Swimming Pig

Saturday 31 December 2011

As we have been posting blogs at lunchtime for internet access reasons, I will start with 'last night's installment'

The Eve of New Year's Eve, around 8 pm (Infinity PM!)

I spend the Eve of New Year's Eve disco dancing on deck, in darkness, backlit by the fairy lights on boats, the stars and the moon.

Ulric has taken the dinghy to Staniel Cay for a beer and some time out.

Brendan is reading Quinn a story, Quinn giggles.

Brendan still pegs out laundry, but 'only in the evenings.'

Elliott mentions a rainbow. says Brendan: "It's a promise from God!"

Staniel Cay is pretty, mellow. We did some shopping at The Pink Pearl Grocery Store.

We visited the pigs on the beach. even saw a small white piglet coloured bright pink and orange by the sunset..

The Great Square of Pegasus appears in the night sky

Pegasus (The Winged Horse) and the Moon dance hand in hand

I find myself disco dancing on deck, homesick for Exuma Park and the skeletons of whales. the company of the ghosts at Boo Boo Hill. it is too crowded here. too many yachts.

This is the first time on a sailing voyage that we won't see a full moon - but not seeing s full moon means seeing more stars.

New Year's Eve

About 3pm here but closer to The Great Witching Hour in Europe!

I just interviewed the boys about their New Year's Resolutions for 2012

ELLIOTT'S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2012

- Work towards Grade 2 Piano Exam

- Publish a weekly newspaper

- Publish a book

- "Anger management": try to develop more patience

- Help around the house a bit more

- Work towards the Sailing Grade 2 Certificate at the Ahoy! Centre


BRENDAN'S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2012

- Finish my guidebook to the Bahamas and maybe write other books

- Work on anger management control during my piano lessons

- Give people more chances .. If people annoy me: forgive them and give them another chance

- Spend less time annoying my Brothers.. Be less annoying myself.

- Trying to be more flexible.. Though the word FLEXIBLE really annoys me!!!

- Write a book about Ostar on Tiger Island.

- And that I think that is ENOUGH!


QUINN'S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2012

- Publish a newspaper every week

- Do the Guitar Grade 3 Exam

- Improve the band.. Lots of band practice

- Ensure I do not hand in homework late

- Be less chatty

- Continue to cook dinner once a week and use more advanced recipes

- Improve my Maths & English & Science. because I got top grades in ALL other subjects.

- Spend next Christmas in London & make it the best Christmas ever

- Find the missing family members for all my monkeys

- Complete Stage 1 Motor Boats at the Ahoy! Centre


MUM'S RESOLUTIONS

- Achieve work-life balance

- Be more enigmatic & mysterious, less approachable and available to clients

- Be a FUN MUM, roll in the mud sometimes with my piglets

- Continue to walk The Path of Pollen

- Go through my contact book, weed & unplug

DAD'S RESOLUTIONS

To be figured out tonight.


FRESH WATER OCEANS

I talk to a man on the beach

He speaks of Michigan

And the Fresh Water Oceans

(aka The Great Lakes)

He has an appointment with the ghosts

At Boo Boo Hill

We have a date

At Thunderbird Cay


TRACKING

We add our footprints

To those of the

Hutia

Black rats

Brown Norway rats

Cuban tree frogs

Curly-tailed lizards

Rock iguanas


We add our tracks

To those of the

Bahama fowl snakes

And pygmy boa



Then

The Sea

Washes them away

Wipes the slate clean

For another day

For another year.



By Imelda Almqvist