Tues, 26 Jan

Tues, 26 Jan: Connie and Bob left and i went to work to finish up several things i had on my list: 1) put screening on the main gate, since a couple of the smaller cats were able to crawl through the gate and get in when they are supposed to be out; 2) put screening on another area of fence that the same 2 cats have been using to get in when they should be out; 3) replace a support for the cupboard in the Meow-tel; and 4) make a door for Swiper's cage, so we could get rid of the board and concrete block we've been using. of course, that entailed a trip to 'Meijer's hardware store ... make that 2 hardware stores, the first one didn't have the hinge i wanted. amazingly there are actually 2 'Meijers' stores here .... about 4 blocks apart ... remember, everyone is walking here, ... so it's equivalent to being about 10 miles apart :) the second hardware store had my hinge, although they didn't know where they were in the store -- i finally found them. it took me most of the rest of the day, in between Play Time shifts; to get it all done.... but i got them all finished. At about 2:30 i headed to The Split for a swim. Photo of the Lazy Lizard at The Split: Photo of the pier at The Split before the hurricane. now used by sunbathers and partiers. but, again, it was windy on that side of the island, so i didn't need to swim; i just sat and watched the guys who were 'kite-surfing' ... i'm not sure if that's what you call it, .... getting about 20 feet high and travelling as far, turning flips ... they were having a great time out there ! Photo of one of the guys doing a flip kite-surfing. i have a great video of this, but uploading a video is entirely out of the question ... maybe sometime on You Tube ... Here are a few pics of the "tourist" streets in Caye Caulker and the "Pie Lady" she had awesome key lime with merangue topping. come to find out, she is Madi's sister. returned home for evening feeding schedule. in the evening i went to Oceanside ... it's a combination Chinese restaurant and bar in the evening, and they have wireless, so i worked on my blog downloading photos for several hours ... and, ate Chinese food. you don't get veggies around here much, so it was really nice having them ! i left about the time it started getting really loud --- obnoxious tourists! :)