Boathouse Restaurant and Boatview Apartments, Castara, Tobago

31/10/2026

Slow Saturday

A very sunny day apart from the odd cloudy bit and Ebony and I had a lovely morning cuddle before I messengered Mum and Dad. They were both looking good and were going up to Honeys to watch the horse that Antonia has taken to America race tonight. No doubt I will find out how well it did. I think it is a George Boughey horse.
Anyway Leo popped up with a bundle in his arms as Ebony could not wait to go on her playdate. So we went down for a dip and she is a true water baby. She follows me in, never mind a bit of a wave, and when I let her go facing the shore she swims straight back to me. I do have a video on my phone but cannot find it at the moment. I think I left it in the lavender room when I showed my guest in earlier. The video will go on the post tomorrow instead.
I left her with her mates and did my usual Saturday jobs. My parents were talking about a deal between Melania and Putin about transporting 750 people back to Ukraine as they are all starving somewhere in the Crimea. It sounded pretty dire.
I watched a clip of the political comedian of the man whose name I can never remember and there was Trump mispronouncing words in front of the media. He used to make fun of Mr. Biden for that.
So tomorrow we will be up and at 'em on the road. I have cold water for the workers and there will be a beef and pigtail soup. I think I will visit the Chief Sec.s office on Tuesday to report the dip at the top because I believe it will need a retaining wall at some point. That is something the community cannot do.
Just one cushion left to sew now and I have 3 rooms full. Leo cleaned all the chairs in the restaurant so we are almost there. I just need the plumber to sort out the tap in the bathroom.
A very relaxed day , I also spoke to Honey, Maz and my mate Shaz in London. Staying in touch is what it is all about.

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30/10/2026

Becoming pro's

So a dry and sunny day and our seventh week of bussup friday. We sold 9 and had finished cooking the bussup by 12.15pm and it stayed lovely and soft in all the heat in the styrofoam box. Absolutely delicious even if we do say so ourselves. Professional status soon to be adopted🤣.
Amy and Keishon popped down with a sleeping Ezra in his car seat. I thought he was blowing kisses at me but Amy said it was more likely he was doing a poo. I preferred my version😅.
Ebony is flaked out on my lap again as she had a lovely time playing under the deck and helping to eat any leftovers. What a life she has! We have two bookings for dinner next friday so we will be open. And remember we open up 4 days a week from 4th November.
Below Rose and Ebony are doing their usual and yesterday Ebony jumped from the kitchen step as Rose ran by and she landed crossways on Rose's shoulders. I don't know who was more surprised but it was funny as all hello.
Important notice!! As jouvert is in the early hours of tomorrow morning the road will now be fixed starting sunday morning at 8am with Chris making the soup. I have bottles of water for the workers also. Photos and a video have been taken of the before.

29/10/2026

Crab rangoon puffs

Quite a rainy day all day but we are ready now for doing the road on saturday. So anyone who is at a loose end then come and help. Chris is making a soup too, so it is from 8am on Saturday 31st October we will block Depot Road until the cement is set. We have tried to tell everyone with a car so if you need to go out leave before 8am or leave your vehicle on the main road. It should be a good day. We now have 2 bags of gravel from Richards as well as the cement.
Ebony came down with me when I prepped the chicken and goat. She soon disappeared with her friends and we mixed the two doughs for buss up. We came up and Ebony stayed and we made crab rangoon puffs. That is me in the picture with my new apron I made. We had a lovely afternoon with a series, American Horror Story and then we made chicken satay with udon noodles in a peanut and coconut sauce. Mmmm!
I think with all these recipes we may very well have a 'surprise of the day' on the menu, a different surprise each day. That will liven things up and the crab puffs were quick and easy.
It is raining again and the lightning has been phenomenal since it got dark. Compere is tucking into the leftover noodles and Ebony is helping him a bit, of course😜.
I think a cup of tea is in order as Compere cannot leave in the rain. I think I will mke it as he used a green teabag last time and added milk, ugh!
Mr. Trump had been on tv talking about some mans backside, I mean really? Ifbthe British Prime Minister ever did that noone would listen to him. Absolute nonsense🤮

