May 02, 2009 Beach Cricket, Sea Trolls and Rain

Took baby down for her milk first thing to find a cruise ship gliding past into the harbour below.  After breakfast we took the kids to the beach.  While they swam Sean and I played cricket, high enthusiasm, low on skill.  The bowling is still pretty inconsistent but the batting is coming along.   While cooling off in in the sea the kids collared me into play troll with them.  At one point I was spiked by Conner and they thought they had won...little did they know that trolls regenerate 3 hit points a round. Mwa ha ha.  Later the cricket evolved into one-tip two-tip and a thrilling contest ended with a one run win to Sean via a run out.   The talk turned to Taleb and black swans.  We had to leave in a hurry when the rain came down really heavily.  So heavily that a river of water was cascading down the grounds of the house.   The dash eights continue to buzz in and out of Vigie airport. I still haven't got over how close they are: their flightpath brings them within a stone's throw of the veranda.