Bananas and Beignets

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Do notice we took our past photos and notes OFF the archives list to the right, which is too hard to navigate easily, and placed them again in a LONG, LONG row, below. So enjoy scrolling through the photos again.

We are into the beginning of the rainy season here. When we hear the banana leaves flapping outside our windows, the wind is picking up and rain is quick to follow. But in addition, they enjoy LOTS of thunder and lightning too!

We've had a number of "GRAY" Pacific NW morning skies and loved it! Even had a few days under 80 degrees!

A couple of days ago I walked to my favorite seamstress shop after work, about three blocks away, to gather her bi-monthly sack of "scraps," which her team saves for me. "Nothing is too small," I tell them, as they shake their heads at the "crazy American." But I have gathered a nice assortment of pieces of African fabric! I'm in scrap heaven!

While there, the sky, which had been graying, decided to DUMP! So we visited about 30 minutes while it poured, then when it finally turned to a light drizzle, I walked home. It felt sooooo like Seattle! I loved it and hardly got wet.

Agropole is the name of the most wonderful French bakery we often pass on the way to church or town. When we get anything, all of which is baked fresh daily, of course, it is a taste bud treat. A favorite we've gotten about three times is a beignet, (ben-yah), which is simply a big doughnut hole. I mean a HUGE doughnut hole, the size of a softball. The one in this photo is about to bite Gary!

Time is flying, and we can't believe TWO months have passed already.