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Picture Perfect - Stunning

OMG, I just came back from my first walk to my beach. It is perfect for me. Just one thing I need to do and that is to find an old chair and stash it down there in the bushes.

The sky is blue, sun is shining, water is clear and best of all no one else is there! There are so many more beaches here where there is a good sandy area for relaxing that this one is not popular. Could I be any happier?

If there are betting people out there, want to bet that I could easily stay on this side of the bridge for the whole three months.

These photos are from my house down the path to the beach. In one photo, off to the right, you can see a building that is the ferry terminal.

Damn, I am such a poor photographer. I just looked at these photos and they just do not capture the intense colour and the pristine beauty. I suppose I will need to learn what all those buttons and settings on my camera are all about.

Today

Did I do anything exciting? How was my beach? Did I cross the bridge to the other side? Did I meet a tall, dark, handsome, stranger who swept me off my feet?

Answer: No, to all of the above.

The morning started out quite cloudy and I decided that I would not make this the day to first set eyes on my beach. I want to get to the end of the path and be blown away with the crystal clear water and sunny blue sky. Not today.

I am not a chicken, so I did not cross the bridge just to get to the other side and I had no good reason for wanting to go over. So, not today.

Tall, dark, handsome strangers just do not walk into your life no matter how much you believe in miracles. So, not today.

So, what did I do all day. Not much at all. I must continually tidy up because the space is so small. I made sandwiches from my leftover snapper just the way you would with tuna, but this was so much tastier. This evening I finished my bottle of Don Q. Erin stopped by for a short visit. Lorraine stopped in, along with her two adorable dogs. She is a friend of Erin's and she checked out this location for me before I committed to rent (Erin was in Portugal at the time) and finally we met. Annie was in a couple of times today. I am happy to say that she is feeling somewhat better and is getting over her virus. She told me of some plans for us next week and especially on Christmas eve. However, everything here is on island time and I am not counting on anything.

Why did I do nothing? Because I can. That is the luxury one has when there is so much time left to explore.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

Correction!

Erin just told me that although it looks like a lift bridge, it doesn't lift! It is/was supposed to be, but isn't.

What is it that they say...if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck... isn't true here on Culebra.

Dewey

Dewey is the only town on Culebra. It is divided by the bridge. Yesterday you saw some of my side of the bridge. These are views from the bridge.

The bottom photo is looking from the bridge in the direction of my 'home'. This is the canal on the other side of the mangrove 'islands' in front of my place.

The top photo is looking in the opposite direction towards Dinghy Dock.

Oh No!

Tomorrow is Friday and that is the day the fruit and veggie man comes from the big island and sets up. I was planning to find him and get some fresh fruit. The problem is that the ferries were cancelled (remember) for today and tomorrow. Well, that's how it is in Paradise, sometimes. Let's hope for next week.

Making it a home...

Just now, Tommy, Annie's husband brought me a tiny Philodendron for my room. They are both so caring.

Also, NEWS FLASH!!!!!! Ali might be coming to Culebra in January and I think he and Erin might just get along..........