Fort Pierce, Maybe here to stay.

We are back and forth to New England a couple of times this month.  Thanksgiving was great with the kids - 5 grands make a circus.  Really fun with house hide and seek, exploring the woods, swinging,  pillow forts, art projects, RISK - the game, and general constant activity.  It was also Violet's fifth birthday.  We all cooked - turkey and stuffing by Drew and me,  Sarah contributed a fine apple pie, I made pumpkin pudding, and Dillon and AJ made all the sides.   Several ate none of the prepared meal - 2 bowls of yogurt instead.  One group toast was said, and I was a happy Grammy.

Me and CC dosing off after dinner.


We came back Tuesday after Monday volunteer organization meetings, MD appointments on Monday, work for Drew.  Boat looks great.
 We picked up the stern ladder at the fabrication place.  Lo and behold it works perfectly. 
 The ladder no longer hits the dinghy when we let it down to use it.  See, the ladder ends above the yellow dinghy.  When the dinghy is not there the ladder has another set of steps to swing down into the water for a swim ladder.

 Since the ladder was moved up the steel tube had to be cut out so the hinge swings the ladder up and the ladder fits on the stern cockpit between the lifelines.

 Back to the fabricator to finish off the rough places and we'll put it back on,  hang the motor onto the dinghy and be pretty much ready.
Yes, ready...

Every morning starts with a check of the inside/outside thermometer in the bedroom/forecabin.  (Took picture before I was even up.)

Sun all around us, blue skies, puffy white clouds, but over just our heads a grey bottom cloud with steady, yet on-and-off rain this morning.  We are opening and closing the hatches trying to get the nice 70 degree air, but then running to close up when the rain starts. 

Drew replaced a fan in the salon.  He'll also replace 3 more age-old fans that are vibrating.  These are solid state.  Should work better and quieter.

As we took our morning walk (walking Mazu) along the outer dock where the big boats tie up we saw a catamaran with this poster on the boom.  It would be fun to talk with these doctors.  The banner says seamercy.org  A group of doctors who go to the islands to give free medical care.

Currently reading:  The Rothchilds - actually just finished, 
Column of Fire (Kingsbridge series) historical fiction in 1558 by Ken Follett,   
After This by Alice Hoffman
Next on blog:  Tour of the Harbor Town Marina where we are staying,
  pictures of garden at Palm Beach 4 Arts Center where I listened to lecture by Jorge     Sanchez, landscape gardener.