28/10/2026

Sprucing up the place

I had a lovely morning cuddle with Ebony and talked to Mum and Dad on messenger. I popped down to pay for the wholesale delivery and Ebony tagged along, in fact she found her mates and that was it. So I drove over to Socks and then visited Miss Maudlyn with some carrots that I could not find yesterday in town.
I went to see Amy and Ezra as Keishon was off running errands. Ezra was wriggling on the bed and then needed feeding so I did not get a lookin at a cuddle but he is so tiny that I hardly dare move when I hold him. His feet though, he will be tall and rarely fall over with boats like that.🤣
When I returned a very upset Bridgerton was near the sofa and as Miss Ebony was still playingon the beach I patted my lap and he was there immediately. A little bit if ear and then he was off again.
Juma arrived to clean the decks and Peter will come tomorrow to change the groove ply on the lavender deck. Tabu and I have consulted google, well Tabu did, and we will be making crab rangoon puffs for lunch and chicken satay with veggie udon noodles for tea.
Below is a trio of photos of Ebony entitled Going, going, gone and this is exactly what she did last night. Also a colourless sunset for a change and we have thunderclouds and wind arriving from the east very soon.

27/10/2026

Shopping a lot

This morning was a calm start to the day and now that Ebony can get down the steps but not up I was worried about her with the cars etc... so I fed her in the cage and put her toys and water and popped her in when I was ready to go. Oh dear it was pitiful, the crying, as I walked down to get in the truck. Chris and Joey had the three puppies out so I asked if they minded keeping an eye on Ebony and she was so happy.
Shopping was all over the place today as we had to hit the hardware for the cement everyone has pitched in for and some groove ply. I printed my revised booklets on the way into town and we dropped the chiller paint in to Maz as well. Our lunch was at ILike today and was one of the best combinations so far. We tend to have the plain singapore noodles with beef in black bean sauce, sweet and sour pork and hong kong style pepper shrimp.
Pennysavers was not very busy and we also bought a fan for the yellow room and a new blender jug. Edison phoned me this morning and is in Tobago so hope to see him. In fact when I drove home he had asked for my location and when I arrived to unload the shopping he was there. So I met Seanelle( no idea of spelling) and we all had a drink on the deck. After carnival he will pop back up to Castara to have dinner and a relax.
I came up with my shopping and Ebony and she disappeared. I quickly realised she must have gone back down to play with her new mates so down I trotted and carried her home. She had some puppy chow a long drink and promptly fell asleep. She has not moved for an hour.
Anyone in Canada might be interested to know that there is a caribbean airlines flight from Toronto to Tobago and the first one was last Sunday.

26/10/2026

A bunch of puppies

A day of messing about in the rooms which are now ready. I sewed 3 cushions and took Ebony for a dip. This time I put her on the sand and she walked into the water with me. So we had a swim in the shallows and then she swam to shore and wiggled in the hot sand. She cried quite pitifully when I stayed in the water and finally she ran straight into the water to me, how sweet.
She has also learnt to get down my house steps but is hopeless at getting back up. So I can no longer leave here without my shadow.
I shall be buying bags of cement tomorrow to fix the road and many have contributed so we can do a really good job.
Below are the puppies from yesterday, Ebony with the three that Joey has. They had a great time mucking about together.

25/10/2026

An announcement!

Amy and Keishon are now the proud parents of Ezra Anthony seen below. He is an absolute darling and I had my first cuddle yesterday. Mother and baby are doing very well.
Pizza Sunday was very interesting. We made 5 pizzas and all went. There are a few people about now and I believe opening up more after next weekend is the right move.
We had a sunny day but a few downpours this afternoon. Ebony came down and played with the other puppies and Rose. I have to train her to stay outside the kitchen but she was very good and has just woken up as playing hard wears her out.
So this week is my last with only 2 days open and I will have 3 rooms all made up and ready by tomorrow night. Next weekend is Tobago Carnival but we will still make pizzas and there is talk of everyone getting together to fix Depot Road. So far we have 8 bags cement pledged.
I am making a creamy coconut chicken and asparagus pasta tonight, I get fed up with pizza every sunday even though it is good.🤭

