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The town was glad with morning light; places that had shown ugly and distrustful all night long, now wore a smile; and sparkling sunbeams dancing on chamber windows, and twinkling through blind and curtain before sleepers' eyes, shed light even into dreams, and chased away the shadows of the night. ~Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
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At six o'clock this morning, we discovered that friends coming back from the village were ready to be picked up at Honiara's wharf. Aaron and I quickly woke the kids, grabbed some bananas, and drove down to welcome back our dear friends. The morning was bright as the sun came up, and we knew that whatever troubles they had experienced during their eighteen hour trip would now "wear a smile", especially since we also brought a press of coffee down to the wharf.
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There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship.
~Author Unknown
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3 comments:
Joanna, I love the way you weave poetry into your posts!
That boat your friends came in on... not the Kosco? I couldn't tell, but it looks a little smaller? Or am I wrong?
Oh I bet they were glad to see YOU!
Julie
Julie,
Their boat (the Baruku) is considerably smaller than the Kosco. When the boat pulled up at the wharf, two landing crafts were in between the boat and the wharf, so everybody had to crawl over two boats to get to the Baruku that you can see in the background with people hanging over the sides. You should come and see for yourself!
Joanna
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