Another beautiful morning in Negril!
This trip has been wonderful but got off to a sad start. 2 days before we left my step father died. He was 95, still himself and surrounded by family so he was many times blessed. He was an extraordinary good man. Patient and kind with a keen eye and a quick wit. As I was growing up he and I rarely saw eye to eye but the older I got the more I understood and we became good friends. He was a talented portrait and landscape painter with portraits hanging in the Truman Museum and the State Capital building in St. Paul, MN. He taught me that craftsmanship is art in its own rite. One of the earliest memories I have is of a trip with him to the north shore of Lake Superior. It was the first time I was enchanted by big water. As I sit here on the cliffs of Negril experiencing that same enchantment, I find I miss him very much and am grateful to have had him in my life.
Then we lose Sally. In all the years I never met her but you can't be a boardie and not know of her and her good works. Rest well sister.
As to what we've been up to. Seastar was a blast as always and Francine is looking more radiant than ever!
Went up to Treehouse for breakfast. If you never have, you really should at least once. All you can eat buffet with custom omelettes and waffles, fresh fruit and a variety of Jamaican breakfast foods. Ackee and saltfish, porridge, callaloo, dumplings and more. Oh yeah coffee and orange juice also included. Free if you are staying there, $13US as a visitor.
Went to Push Cart for dinner last night with Al & Beth. Beautiful setting, great 3 piece Mento band that no one was tipping except me. Expensive drinks and ok food but nothing wowed us.
Today I await the arrival of my father and step mother and a brother and sister with another brother in the next day or 2 so things are about to get busier.
Have a blessed day everyone and never miss an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
Ed
Originally Posted by Ras Walleye
