have canceled their holidays here because of the news about the ferry's and planes. It's not perfect yet (it never WAS perfect, we live on a freakin' island, for goodness sake), but the ferry's are running, planes are flying and people are getting here and out on a pretty good schedule, so pass the word. CNN spread the bad news, now it's time to spread the present reality!

I'm not JUST about announcing things for cats, plants and food, but that's it for now; something to chew on while you have your morning eye-opener of choice on this windy (here) morning. I think the rain might be done for the day...we'll see what happens next.

A Culebra Afternoon

Life is starting to fall back into the Culebra wavy groove that I know so well because I rarely know it at all. Which I like. The other night it included an unexpected dinner party with two old friends and two new acquaintances, a couple here to find out first hand if they want to live on, rather than just visit, Culebra. She's a doctor with an emphasis on holistic medicine, he's a physicist, both with a good sense of humor - which is pretty much a prerequisite. Amazingly, after dinner with the three of us, they are still considering living here. We'll see what happens next. I know one thing for sure, she cooks a fine meal...a vegetarian, gluten free meal that I, dedicated carnivore that I am, who really didn't understand gluten from glue (until an explanation that not only made sense but was actually interesting), award  5 stars. As happens so often, I was busy enjoying eating and forgot to take a photo...oops!

Today I'll be helping Susie do some restaurant tweaking, observe a bit of local drama at Wednesday court and maybe, maybe, get my cart back on the corner. But yesterday afternoon,, after tearing my jungle yard apart a bit more (I'm all re-energized about food gardening after seeing fabulous ones all over the US) was spent on happy hour at Dinghy Dock and the waterfront, with company about as local as it gets. Just that mellow time with some of those who people my world, catching up and catching on. I wish I'd gotten a shot of Benjamin going by in his boat, hair blowing back in the breeze. It's good to be home.

Dinghy Dock

Obligatory Jack photo

Time out ended with an order of wings from  

Smoke Tender Wow. Key word, wow! Kudos, Steve. Check it out!

Have a welcoming Wednesday. Do something wishful.