It was a matter of seconds, not hours or days, but seconds after the dock lines were tied  and the engine turned off, that “stuff” materialized all over the boat.  Our clean folded laundry on the forward bunks instead of put away.  Books, magazines, maps,  and paper receipts an any horizontal surface.  Shoes on the floor instead of  in lockers. Jackets flung on bunks and chairs. Chairs not tied and stowed.  Pens, sunglasses, coffee cups, backpacks, tools  and cat toys everywhere, not neatly stowed away like when we were at Sea.  Talking to other cruisers reveals that this is common to everyone, no matter what the native language is!  We have been talking about going to another island by boat now for days, but then we stay another day in Horta. We finally started to put things away and hope to get to Sao Georges tomorrow.  We do have a crew flying in to Horta on August 26, so we have some reason to be here. But the Island of Sao Georges is only 22 miles away and we are too complacent to go there!!!

Not that Horta is a bad place!  We’ve been seeing a lot of this place.  The people are very friendly. And I’ve been making little color drawings on heavy watercolor paper of cool street scenes.  In fact, I’ve made enough to justify a small show!  I figure I’ll have an opening, with wine and cheese, and if they don’t sell, I’ll ship them home for the Fall Art Between the Creeks show.  I mentioned this to our American neighbors, Neil and Laurie, the ones who sailed here on a Triton 28, and they want to participate!  Laurie wants to show some of her photography, and Neil wants to play guitar at the reception! We’ll dress up! I’ll wear my new shoes!!!  Laurie says having a show will motivate her to take more photos.  So we’ve been hitting the streets in the evenings when the sun is lower and the shadows are cooler,  and we’ve been planning our opening. I need to make fliers and get the word out.

I did put up a flier advertising boat lettering on the marina message board but haven’t  gotten any bites yet.  I hope the Art Show fliers get more attention.