Posted by George on June 19, 2001 at 09:22:31:
Here's the news from Eleuthera today:
Tuesday, 19th June 2001
Weather
Today's weather is a nice bright 90 degree temperature with little chance of rain. Nice bright skies and another pleasant summer day for the beach. The winds are calm with light breezes along the waterfront, much heat inside the homes. Outdoors is the place to be today.
News
As is customary for the summer children descending from Tarpum Bay and spending their time in school in Nassau with their parents during the school year are heading home to the island for the summer. In each village children will be attending summer vacation bible school with the churches along the island and otherwise enjoying the warm summer in the out Island with their grand parents and other family. The evenings are filled with games like summer volley on the village courts by the sea and droves of children can be found playing in the waterfront Caribbean surf while their elders sit close by watching them as they frolic in the cool evening Caribbean sea, collecting sea shells and other strange debri. The usual children from the village spend their summer days fishing on the waterfront docks and combing the sea front rocks for fish and other shell fish like whelks, curves and bone fish. These are traditional summer activities which occupy the children while their elders are at work and cannot chaparone them as usual. It's a wonderful time of discovery for the young children filled with minds of play. It's a great time for city kids to get away from Nintendo and playstation etc. They learn essential survival skills like swimming and an appreciation for nature and some of the fun they can have with it. All in all it's a wonderful time.
This summer time while the kids are away is quite a relief for the Out Island descendent families living their busy lives in the busy city center of Nassau. It's a lively time for the Islanders who are appreciative for the new faces and the activities. They are able to spend some afternoons without the hinderance of the children for a while. The children in turn learn early some responsibility for themselves and have some sense of independence without the close supervision of their children. It is quite a cultural experience for them to be living in the slightly more primative out islands without all the modern conviences they have at their homes in the city of Nassau. Much less busy activity so they do get a great chance to rest and relax from the daily cityscape drama in the quiet natural surroundings of the out Islands. Hooray for Grand parents and happy children enjoying the warm summers in villages by the sea in the Bahamian Out Islands.
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