24/10/2026

A lovely Saturday

Mum and Dad were feeling the cold a bit but in good form. I popped round to visit Amy and Keishon and all is well there before browsing in Socks. A very hot and sunny day so after a chat with sister Honey I took Ebony for another dip in the sea. She loves it but gets cold very quick. Two sisters were on the beach and they played with Ebony and Rose.
I sewed one cushion, at last and bought more lionfish today so we are well stocked on that front. I saw Trump talking about trying to get the CEO of google to change the name of the atlantic ocena. Honestly who does he think he is! An ego the size of the planet and a brain the size of a peanut. What hope is there for USA and the world? It all reminds me of a Bond novie where there is an evil fellow trying to take over the world. Only we do not have a real James Bond. He is taking the BBC to court for defamation, not sure what happened but I will find out. Asking for 10 billion pounds is exactly what I mean about his ego. He thinks he is so wonderful that it must be a heinous crime to defame him. He is a twonk!

23/10/2026

Bussup and boats

We had quite a few orders today and no leftovers except for a bit of channa and potato so the chickens made short work of that. Ebony cried pitifully when I left her but Tabu brought her cage so we put her in that wih it covered for a while. She quieted and when we had a break we let her out. She plays really well with Rose and Molly but Mary sometimes gets annoyed.
Big Jo turned up as well still limping and he growled at the puppy so we had to keep an eye on that. However learning from the other dogs is good for her.
We did curry shrimp today tooand had two ordered plus Tabu and I had some, delicious. Everyone seems to like the dasheen bussup too, I know I do. We did have a rain shower but as you can see from the boat video it was mostly sunny and serene.
Before this video when the boat moved the tree juddered as well, quite spooky.
We came up as our hubbies were stilm rubbing the bottom of the boat and watched Hocus pocus 2.
There are a few more visitors about now and Richie was diving so the lionfish are coming into my freezer. Ebony has just clawed her way onto the sofa and now my lap so soon she will be out for the count. Bridgerton made an appearance last night but his nose was well out of joint. He trotted into my room but seemed undecided as to whether I deserved his company and obviously I did not. He did catch me today and sucked my earlobe for a bit but he kept his eyes on Ebony all the time. Mothering a cat and a puppy is not an easy path🤣🤪😎.

22/10/2026

A wonderful girlie day

Ebony greeted me enthusiastically this morning and is learning to sit before she eats. She did fall asleep with her ear in the water dish, Rose wears her out. I went down to season the chicken and goat, cut up the pumpkin and Tabu nixed up the dough and made her coconut chutney which we had with the poppadoms again. It is definitely going on our menu as a quick snack.
Then we closed up the kitchen and came up for a play with the puppy and a coconut rum, why not? After lunch we took Ebony for her first sea dip and she took to it like a duck to water. She did shake with cold so we smothered her in the warm sand and she was soon running about like a mad thing. In fact she followed us back into the water and had two sea dips.
A shower and then we finished the movie from last week and started Hocus Pocus. The witches cast a spell on the grown ups and they could not stop dancing. Tabu was telling me about the dancing sickness of 1518 in Strasbourg. I asked if that was where the ballet The Red Shoes came from so we googled it and sure enough it did. They put the stricken dancers feet all bleeding etc... into red shoes and carried them to the shrine of St.Vitus. they danced until they dropped from a stroke or heart attack or sheer exhaustion. So now you know. I had made a chicken casserole with english dumplings and it was good. Rose and Ebony had all the bones and skin when I deboned the chicken earlier.
Cat finally came for Tabu as he and Brenton had been sorting the boat out. The sea has been coming up high on the beach and the boat was starting to tip sideways.
Compere came to visit so he had some chicken and the last dumpling. Ebony has now collapsed on my lap and I am ready for bed too.
Apparently there is going to be an investigation into wasa and the alleged offence of keeping the water off so people have to order a water truck and pay for it. Scandalous!