First stay with (minimal) furniture!

Tilloo Cut Sunrise, view from Lubbers Quarters Cay, circa 1600, Abaco, Bahamas,artist unknown

White Crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) in flight, Lubbers Quarters Cay, west side forest

I spent one afternoon trying to capture an image of these fast-flying birds through the trees overlooking the west side of Lubbers Quarters Cay.... This was the best I could do until next visit!

A short collection of video clips from the eye of the storm as hurricane Sandy passed over us. The video camera batteries kept failing and the power was out so I could only intermittently recharge..... thus the disjointed segments.

The actual storm on either side of the eye was scary but I have no video of the worst of the storm and most of the violent winds occurred at night. It was not until we reached Marsh Harbour two days later that I learned the house construction had blown down.

West side flat Starfish

"Finished" project photos first!

Kind of going in reverse now with the blog postings. These are photos from my first stay at the completed house in July, 2013. A little different from my initial plans. No furniture, no boat, no tools yet. No outside color scheme chosen yet except for light gray at front door gable. No lift at dock.  Lots of construction trash, old stumps and wind-blown debris to clean up outside. I will follow this (finally) with some posts describing the construction, destruction and reconstruction process. I am only now able to revisit those photos and videos so just putting them together now.

I have realized that this house will never be a "finished" project. Based on my own experience and watching my fellow Lubberite 2nd home owners.... it a is a perpetual, enthralling, challenging and interesting endeavour to build and maintain a home in the Abacos. A lot of fun and pioneer camaraderie pervades the whole atmosphere on Lubbers Quarters Cay and I am appreciative of the advice and encouragement I have received from all!

As traumatic as it was to lose almost everything with hurricane Sandy..... seeing the final result is all I am focused on in this post!! Now I can walk out my back door and bonefish on the west side flat. That is enough for me right now and something that I am still stupefied and in wonder that it has ever happened.

An old Abaco map

I borrowed this image of an old Abaco, Bahamas map from an interesting and informative website devoted to Rolling Harbour, Abaco and the Delphi Club. Check it out at:

http://rollingharbour.com/


Great photography and writing. Iwould like to visit there in the Fall.

There are many interesting features, labels and annotations on this old map (at least interesting to me!)
1. Lubbers Quarters Cay is labelled in the plural but not possessive form (Lubbers not Lubber's or Lubbers')
2. Elbow Cay is also referred to as Little Guana Cay (vs. "Great" Guana Cay, north of Man O War Cay)
3. The spelling of Mores Island....... (Mores, not Moores, Moore's, More's).
4. Cooling Temper Bay near the junction of Great and Little Abaco! Love the name.
5. Line that delineates the boundary between the ministerial districts of the Abacos

Blog updates to follow......... including a bittersweet story of violent storms, dollars spent, dreams dashed and resurrected, tears shed, Rum consumed, life going on......