It was lovely.
The girls and I went to the beach today, a bit hot and sweaty, and youngest had a hilarious-in-retrospect encounter with a wave, which overcame her, engulfed her, rolled her over three or four times and deposited her sandy and wide-eyed on the beach. Boy was she sandy. Went through the spin cycle that girl did. She was fine, although she said it was kind of scary. I bet it was. All I could see was her face disappearing into the foam and then random bits of legs and arms emerging from the wave, and then her face. Her eyes were enormous. And, oh, the sand.
She's fine though and off at a birthday party.
The dog is exhausted. He went for a two hour walk in the mountains with the man this morning, then was out for about four hours with us.
I didn't get much sea glass, however what I did get was good. He is not a great sea-glass hunting dog, as he is scared of the sea. Every time there was a nice piece close to the water I had to negotiate with him. Eldest discovered just how scared when he slipped his collar in a paniced attempt to avoid a wave lapping at his toes.
Has issues, this dog does.
There were kite surfers at the beach:
The guys tried out the kites on the beach....I love the tracks they make in the sand as they are dragged along by the kites...
He's suited up now, with the board, and working the launched kite down to the water.....
And he's off....though in fact he wasn't very successfull and the kite dove into the drink shortly after that. I am also slightly mystified by the Bahamas blue of the sea in this shot....it was and is lovely, but not quite THIS blue.....
Eldest has decied that this is a sport she plans to take up.
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Hmm, I've never seen that before. Where we go on weekends (i.e. "the village") is a hot spot for hang gliding, but no ocean there...
Hmm, I just saw your blog title. Is today Canadian Thanksgiving? (Such a thing does exist, doesn't it? Or am I just making this up? Let's go on the assumption that it does, or the rest of this comment will just be me making a fool of myself...) So, what exactly do you celebrate on this day? Is there usually a meal with particular foods? I'm always curious about how other expats choose to celebrate (or not) their holidays when living out of their own countries.
Kate: Canadian thanksgiving is indeed this weekend, but without the story that you have about the founding fathers and the indians and the popcorn. We're just darn glad to get the crop in and finally have something to eat.
We do much the same as you for food, you know turkey, roast taters, squashes, parsnips, though some elements might be more british, for instance the bread sauce. Cranberry jelly I think we both do, my family does guava jelly, which has ties to both Spain and the Caribbean, but my Mom's a Newf, so they got treats like that....
Here, and for the last three years on the boat we ignored it completely. Just not a biggie unless the family is around. Halloween however, you will all be hearing about.
What do you do about Thanksgiving?
Wow, I can relate to your youngest's tumble in the waves. Scary stuff. (And at my age, somewhat embarrassing...the beached whale thing...)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Yes, we have ignored Thanksgiving a few times-- without my family around, it doesn't seem worth it. I do love the food, though, so sometimes we make the meal on a Saturday instead. I think last year we did it for Christmas when Santi's family was around. This year we will be in the US the week after Thanksgiving, so we will probably have a feast there, and we may even go for doing one here as well. Santi likes the food, too.
Beth: I think it is undignified whatever happens, being put through the spin cycle just isn't comfy.
Kate: Now you are getting me fairly tempted. I wonder where I could get a turkey around here, and how to cook it without an oven...????
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