Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all.

I know any Thanksgiving message is supposed to have a picture of a Turkey, but there are no turkeys here. The photo above is of "Pomme Pomme," the newest addition to the (flock? gaggle? swarm?) uh... group of chickens that lives in our yard.

Pomme Pomme's mother is a beautiful black and white hen that looks like she's straight out of some European still-life painting. We named her "Frenchie Poulet" immediately upon moving in. Here's a picture of Pomme running to steal a morsel of bread from Frenchie:



Get it? Chicken n' Taters? Anyway..

We're vegetarians, so there was no chicken OR turkey for our Thanksgiving day festivities. We both had to work, but celebrated the holiday by eating Falafel sandwiches and Fatoush salad on 7 miles beach just before sunset. The only way in which the evening could have been improved was if we were joined by our families and friends whom we miss so much.

When we arrived home from dinner we noticed a couple of things that were different than when we'd left.

First, there was a cow tied to a tree across the street from our house.



I think it's a baby bull, but it was ill-tempered and I didn't feel that a full inspection was needed.

Another thing we noticed was this car.



It was about 50 yards from our driveway, and was drew a very lively crowd. I almost ran inside to grab a bottle of rum in an effort to spawn a spontaneous block party, but the Cops didn't seem in much of a "dancing mood." Maybe another time.

At some point I'll have an entire post about Caribbean Drivers, but until then let me think of a way to describe them....

Have you ever gone to an arcade in which they have a whole row of Car Racing games, and there's ten or twelve children screaming and swerving and driving as fast as the cars will go?

Imagine them a little taller and with accents. And on PCP. That's about right...



Anyway, the black car hit this guy's car when it was stationary, resulting in Ambulance rides all around and one very upset cow. It also caused the first-ever traffic jam in our tiny little corner of the island, so that was exciting.

We even got to see a real Caymanian Firetruck.



It's just like the ones I draw in the sand while "exercising."

Anyway, I guess we're thankful that we weren't in the accident, and they neither of us were tied to a tree, and all that....

We're also thankful that all of the marvelous people in our lives are safe and sound, and we'll keep all of you in our prayers.

...and check back over the weekend. We're doing our big Thanksgiving meal on Saturday, and I'll have about a million pics to post.

Until then....