Here it is another Sunday.  The weeks are going by quickly.  We went for our weekly shopping in Bocas on Tuesday and ran into some people we   knew who invited us to another potluck on Thursday night.  Since there was a full moon we went out across the bay in our little boat and enjoyed the evening.  I should mention here that the boat, Cricket, has acquired a nickname that the expats use frequently when referring to her.  They call it Tippycanoe.  And I guess it isn't quite as substantial as others here but is okay so long as the weather is good.  We have repeatedly been advised not to take it out in bad weather though and we think that might be wise.  


On Friday we went over to the neighbors, Dave and Linda's place.  It is close but we have to take the boat over as there is no trail.  Anyway, they are the chocolate growers and there are tours there frequently. People come, not just to see the cacao trees, but also because their gardens are so beautiful! Les took some pictures but they don't begin to show the plants, flowers, pools, etc.  They have been there 15 years and so much work has gone into that place!  Will try to post a few pictures.  But they won't do it justice! We plan to go back when Carol and Frank are here so may get more pictures then.


We planned to go with them on Saturday to a Garden Club meeting but Saturday turned into one of those days when nothing goes as planned.  I was sure Linda said to come over at 9:15 but Les was sure it was 8:45.  I could not call her to check because the telephone was dead and needed to be charged. So we went down to our boathouse early (because our dock is falling down, can't be picked up here.)but the boat battery was dead.  So Les got the kayak in the water and had such a time getting into it and got so wet that, as he said, he might as well have swum over to their dock to tell them we were not going.  Then he kayaked out to the sailboat to retrieve the battery cable he had been using with one of the generators (which he had recently repaired and taken out there in the boat to charge batteries out there) and I went back up the hill.  By the time I got to the house it had started to pour and we had a regular monsoon that lasted about three hours with Les stuck on the sailboat waiting it out. The rain came down so hard we had a whiteout.  Could not see anything!  Then, of course, he had to bring the battery up the hill and charge it with this generator up here as he could not get the generator off the boat and bring it back in the kayak.  Well, the day just continued in that manner.  But today is another day and so far everything is going well.  Knock on wood!