It’s been an active season so far. Right now we’re getting the rain from TS Nana, and it looks like the systems are lined up, as they have been for awhile.

My personal opinion is that Nana isn’t going to give us as much rain as everyone around me seems to think, and I predict today will include a lunch hour at the beach.

Havva goodun!

Sunday, when I was mowing the yard, my gas can ran out off gas, so I threw it in the back of my vehicle, and yesterday morning, filled them both (van and can). After that, I could smell gasoline, and I didn’t think too much of it. I had a can of gas in the back, and the gas pumper guy set the can in a little gaspuddle when he was filling it it, and I figured that was the cause of the smell.

Lunchtime I went to the beach. The gasloline smell was quite strong. I looked in the back and there was gas all over the floor in the back. I squeezed the side if the (plastic) can, and saw a little jet of gas come shooting out of an invisible, teeny hole.

Holy crap.

I turned the can over, so the side with the mini hole was up and went out on the sand. The whole time, I’m waiting for my van to spontaneously explode. I decided I was going to go buy a new can.

I drove to the auto parts store, constantly planning how to pull over and jump out when the gas caught on fire, wondering if I’d survive. Also thinking it was good I didn’t smoke cigars anymore.

I got a new can just like the picture above, and poured the contents of the old can into the new one. I threw the ole one away and wipedup all the gas I could with paper towels. The rest evaporated and the smell was gone in a short period of time.

It was an incredibly dangerous situation.

It was a good, got-a-lot-done weekend. I mowed the yard, and did more than the minimum job. I pulled weeds and sprayed week killer. The big project started is repairing the cracks in the driveway and porch.

Last Thursday, after days of rain, water mysteriously leaked into the new apartment.Pretty bad.

There were some other cracks, worse, made when I had some rain gutters put up, but they were just in the corner, and I didn’t think they could leak inside. But probably now, in hindsight, and after more than one second opinion, water did leak through several feet of concrete.

So, I’m trying to fix it. I started on the driveway cracks as practice, then did the porch, now, I’m going to do all the cracks in the driveway. Then re-paint.

Funny, a few months ago, I bought a grinder to cut some tile, since then, I’ve needed that grinder several times. Maybe if I didn’t buy the grinder, I wouldn’t have had the leaks, and never needed it. I almost rented an extension ladder, but ended up just buying one, now I’m looking at how much better I can trim our trees than with just my stepladders…

For me, it’s more true to say “I never need a tool until I buy it” than ” I never buy a tool until I need it.”

Saturday the sife and I went to an event at her old place of work, Guy Harvey Gallery. She was a volunteer bartender and I was a volunteer hanger-outer. And I bought a new pair of shoes. It was really really really nice to hang out with the old team again.

Happy Monday, and have a good week!

Last weekend, I got a sunburn and now it’s peeling. It’s quite itchy and annoying. At first, it felt like my face was numb, like I had a mask stuck to it. I have to go to work today with face dandruff.

The worst is over now.

I’m glad it’s Friday, and the weather looks like it will be nice too. More sunburn!

Hava good weekend!

I had some leftover sand from the construction. I also had a low spot in the area where I reverse my car into my parking spot. I put sand into the low area and now have what’s like quicksand. I turn the steering wheel and the vehicle doesn’t turn, which, in hindsight is probably why I busted my mirror on a tree reversing in. And, I almost get stuck pulling in and out.

I’m going to have to dump some gravel on top, or maybe topsoil and have it compacted. It’sa big mess now, A slippery quicksand pit for your car.

Needless to say, it’s rainy this morning, not related to Hurricane Laura.

Have a good day.

When’s the last time you saw an actual phone booth? There’s still at least one on Cayman Brac. It might even work if it had a handset.

Happy Hump Day!

Back to work today. Yesterday, it was rainy and windy but the flight wasn’t bad. Below is a picture of our plane, in the rain. That rhymes!

At home, reversing in my parking spot, I busted my mirror on my van. On a tree. I fixed it with epoxy, but still. It really upset me.

And when we got home, the cat box was stinking intolerably. We won’t be using those cat-sitters anymore.

Vacation undone.

Here’s a picture I took of the Cayman Brac lighthouse that I’m quite fond of.

Have a good week!

We’re headed home this morning, hopefully. Might be a rough ride, possibly. Tropical Storm Laura is north of us.

We’re in Cayman Brac, headed to Grand Cayman. Hopefully our flight won’t be canceled. Hopefully it WILL be canceled. This has been a great trip…

Above is the first picture I have taken on our trip. Actually, it’s the second, I took this one last night.

Getting here was a real fiasco. We were supposed to leave at 4:20 but were delayed about 3 hours, waiting.on an inbound flight from La Ceiba carrying perishables. Now, Grand Cayman to Cayman Brac is about a 20 minute flight. The La Ceiba plane could have easily just flown to the Brac. We were at the airport already and the inbound flight was still on the ground in Honduras, a much longer flight that ours.

But that’s all water under the bridge, the.sun is shining and it looks like a much better day than we’d be having on Grand Cayman.

It’s good to be here!