And we’re bored. OK, life in paradise can sometimes have its drawbacks. One of them is when the weather pins you down as it has us for the past several days. And we’re running low on water, so the lack of rainfall EVEN though we have a fancy new rain catcher is a pain since it’s cloudy and the solar panels are just keeping even with the refrigerator AND we’re low on diesel so I don’t want to run the engine more than we have to.
Sooo, we really hoping to catch some rain. It’s forecast tomorrow through Saturday, but the forecast changes every day and I don’t have today’s yet. But…we did get a couple small squalls and the raincatcher did admirably. We were so excited to see drops of water sliding down the fabric into the little spout that Ann sewed into the bottom where it enters the bucket. During the short rain event Ann was so excited she was out IN the rain taking pictures of the rain catcher gathering rain.
Such is life here in the tropics when you’re pinned down by weather on a smallish boat. Little things give great joy. Making a cup of tea in the afternoon is a grand event. You’d think the Queen was visiting. “Would you like one biscuit or two?” “I think I shall have two!”
Anyway, pray for some rain if for no other reason as we’ll be thrilled that the custom-made rain catcher is a success. 😉
Doing the rain dance for you! xo J
OK, it’s taken care of. I had my people call some people who knew some people who had influence with some people who had juice with the weather gods. So I figure you are in for a gully-wumper.
Why can’t you guys just invoke the power of your tattoos and various other spiritual artifacts you have collected? I’d think by now you have accumulated quite a nice array of powerful medicine that you could use to your advantage. Maybe if you found a local medicine man he would give you a little instruction in how to go about placating the various weather dieties.