We then came home for a siesta before heading out to a lovely restaurant, Pappagallos, for dinner with some other good friends (photo above). It was a spectacular day and the only thing missing was our close family but we did manage to catch up with almost everyone via telephone or skype which was wonderful.
We continued our celebrations on Boxing Day with an open house party in the morning followed by an afternoon of boating with good friends and more champagne (photo above on the boat).
So as I woke up today I couldn’t be anything but extremely grateful for the extra bank holiday (Christmas day observance) so that we can ease ourselves back to normality before heading back to work tomorrow without it being too much of a shock to the system!
Our garden (in pots) is continuing to thrive and this morning I was thrilled to see our first tomato on one of the vines (photo above). We’re not having much luck so far with our aubergines which keep producing these lovely purple flowers but they have yet to turn into fruit - we’re working on that!
We’ve also enjoyed many salads from our mixed heirloom lettuces and arugula plants (pictured above) and we’re also quite excited to note our lime tree is full of fruit just waiting to ripen (pictured below) - given that the supermarkets are charging just under $1 per lime this is good news indeed!
The weather has been spectacular and we are both so grateful for the opportunity we had to return to Cayman and I think our day of boating yesterday may have almost made up for Tony being separated from his tractor for the time being!
The photo below is of the sun going down as we made our way home by boat last night - a very fitting end to a marvelous couple of days spent with good friends, enjoying good food and of course some very fine wines!
