Saba, she be gone. We have been here eight days as of today and we have seen Saba and St Barts for about a half hour altogether. We have asked Pat and all the other appropriate island goddesses to return her, without success. The weather has been just a bit cloudy our entire trip. We have had no rain out days at all, mostly just somewhat cloudy, with none of those fabulously clear days that make your heart hurt from the beauty of it all. Still it is hard to have a better view than we do...



This is not really a complaint, more an observation. It doesn't make for as perfect a picture, but the air is warm, not hot, we have everything we need in the world, the ocean is at our doorstep and it's impossible to complain.




Yesterday I had one of those moments, sitting down by the pool here. For whatever reason, other than 'my' chair in the living room, I have always loved sitting in the same chair by the pool under the shade, gazing down toward Karakter. Usually I have a book in my lap and some kind of a drink on the table in front of me. The only sound is the waves and the wind. It was one of those perfect moments that brings tears to your eyes, wishing it would never end.





..and then the moment is gone, when a jet comes screaming down the runway landing and by the time I come out from my reverie, she is headed back toward the terminal, filled with excited vacationers who have just landed in paradise.. .




But I don't mind, as that is part and parcel of what this place is to me also. It's hard to explain why that is, but those who stay here a lot know it, as well as I do.

So our time here is fast winding down. We have only one more full day after today and we go home on Monday. We have so many 'irons' in the fire at home, I doubt we shall be able to squeeze more than 10 days off at a time for quite a while yet. But that has always kind of been our mode, we are able to get away more often than most, but in shorter stints. And that suits us.

And there are many things that I had definitely planned that we should do this time, which will not get done. I had absolutely intended to get to Anse Marcel, but we haven't made it happen. And I'm absolutely stunned that we have gotten to Mullet.. We haven't gotten to Club Orient beach... Regrets?? No.. None..