Nov. 6, 2010

 

beach umbrella

i picked these flowers from the garden the other day

and today i noticed this one fell from the stalk

and it looked

so much like a beach umbrella

isn't it lovely?

:-)

today was such a beautiful day

it is still rather windy

a great day for drying laundry on the line

in the afternoon the sun came out

i went to the shop to help bob

and it was wonderful to sit on the chair outside in the sun

i am beginning to feel like being at the made in roatan shop

is part of our life here

it isn't like a job

it isn't something i dread

or wish i didn't have to do

it is just the opposite 

i enjoy it

it is hard to explain

i tell people we  volunteer at the shop

but truthfully it is more then that

it is a lifestyle

.. it is becoming an extension of who i am...

i love to give

i love to help

i love to talk to people

the shop allows me to do that and more!

even while i am selling

i am not just trying to get a tourist to buy something

when they are looking at a piece of jade jewelry or a painting

i want them to buy it because i know the person it will be helping

today a lady came in and was looking at a hand carved frame 

that javier made

she loved it

it is beautifully done

she got us to measure it and unfortunately it was too large for where she wanted it

she hummed and hawed for along time

i so wanted her to buy it!!

why?

because javier is in university and i wanted him to have some extra

money for school or to pay his bills.

the people of this island are getting under my skin, so to speak,

~dear to my heart~

and that is why i love to go

i think it is a pretty good reason to do anything don't you?