Sunday, Mangoes and the River

Today is Sunday.  The sun is very hot, even with a good cloud cover.  We all came home from fried chicken with fried rice and felt the need to relax.  Ron is on the veranda watching the car race with his bag of trail mix.  I am in my office with the a/c and a bag of jelly beans.  I love the black ones, but I keep getting tricked with the purple ones.  My book is good but I keep drifting off.  Got to love a lazy day!  The boys picked mangoes from the tree down by our school.  They are big and turning reddish.  They slice them up and put them in ziploc bags.  In some foil they put some consomme, salt and pepper.  They filled up a couple of empty plastic soft drink bottles with water and then threw tire tubes over their shoulders and headed for a float down the river.  Irma and Elbia filled up two big tubs with water and took their bags of mangoes out in the sun.  They are laying submerged to their necks with a mango slice in each hand.  Quiet giggling turns into bubbles every now and then as they go under to cool their heads.  Glendy and Stephanie took their bags of mango slices across the field and down to the river to sit in the cool water and relax.  They are full of funny stories and they love to talk about cooking and baking.  Maybe they will come up with a good idea for a snack tonight!  I love it when they get together and talk food!

Yes, it is a lovely day in Belize.  Now I know what God did on the seventh day.  He ate mangoes and floated down the river, or maybe he crossed a field and sat in the water, or maybe he listened to Adam and Eve giggling in the sunshine! Back to my jellybeans!

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