19 December 2024
The past few days everything has been pretty routine consisting of a mix of guitar for Clark; puzzles, billiards, art, and novels for Ev; and boat chores for the two of us. The weather today was a bit of a change from the norm. We found ourselves surrounded by fog that suddenly rolled in for the morning and brought a cold dampness to the air.
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| Low visibility today Egret enjoying his own island in the fog |
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| Faro Blanco Lighthouse is out there somewhere |
Today, we had a special event at the church to look forward to and partake of. St. Columba church hosted their second annual "Cookies & Carols" event starting at 5:00 p.m. The extensive program took quite a lot of effort to put together. The results were well worth the effort.
Before the entertainment began, Pastor Deb handed out ornaments with Blessing Cards attached.
Clark told me to grab seats for us at the front of the church that would be handy for him to jump up to play when his group had their turn in the spotlight. I first sat in the very first row. As the steel band group rolled in their equipment, I quickly jumped back to the second row! The equipment took up a lot of space and hung over into the first row. I did not want to be that close to the drums.
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| Pathway to front completely blocked by 5 big drums |
The Steel Drum Band played two songs - Jingle Bells and Silent Night. They were surprisingly good and appeared to be having a lot of fun as they entertained us.
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| No one else sat in the first row either |
A short sample of Silent Night is included here.
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| Mary on drums |
The children from Hammock House sang. It was fun to watch their childlike antics. One girl was in a perpetual pout. One boy (green hat below) put his finger up to shush everyone then proceeded to yawn and stretch during the song. One lad (white shirt) fell off the edge of the stage and popped back up to join in again as if toppling over is totally natural. Truly endearing!
Mateo and his two students played Greensleeves. The children joined in for Silent Night.
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| Cue cards for Silent Night singers |
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| Mateo (in red shirt) with his guitar students |
The Contemporary Group played 3 songs next.
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| Clark, Steve (on banjo), Nancy (on mandolin), and Tom Teleprompter in back for sing-a-long |
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| Folks watching the performances. |
After the performances, we adjourned to the room with the cookies. On Sunday they seemed concerned they would not have enough cookies for the crowd. Well, they sure had cookies galore by the time the event came to be! The ones shown below are only a portion of what was available. I expect to see some of these again at upcoming services.
I even caught Clark sneaking a cookie or two!
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| Hiding the evidence behind his back! |
To make the event complete, Santa came to say hello.
We biked home in the dark at 7:00 when the event ended. I had Clark look at my dim headlight after our trip to the play, and he said the contacts needed cleaning. He cleaned them and gave the thumbs up on using the light.
Next time, I change the batteries! Once again, I had a very dim light to ride home with. The first thing I did when I got on the boat was replace the batteries. I expect more in-the-dark bike trips in the near future and want to be able to see the sidewalk as we ride!
It was well past our normal dinner time when we got back onboard. Fortunately, I had some leftovers in the fridge for a quick meal. Having enjoyed a cookie or two myself, I had little appetite for dinner. That is the problem with eating dessert first. I gather I gave Clark a bit too much to eat as he said he was "stuffed" after eating.
After dinner, we lounged around watching television until it was time for lights out.
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