Sunday's Boat Trip

 We set out for a boat trip Sunday!

The weather was questionable, but we decided to risk it anyhow...

We headed out to the Peridas Islands and was hoping to,

along the way see some whales, as it's the beginning of season,

but instead we only saw some dolphin:

 I wish I had been able to get better pics,

but as we approached the bait fish they were feeding on moved away,
and of course, so did they! :(

Billy caught several fish, including this Horse-eye Jack:

He also got a nice snapper fishing off the island we stopped at.

I had a MONSTER snapper hit my popper...It came out of the water & BAM...

took off like a bat out of hell...

HA, I didn't stand a chance! 

I tried to pass the pole to Dylan but it was too late, 

the line got cut off on the rocks! 

So not only did I loose a $20 popper but

can you imagine the crap I got from the boy's the rest of the day for loosing that fish!? 

This is the island we stopped & played on:

Dylan lured us up a rock cliff to see this:

There was a crab living in there (which Dylan ate).

He was trying to convince us that the crab planted the seeds to the fern

as to give his home some privacy...!

(LMAO)

Then he convinced us further up the cliff:

"Oh...come see this tree guys!!"

And further still...

"Oh, and come check out this view up here guys!"

(The hand on the pic points to the spot we climbed to)

A pretty little tide pool:

Perfectly balanced:

Great views:

I did a little snorkeling & found these:

It turned out to be a great day,

we didn't even get rained on!

And we even had fresh fried fish for dinner!

Ground Breaking News!

Well, maybe not news to all.

And depending on your idea of news, 

a 3 week old story may not qualify!

Anyhow, we've broke ground on our new venture:

The Oil Palm business!

Below is a Google Earth image showing the outline of the property

in regards to the Pacific Ocean:

It's a 6 year old picture, hopefully Google Earth updates it soon!

The tree line is the border of the property:

As you can see in the next several pictures it's planted with Teak.

 

             and these....yikes!




                                                                                                              A small stand of Bamboo.

Well, we have a year to get  150 acres cleared & planted with the Oil Palm.

When rainy seasons comes along next year we should  be up & growing!

Hopefully we get more rain in the next season than we're getting now,

we've been a little more dry than usual,

and are hoping not to have to put in a very costly well!

Billy needed to move the back-hoe over to the farm,

which would normally take about 45 minutes, unless your going 19mph!

I forgot my iPod at home & was quite bored following him,

so I took some pictures:

I'm going to try to get over there sometime soon & take some new pics.

I can't wait to see what he's done!

We've hired 5 guys that have been working 6 days a week,

plus Dylan on Saturdays :)

so there should be some serious progress going on!

Boathouse Bathroom, DONE!

 I needed to create some space on the shelves in my work room so I decided to use up some of the shells I'd been collecting.

It was supposed to be a quick project...if I only knew when to stop!

It took about a month to do the border!

Then I added the water,

then a lighthouse, 

plus 20 other things that I just had to do! 

I actually had to go collect more shells during that time to get it 'just right!'

 (I also scored that oar on a beach combing trip!)

Unfortunately, because the way I sort my shells

I really didn't end up with any more space!

 

 

Happy to be done!

All I could think of the whole time I was working on this project was the new gourd I'd start carving as soon as I was done!

But first, I had to work on 1 more thing for the bathroom...

A couple seahorses I'd carved.

Half way through that, my Dremel took a crap on me!

That would be the Dremel I  carve my gourds with!

:(

Now it's in the shop, sure hope they can fix it!

 

Billy's 38th Birthday!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!

We went out for an afternoon boat trip.

The weather looked sketchy so we decided to just stay back in the estuary.

 

 

  As the weather decided to turn on us, 

Dylan decided to do a little "knee" boarding on the way back home.

 

 Pepe got in on the action too!!

Pics from my birthday...

My 'little' boy and I!

(hahaha)

 

 

Butterflies all Around!

 

Finally finished!

This one was fun & a lot of detail!

Bummer Boat Day!

We went out to the Secas Islands yesterday,

a trip that we've had to put off for one reason or another several times.

Anyhow, we finally made it...

And were lucky to have made it back home!

Billy recently had some work done on the engine,

 evidently the guy was unqualified!

Oh-well, long story short...

they were able to get one dive in

 and we hung out at the beach for a while before things went awry.

(PS The brand new 'back up motor' with zero hours, shot too)

Obviously I didn't get many pictures,

three guys hunkered over an engine didn't make for many smiles!

 We brought 1 fishing pole, which broke...

So we had to break out the big guns.

 Dylan jumped in to see if there was anything hanging out with this drift wood.

No luck there either!

On the way home we stopped off at 3 1/2 Palms for lunch.

The good news is, we didn't get rained on!

 

Another finished gourd!

 I started this one before my trip to Florida & finished it last night.

 As excited as I was to use my new Dremel bits,

I found that good old fashion carving knives achieved a more detailed look.

Time to hit the drawing board for a new design...

To me that's the hardest part...becoming inspired!