Olives 2018

We once again went to our neighbor's farm and picked olives. There was a bit of a twist this year, though: we picked 958 pounds (with the help of some friends) and took it to an olive oil press to be magically turned into olive oil!

Rachel & Anthony had decided not to harvest this year, but told us we could come and pick what we wanted. After discussing various options with them, we thought we'd give a try at seeing if we could get enough to bring to the press. We even had enough to pick a bucket just for curing as table olives.

We started by hand, but found it way more efficient to use the electric rakes (imagine a long rake with tines that wiggle). Huge thanks to the Newmans and the Foley-Maddoxes for joining us and making this happen!

Day 7 - Island Scenes

I'm sure we went to the beach on our last day, but I didn't take any pictures. Here are some shots from around the village including:
- The gravestone of our house's namesake
- Me and the kids in the back seat of the golf cart
- Clara wondering what it would be like to be a (voluptuous) mermaid
- Clara being sworn in as a Jr. Ranger
- Sunset off of Ann and Warren's deck
- Attempts to photograph the "silver hammock moon"

[posted 8/29/2018]

Day 6 - Beach

Yes, we went to the beach again. Is it getting boring? No. Did I have to tell Clara she was required to come? Yes. Was it beautiful? Yes!

We also tried out the casting net that Ann brought. I think it was a bit too big for any of us to handle, but we did catch some little crabs and fishies.

[posted 8/29/2018]