Today we (dad, Caleb and I) went to Knollcombes to dig up some plants, with permission, from the Baptist Chapel grounds. Got quite a bit of stuff, and then drove a bit further out towards Bluehill and dug out some Arums from the side of the road, and even found an agapanthus or two. Came home and planted it all, and Nick also helped with that as he had finished his prep. So at the moment it’s looking great, but Nick and dad don’t hold out much hope for most of it surviving. The soil is quite porous and basically pretty rubbish, and the arums need a lot of watering which we can’t really provide (have to be responsible with the island’s resources). But anyway, it looks nice at the moment. I took a photo so that all posterity may know that at one time the Baptist Manse had a lovely front garden.
The ship came back from its Cape Town voyage this morning. We decided to be at the docks to meet it, just for fun, so I did my Jacob’s Ladder walk, from which vantage point I saw the ship come around the corner to the anchorage, and then descended to join mom, dad, and the boys. We watched the first busload (ex-boatload) of passengers come through the barriers, and then mom and I took the boys to the coffee shop for a milkshake. It was strange to have a milkshake at 8.30 am, outdoors, with rain blowing around, but there we were. There was an umbrella up which protected us from the drizzle, but the boys sat under the table anyway just to be sure.
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