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<\/a><\/p>\nThe day before I left home I visited the Hartford Artisans’ annual weaving sale with my friend Jody.\u00a0 We both bought some great treasures, and I bought this kitchen towel to put onboard to help me remember fall at home….there are no naturally occurring autumn colors in the Caribbean, so this feels a little like New England in November. It’s the towel on the left.<\/p>\n
Our mascot, the little sailing mouse, French Louie (who came from a shop in St. Martin, but is originally from Denmark!), has a new hammock.\u00a0 My friend Mary made it for me when she was trying out her skills at net making.\u00a0 She did a fine job, and Louie and we love his new spot for relaxing! Thank you, Mary!\u00a0 Sadly, we will not be visiting St. Martin this year due to the hurricane damage suffered there.<\/p>\n Before he left on the long passage, Bob made a lot of entertainment plans for the boats arriving here.\u00a0 There has been cocktail party one night, and a ceremony by the Antigua and Barbuda Royal Navy Tot Club last night.\u00a0 We were guests at their daily meeting, where in historic fashion one of the members reads from the logbook various events that took place on this day over the past 700 years or so, then toasts enemies and lost friends (Thursday’s toast-there’s a different one for each day of the week) and the health of the Queen, and THEN we each take a tot of rum, all in ‘one go.’\u00a0 For men, a tot is an 1\/8 of a pint.\u00a0 That is 1\/4 cup of rum, straight, all in one go!\u00a0 For women guests the tot is half that.\u00a0 Well, let me tell you I failed at getting it down all in one go, and I decided not to attempt the rest of it.\u00a0 I gave it to Bob, who\u00a0was successful at his own full tot.\u00a0 Sheesh!<\/p>\n Here is Bob in the white shirt at center, thanking the Royal Tot members for their hospitality in hosting us for their daily ceremony. It’s a beautiful setting in the Copper and Lumber historic site that is now an inn and restaurant.<\/p>\n Tonight, Saturday, Bob has arranged another dinner, the first of three. Tonight we will be having fresh sushi, Caribbean style.\u00a0 There is a traditional Caribbean dinner coming up on Monday to welcome the rest of the arrivals–boats who had various\u00a0equipment problems and boats that are simply slower or had weather issues getting here.\u00a0 One of the restaurants here in Falmouth Harbor is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday for all of us who will not be home for that holiday.\u00a0 There are plenty of English and Canadians in our sailing group who will join us for this holiday dinner. Other boats in the harbor are flying home port flags from Sweden, Holland, and France.\u00a0 As the weeks go by there will be more and arrivals from many other places.<\/p>\n For the moment Pandora<\/em> is in Falmouth Harbor, where we spent a few days on the dock, enjoying the ease of stepping ashore for me, in addition to being plugged into electricity so that I had some air conditioning to help acclimate to this tropical climate!\u00a0 Now we are off the dock and anchored out in the harbor.\u00a0 There is plenty of breeze, but it still takes some getting used to!<\/p>\n This lovely water garden is near the entrance to English Harbor, just a short walk from Falmouth.\u00a0 I would love to add something similar to my own garden next summer. I know I’ll have to settle for something far less interesting than this giant iron pot that might have been in use when Lord Nelson was stationed here.<\/p>\n My last post had a photo of Pillars Restaurant where we had dinner after my arrival.\u00a0 Pillars is equally beautiful before the sun goes down.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n