Sunday Sermon
Geography is not my strong point; yesterday – at a lunch
party - I learned that Montenegro
was not in South America but near Serbia. At the second year at grammar school in the
forties, in addition to all the usual subjects you had to choose two subjects
from Art, History, Latin and Geography.
I chose Art and History despite the fact that you had to have Latin for
University. I don’t remember ever
seriously considering going to University and couldn’t wait to get out into the
real world.
My # 1 son and DIL are presently celebrating 25 years
marriage in Antigua so he thoughtfully sent me a map. It’s roughly SE of Haiti with Cuba
up at the top left.
It looks beautiful – see below.
He says:
Antiguans are so laid back it's
unbelievable and Health & Safety just haven't reached here yet.
That's mainly good but there seems to be a law against indicating or driving in
a straight line which makes things interesting. In the capital there are
loads of skinny dogs wandering around, presumably stray. It's just normal
to them but for Jenny it's very distressing as they look in poor shape and risk
being hit by cars on a regular basis.
And:
Once you get away from the tourist hotels
and yacht marinas, there's quite a bit of poverty. And like anywhere
there's a certain amount of drug and alcohol abuse. But I like it.
99% of the people are warm, friendly and will do anything for you. Even
the hawkers on the beach are always polite and when you say no, smile and move
on. I dread to think what any Antiguan would think of his first trip to London.
This made me laugh: Seventy years ago the late, lovely gentleman
Roy Plomley started the renowned radio programme - Desert Island Discs and one of the castaways was the delectable
Brigitte Bardot. When asked what she
would like to take with her to the island she said:
“Er penus” which caused – it is said – Roy to blush. In fact what she said was:
” ‘appiness,”
Every time the decorators come to a window they remove the
curtains and my roots won’t allow me to re-hang then without first washing,
ironing and - in some cases repairing.
Here’s hoping the washer holds out.
It’s all going to be
lovely!
6 comments:
What a BEAUTIFUL place Antiqua is---Lovely Lovely pictures. And I love what you shared with us that your dear son and DIL had to say about the other parts of The Island....! There is always the "underbelly", isn't there?...But how wonderful that 99% of the people are so very nice.
I did laugh when he talked about the driving....!
An Island like this is ideal, for a lovely getting-away-from-it-all, Vacation!
So happy the Attic is going soooo well....! It must be thrilling and such a lift to the spirits, dear Pat...!
All the Caribbean is like that, with the exception of the Dutch Antilles and some of the trendy ex-British outposts, i.e. St. Kitts and Nevis. Once you get away from the jet-set, you see how people really live. Quite sobering, actually.
Cheers.
Lovely photos, it makes me long to be on a beach in the sun!
I'm glad the attic is going well. Could the curtains be dry cleaned, that would save you some work?
What beautiful photos.
I miss the living by Pacific Ocean so much.
I laugh at the curtain washing/mending and rehanging.
I would do the same thing. After all the work your having done why not get everything fluffed up ! I have been enjoying the photos so far....
cheers, parsnip
Naomi: Unfortunately he got an ear infection just before leaving. It seems to be better now but he can't snorkel or risk getting water in his ear.
Randall: I know he will want to see behind the facade. Just keep away from the dogs, I tell him.
Joey: I'm trying to cut down on expense. The last time I had the family room curtains cleaned it was about £100 and some of them would fall apart.
Parsnip: I took a photo of the old bath today, will post it later. It's pretty ghastly.
Love those photos. I haven't been to that island, but I've been to several in the Caribbean and it is a wonderful place!!
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