Author: Peg

Nice sunny day. That is about as much as I could do for my company.  The monk seal came back for another day on our little beach.

My home state of Virginia seems to be poised on the brink of the opening round of the next American civil war. The first shots of the first civil war took place in Virginia. The raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia October 16, 1859.  Hopefully, cool heads and rational people will prevail on Monday in Richmond.

Gratitude

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Really grateful that Carlton died before the American experiment blew up. Not sure if this sort of negative gratitude counts.

So, let me try again: Grateful for the really fine sunny day.

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Okay for my company, today, I produced a monk seal. And sunshine. No seriously, I had nothing to do with either. This is the 2nd monk seal that I have seen in the village in a quarter century of winters. They are so rare that we all love seeing them but know that this is no place for a 400+ pound pregnant lady.

The entire beach was roped off for her. The monk seal protective league sent educators to help explain to the visitors why the beach was closed. Monk seals hunt at night, and it takes a lot of seafood to fill up a monk seal, and they sleep on beaches during the day. Normally they do this on the northern islands, inhabited only by seabirds. We are the southern most island in the 1,500 mile chain of Hawaiian islands. And, we have a lot of isolated and difficult to access beaches. But, this lady decided to make herself at home right in the middle of our little fishing village with a drinking problem.

For the record. Today was the first time that I missed having a proper camera. But, you shoot with what you have.

Gratitude

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Monk seals, cell phone camera and salted caramel ice cream.

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Well, what passes for perfect at my advanced age. Things can still go south, but for now I am as good as I am going to be. I even managed to take a new picture of a great huge hibiscus.

Wish I could tell you about a great adventure that I planned and pulled off for my company. But, all I managed to do was round up a couple of turtles and keep it from raining on us.

Gratitude

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Grateful to have Betty White as my guide.

“People have told me ‘Betty, Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with old friends…’ At my age, if I wanted to keep in touch with old friends, I’d need an Ouija board”

― Betty White

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Still sick, but better. Temp is down to 99.6°. I managed to eat breakfast today and some soup leftover from Carol’s dinner last night.

Still, I was really tired all day. But, I am getting bored with enjoying poor health. It is like a 48-hour plane trip. Will it never end?

I am a very bad patient. Or maybe just an impatient patient.

I intend to go to dinner tonight. Enough with the invalid shit.

Gratitude

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Grateful to have been blessed with good health.

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Nothing to report. Temp 102.4 °. Haven’t felt this bad in years. Totally abandoned my company.

I seem to have some sort of respiratory virus. Oh yes, with a little nausea thrown in for good luck.

Stay tuned.

Drat. I seem to be getting my annual winter sinus problem. And, like last year when I have company. I had the cold/sinsus crud twice last year. Once in January in Kona and then in June in London and Scotland. Oh well.

You never want to see this on your phone screen. January 13, 2018

Still having winter here. My company hasn’t complained. We are being indoor cats: eating, napping, looking out the window.

Gratitude

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Grateful for the last two years. Because 38 minutes after the Incoming Missle message “they” said OOPS. False alarm. It is good to have a wake up call from time to time.

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Cold and rainy here today. I am pretty sure that it was warmer and sunnier back at The Asylum.

Fortunately my company seemed to be content to stay around the hotel and talk story. Think it is going to be less than perfect weatherwise for her visit. You take the weather you get.

Gratitude

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Sandwiches!

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Not exactly sure why my neighborhood “needs” a wind turbine blade to celebrate neighborhood diversity.  A far better, cheaper, and more useful symbol of neighborhood diversity is the Tacos El Papi Taco Truck that usually parks on this corner.

Pretty sure this isn’t the best shirt to wear at The Asylum. But, then again, it sort of describes the aging process in 5 simple words.

Gratitude

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Friends who fly 5,000 miles in coach to visit.

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Went inside to get the camera – well the phone – came back to get a picture of the moon and it was gone. Whatever happens, is what I planned.

Whatever happened this morning is: I put down a large one on a GUIDED TOUR. Scary right? But, I am going on the GUIDED TOUR with a friend from The Asylum. That will make it less scary.

And, they had just taken my money when they send me a PDF all ready telling me what to do! And when to do it! I am telling myself that it will be good for me to try turning the logistics over to someone else. “Now dear, you must have your luggage outside your door by 7:30”.

This is where I went last year.  Didn’t seem to make it to the southern hemisphere.  But, I did prove to myself that if you keep going west you will end up back in the east.

Gratitude

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For new adventures. And rainbows.

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(I am trying to GoPro a rainbow at this instant.)

Another fine day. What can I say?

Well, I could say “Thank you British Royal Family for being so damned entertaining!” Any American family would be overjoyed if the kids (approaching 40) said that they would like to support themselves and oh, by the way, move to another country.

Gratitude

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The Landry Room. $5.25 and 90 minutes and all my clothes – except for swim togs which I was wearing – all my clothes are clean and dry and fluffy.

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Started out all windy and cloudy with some rain this morning. The usual Wednesday ship arrived and I fear that the folks who had morning excursions, especially ocean-based excursions,  well they might have been better off strolling down to Starbucks for a latte and wifi fix. It is sunny now. but still windy.

I trying to read this morning.  But, I kept getting distracted by my iPad and phone notifying me about “important” stuff. So, I put them in shut up mode. Seemed like a plan. And, then the landline rang. No escape.

Gratitude

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Farmers and farm markets

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Yes, it must be Tuesday. They have the tables set up for a luau across the street. The days mush together here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Decision time. Feed myself? Or go out for dinner? Think I’ll feed myself. Finished up a pile of leftovers for lunch. And ended up with lots of containers to wash. There may be plastics in my kitchen. But none of them are single-use.

One step closer to my train trip from Vancouver to Toronto. Got some leggings on sale at Target. They will be my base layer. Talked to my friend who is as crazy a traveler as I am today. Ran into her at Target. She leaves tonight for Japan and Thailand. She took the train from Vancouver to Toronto and it was 2 days late. Fortunately, she was able to get cell coverage and managed to rearrange her flight w/o extra cost. I am going to leave at least 24 hours for the connection in Toronto. I should leave 24 in Vancouver as well. But I might risk a 4-hour plane-to-train connection. I know how to get from the airport to the train station. About 30 minutes by the Sky Train.

Gratitude

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Grateful to have made it this far.

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