Maggie and her very popular oven. She bakes for the boarding students twice a week. As does Hilda
We have been here for about a week and will be here for at least a few more days because of southerly winds. We are really enjoying spending time with the people here but it is very busy and we drop into bed each night. Most days there is someone onboard by 8am, either to charge their phone and have a chat, ask for some printing of curriculum, or repairs to some item or other. This morning one of the teachers, Moses, canoed over and tapped on the hull at 5.50am to drop off a couple of lobsters he had caught for us as a thank you.
We lent the boys some floating rings and they have been adoring fans ever since
Yesterday I spent the day with some of the women showing them how to bake a banana cake and the bread I bake on board. We prepared the ingredients at Maggie's house which is a very basic cinder block and we worked out the equivalents of my measuring cups for the cups and spoons they have on hand. It was chaotic, with children from babies up to teenagers wandering in and out and making demands, neighbours popping in to see what was happening and have a chat, and toddler fingers reaching for everything in sight (including 4 eggs which cost $6 SBD each!). We baked the cakes and bread in a wood oven. The cakes worked well but it was almost 6pm by the time we had finished and I haven't heard how the bread turned out. Tomorrow its my turn with demonstrations of banana chip making. I have no doubt that they know how to bake everything and anything but it is a fun way to spend time together.
Maggie on the left, Lawrence at front, Hilda on the right with Rachel, Maggie's neighbour, behind, and in the red, Alex, Maggie's daughter