26 Jan, Thurs

Thurs, 26 Jan woke up with a headache and sick stomach ... could it be the rum punches? the whole day i wasn't feeling well; so i stayed in my room and painted scarves most of the day; i didn't have the energy to do much work outside. i did go out and took a few more photos of the kitties. this is Pebbles .... a sweet sweet kitty with a bad eye. i let her walk around my room a couple of times, so she is always looking in the door :) she would make a wonderful pet for someone .... i checked in on Cookie since we put him in his new enclosure a few days ago. i had been putting his food in the tote i brought for him so he would get used to it. i was SO HAPPY to see him in there !!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeahhhhhhhhhhh, success !!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is one of the 'ferals' from across the street. he was all curled up in this pot ... when i returned from getting my camera ... he was un-curled :( i also took a few photos of Madi's place; ... the place i call 'home' for January :) it is a lovely place here, and i really hate to leave. the other night i was walking home in the evening, by myself, nice warm breeze blowing, not cold, on a dimly lit sand street, feeling totally secure and happy; thinking to myself .... 'i really like this place' .... later in the afternoon, Patti, Eddi, and i scheduled a snorkel trip with Juni for tomorrow. we talked with him for quite awhile and learned that a well-known 'island legend' is untrue. the story has always been, that the island of Caye Caulker was split by a hurricane in 1961. ...it's a well known fact ... NOT! Juni told us that everyone knows it's not true, but no one ever says it. he said the island was always smaller at that part and the fishermen used to portage their canoes/boats across that area so they didn't have to go all the way around the island to get to where they wanted to fish. little by little, the area got bigger and bigger from dragging the canoes across the shallow water. i suppose storms and hurricanes played a role in the separation; but we learned that one single hurricane did not split the island. so there! sorry that i contributed to this myth by telling you all incorrect information. but now you know the truth ! ....well, at least according to him :) in the evening, i started having second thoughts about going snorkeling; ...it just sunk in that we are leaving the day after tomorrow. if i go snorkeling all day tomorrow, and then go out on the boat with Wish Willy on Sat ..... that leaves no time to finish up my projects. before i went to bed i made a list of the final things i wanted to finish before i left, and decided i shouldn't go snorkeling either day :( i hate to miss a trip with Juni, he has been on the island his whole life, and i have heard so many good things about him and that he is the 'fish whisperer'. i'll just have to come back next year :)