Saturday at the West End.....

I was getting pretty hungry after working with the knitters so on the way back to Freeport, I stopped and got some fresh conch salad for our lunch. I'm not sure how many people realize that one minute this conch is living a happy life in its shell and four minutes later you are eating it. In Mexico lime juice is used to cook the fish in civiche and the same goes for the conch salad BUT here you don't wait a couple of hours to eat the conch salad. You eat it right away. I finished Ray's off for my breakfast today. I wasn't sure if it was safe to eat after 48 hours. I talked about calling Jerrisma but hey, what the heck, I'm a brave woman, I just ate it. Hope you hear from me next Monday!!!!!!!!!

 

I always wanted to do a collage of Mexican faces and now I feel the same way about so many pics I have of Bahamians. Isn't this just a gorgeous shot showing these wonderfu l chiseled features? 

 

This fellow is throwing conch shells back into the ocean. You know, the same ones that tourists pay $10 for in Port Lukaya as they get ready to get back on that cruise ship!!!

 

On Thursday, Judy and I went to the Beacon School for Handicapped Children to help make Junkanoo costumes. They weren't quite ready for us to we picked up a brailer and came back to Beacon and then went to Ruby Swiss Restaurant where Judy teaches her blind students brail.

On Friday morning we went to the PACE center to teach knitting to 11 pregnant teens. They are delightful young women and we had a great time. We also dropped in at the orphanage. It was my third visit. I am trying to get an interview so I can start helping there. I'm getting the feeling they don't want any help. I will take a bag of books in this Friday as I have more than a suitcase of them to give away. Maybe I can bribe them with gifts!!!!!

This pic shows Judy and I at our favourite watering hole, Toad in the Bay, in the Williamstown settlement. Locals hang out here and Shelly always takes good care of us. Sands light is usually the pick of the day. Last week I asked for a Bahama Mama and then couldn't drive for an hour!!!! Won't be doing that again!!!