{"id":1885,"date":"2013-04-16T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2013-04-16T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T14:14:25","slug":"thoughts-of-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/?p=1885","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts of Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is truly springtime in southern New England now, and I’m feeling a bit homesick. \u00a0I heard that the peepers are calling at night, and the forsythia and daffodils are in bloom!<\/p>\n

Bob happened to get the New York Times on Sunday, and saw this editorial, “The Rural Life: A Box of Sheep,”<\/a>\u00a0by Verlyn Klinkenborg<\/a>, which he sent to me. \u00a0It put me in mind of springtime all across the continental US.<\/p>\n

Klinkenborg wrote: I set the box on the kitchen table, opened it with a knife and folded back the newspaper inside. The scent of sheep rose like a genie from a bottle \u2014 a genie who used a lot of lanolin. This was the fleece from a Cheviot sheep, sheared only a few days earlier.<\/em><\/p>\n

I can see that flock of sheep,\u00a0moving out into the fields now, at least during the mild days, feeding on the lush new greens of spring. \u00a0The ewes are lambing so there are frolicking little wooly creatures in those fields as well. \u00a0I remember the little lambs that Susan<\/a> and I held in our arms at Kinderhook Farm<\/a> in New York state. In my new little part of the world on the Connecticut River, I have seen a nearby sheep farm and an alpaca farm. \u00a0I can’t wait to visit!<\/p>\n

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I’ll be arriving home in time to visit the Connecticut Weavers’ Guild biennial exhibition in Hartford. \u00a0There will be one more guild meeting for me to attend before the summer hiatus, and you cannot imagine how excited I am to reconnect with weavers! \u00a0In July I’ll be going to the New England Weavers’ Seminar. \u00a0My landlubber life is starting to call to me!<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, life here is still quite fascinating. \u00a0On our last day in Little Harbor we visited the smallest blue hole I’ve ever seen! The water around the hole was barely ankle deep, yet in the hole we could see yellow tangs, parrotfish, sargent majors, and some varieties we don’t yet know!<\/p>\n

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We spent some time with Bret and Kristin and saw the pieces coming out of their plaster shells.<\/p>\n

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On our last morning in Little Harbor we took a walk along a residential road. \u00a0One property had quite an elaborate tropical garden.<\/p>\n

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The weather is decidedly different now, and we’re not sure if it’s because we are now in the Abacos or because it’s now April….or both! \u00a0We’ve had some terrific squalls that brought lots of rain, the first we’ve had in almost four months. \u00a0On our walk we found some orchids that we think are Epidendrums that are just now setting buds. \u00a0I guess the wet season will be here soon….and then the hurricanes!<\/p>\n

We have spent two days in Marsh Harbor, provisioning, doing laundry, and \u00a0Bob found a barber!…his first haircut since December! \u00a0He is thrilled, but I thought his longer hair was quite cute! While Marsh Harbor did not inspire us to take photographs, I am thrilled beyond words to now have onboard two<\/em> avocados, several tomatoes, and a green pepper! \u00a0Can you say guacamole?? We may now have enough lemons and limes to last ’til I leave! Even better than that are clean sheets and towels! \u00a0And Marsh Harbor has a lovely spot to relax called Curly Tails<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Yesterday we wandered into Curly Tails for the second time in late afternoon and saw on TV the coverage of the Boston Marathon tragedy. \u00a0Being in this simple place, where people have so little and yet, on the whole, are so thankful for their little piece of home, it seems impossible that there could be such malice in the world. \u00a0I cannot fathom it.<\/p>\n

Shortly we will head to Hopetown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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