Monday, June 9

Just for today...Monday, June 9

 

Outside my window...the “school bus” parade of canoes as the kids return to school after their three day weekend…

… and Patrick making a paddle in the midst of the group of houses just behind us.

 

In the book basket...no school this week, but we have some lovely books to help us anticipate Flag Day:  F is for Flag by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Purple Mountain Majesties: The Story of Katharine Lee Bates and America the Beautiful by Barbara Younger, The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan, The Star Spangled Banner pictures by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, and The Flag Maker:  A Story of the Star Spangled Banner by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

 

On my bookshelf...Surprised by Motherhood by Lisa Jo Baker, sent with Gayly from a friend in Florida.  It's a sweet, thought-provoking, easy read exploring motherhood.

 

From the kitchen

Umalau and pumpkin greens smothered in thick coconut cream and cooked on the hot stones.

Margaret Rasol gave us some gorgeous, huge umalau on Saturday when we visited, and today we cooked up those beauties and feasted. 

I shared some with Ofoaen, and I have never, ever seen a friend dive into a plate of food so quickly before!  Her husband hustled over to where she was sitting, grabbed a fork, and told her to save him some.

 

One of my favorite things...being surprised by beautiful starfish that are camouflaged beautifully on a little strip of sand in between the bathroom and the cemetery.

 

 

A heart of thankfulness...for my friend, Gayly, who is just jumping into life with us and taking pictures every step of the way to document our time together.

 

Pondering these words..."Have you thought that you were running dry?  God's grace is like the widow's jar:  if you keep pouring, it will not run out.  (2 Kings 4:1-7)"  ~Mimi Wilson "Holy Habits"

 

A few plans for the rest of the week...making lelenga tomorrow, going across the bay to Karumulun Village early Wednesday to celebrate St. Barnabas Day, walking across our island to Fly Harbour School on Thursday to celebrate the mid-term break, then putting Gayly in a motor canoe that will take her back to Guadalcanal very early on Friday morning.

 

A peek into my corner of the world...we crossed paths with my friend, Sylvester, on her way back from making copra.  We were on our way out to the garden to harvest overripe cassava to make into lelenga tomorrow. 

 

And I almost walked into this cute little spider, a type of spiny orb spider, on his web.  He would
have landed right on my nose!