November 23, 2010

homemade

yesterday i mentioned that bob cut out some bamboo for me

well it served as a circle to make the little shell wreath ornaments

one year

i decided to decorate our whole christmas tree with shell ornaments

and white lights

darn pretty if i do say so myself

so here i am again making shell ornaments

but this time to sell in the 'made in roatan' store

people have been asking for ornaments

so between kendy and i we have that covered

and now i have several locals who will be on the 

'lookout' for shells for me

i went out for a wee walk this morning but there wasn't much

i did see a beautiful one in the shallow but it was a live shell

and i would never take that.

nope

can't do that!

so today the cruise ship was in so we went to the shop

my word it was s.l.o.w.

hardly even any people walking around

about an hour before we closed shop it got busy again

so that was good to have a bit of a rush

i feel so bad for the others who are selling nearby us

because many of them didn't sell a thing!

i don't know how they manage to live here 

when times are so tough

but the intriguing part is that they still smile

i hear them humming as they work in their little shops

they just take what comes and say

'well maybe tomorrow will be a better day'

it's a beautiful, simple way to live.

thought i would show you what the clouds looked like today
they were amazingly straight along the bottom
as if God came along with a scissors and gave them all a trim!

incredible!