Glendia also whacked up 3 more coconuts for us to take back to the boats. Yum - fresh coconut! It's not easy to cut those things up. Glendia put a lot of effort and whacks into each one. This one has bounced off of the porch as she hits it. I plan to just simply eat it, as it's too good to cook with and besides, I have a tart.
We paid for our tarts and left them there, at the stand by our dinghies on the beach, to walk to the somewhat distant grocery store, about 2 miles. We planned to pick them up later instead of carrying them around with us all day. We passed one of the Catholic churches that Father Jerome build on the island (previous blog). This is the last church he built.
The entry way doesn't have a gargoyle for rain run-off (what rain....) but it has a "fish-goyle"!
The entry itself has a beautifully painted mural.
Inside the small church, everything is well maintained. Apparently the Catholic church sends funds to the island to maintain the church and Father Jerome's hermitage.
After the church visit, we continued towards the promised grocery store. ahhh...domestic tranquility... I love the black cat and black chicken with her black chicks. I'm guessing that the cat has had enough run-ins with mother hens that it is no longer interested in chasing their chicks!
This beautiful butterfly was in the flowers in front of the house. He has a black and white stripped underside, much like a zebra.
Onward past the many Loyalist ruins on the island. Many of these sturdy dwellings have been reused over the years. Note the tin roof placed on this one.
Finally, to the nicely filled grocery store. This store is much like a convenience store size mom-and-pop variety store. But boy, did it have what we wanted. The groceries, while still expensive by our standards, were much more reasonable that at Sampson. We all, of course, bought too much. As we checked out, as asked the clerk if someone could give us a ride back to the dinghies. No, he answered in confusion, because someone was already waiting outside for us. Lulu!!! The bread lady! She said that when we were gone so long she figured that we had bought too much. So she drove down to the store to pick us all up. Took 2 trips to get the 5 of us and our stash back to the dinghies, but we really appreciated it. Everyone on the island has been friendly and kind.
Luke is at Greg's boat and they are working on conch horns. We had one but it barely worked. Greg had a conch, but hadn't made it into a horn yet. They must be successful, as I hear somewhat marginal horn sounds floating over from Greg's boat.
Our incredible smart cat "uses tools". Not the best pictures, but below.... Smoke has a favorite red "washcloth" that she holds between her paws and licks until it is just wet, wet, wet.
Then she either rubs it against her face, using her paws, or she holds it and rubs her face against it. Not bad for a little stray, huh.
A walk this afternoon and then a Super Bowl party at Latitudes. Well, maybe a Super Bowl Commercial party....we don't care who wins and the two boats we are traveling with are Canadian and they REALLY don't care. Taco's and beers and commercials will make it fun.
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