No chance of freezing, and no hurricanes on the horizon. All is well and
weather is gorgeous.
The pic below was
supplied by the Mermaid Gardener:
One day when my friend sent pics we used on the blog here, I referred to
her as the East End Correspondent, a dry boring name... but I was in a
hurry (shame on me!) Now that she is more often on Tortola and helping
LOTS with local weather reports while I am on walkabout, it's high
time to give her a proper name; Mermaid Gardener.
So here's her next report under her new name MERMAID GARDENER:
Yep there is a colony of bees that decided that they
really like my
home and are making it their home. I noticed one
bee (one little teeny tiny itsy bitty bee) earlier in the day as I was
making Blood Orange Marmalade, but didn't think anything about it.
But guess the queen decided she liked the view. Then pretty soon the swarm
followed!
I've vacated the kitchen even though I have
mangos sitting on the stove waiting to be made into jam, Called the
exterminator in a frantic state, he told me
leave the house,
they will settle down & I'll call you back in an hour....great!
So much for mango jam and making dinner at home,
guess
I'll be going out tonight!!
Ah the island life!
Maybe I'll get some tropical honey out of this
ordeal! At the very least get them out of my house to go live else where
in paradise!
I might love gardening and know the value of bees
but this is crazy!
Oh my gosh, you DO have bees! Maybe we be naming you dat
Crazy BeeKeeper now instead of Mermaid Gardener! They must LOVE your
flowers. 
Which
local honey is very healthy for you, it helps promote and strengthen your
immunity to local allergens. I keep collecting up honey it seems, as I move
around, and buy the latest local honey. 
And now:
MESSAGE IN A WINE
BOTTLE:
Dear Miss Mermaid,
Don't get your mermaid tail all in a twitter up
in the states. Come back soon.
WOWIE! A statue in my honor! Yep, that looks like me!
Keep those Mermaid pics coming (Dear Miss Mermaid collects pictures of
Mermaids, so send them onwards to my email address at the top of this
post!)
Another fun read, of true tales from the high
seas!
(now make that thrice, as
I struggle to rewrite and edit and email this) while writing this, so if you get
mumble-jumble on your end today, it's just jumbies. 