As part of a tour of the New England coast, the H.M.S. Bounty arrived in Belfast yesterday. Unfortunately, I didn’t see her arrive under sail, but Dennis and I took a walk into town yesterday evening where she was docked, and bathed in the beautiful golden light of early evening. It will be here through the weekend, and we’re looking forward to attending a cocktail party with music and a tour on Saturday evening.
Nothing to do with the “Bounty”, but it is nautical! I shot this picture yesterday evening and love it…
The garden is starting to look more and more beautiful – photos soon, but while sitting on the side porch with a cup of coffee, I couldn’t resist snapping my dogwood. I am so thrilled to finally have one that is producing blossoms.
A colourful and very casual eatery called Phat Burrito caught my attention. We stopped in and were able to have Lucy accompany us on the patio . One orders at a counter and they serve you – all very casual, but d-e-l-c-i-o-u-s! I didn’t even make a dent in my salad and have plenty for lunch tomorrow. Unfortunately the battery in my phone died, so no pics.
Charlotte looks interesting – maybe warranting a 2-night stay next time through.
When in the south, go to one of your favorite restaurants, in one of your favorite towns (Fernandina Beach), and have a scrumptious fried green tomato sandwich – just for you, Sandy!
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A good day! I got my long awaited iPhone!!!
The drive between Tampa and Winter Park was not pleasant, with stop and go traffic for about 30 miles by Orlando, but we wanted to go and see the Winter Park Arts Festival where Lorraine and Gene were taking part. There were 250 or so artists and many food vendors; even though a high-end show, I was not overly impressed. Most of the artwork was very suited to Florida and just more over the top than I like.
Anyway, the best was to come. After the show, the four of us went to the Winter Park Fish Company for dinner. A terrific little place with deliciously fresh fish, blue moon beer on draft, and a great atmosphere! The drive home was better!
Another hot one today, at the fitness centre catching up on wifi and in a/c.
I’ve been working on uploading our pictures from Viet Nam and my mind wandered to Rebecca and Dade, the couple we met a year ago in Puerto Montt, and who inspired me to start this blog. I have her blog bookmarked and thought I’d check in to see what trips they’ve been on, and was surprised to see none listed from Jan ’11 (when we met) until Dec ’11. I clicked on it and saw Katmandu and was thinking to myself – you lucky devils – when I found, reading it, that Dade was obviously alone and he was there on a mission – to spread Rebecca’s ashes! They mentioned that she’d had a bout with melanoma, and was carefully protecting herself from the sun, but ….
So I googled Rebecca Garrison-Sokoloff and found her obituary. She died November 13, 2011 – 34 years old! my God! I also found her facebook page and discovered this picture (which we’ve never seen before)
taken by either Dade or Rebecca from their balcony – coincidentally a deck or two above ours.
Here’s a picture of Rebecca, drinking a pisco sour (we both had one or two!) taken in the restaurant in Puerto Varas (lifted from her blog)
Does this look like a tranquil paradise? We have this cabin for the week, but I had to come home to Belfast for meetings and commitments while Dennis and Lucy are being joined by our friend, Jeff, and returning home on Saturday.
Our time here in WA is drawing nigh and tomorrow we will be up, up and away back to New England. We’ve had lots of cuddles, kisses and slobbers! And best of all saw Greyson crawl for the first time on 12/6 – now here’s no stopping him!
