Coconut Harvest

Greetings,

Happy New Year! Down in these parts our new year was marked by a coconut harvest. The area where we live is covered with coconut trees and about every 10 weeks or so they need to be harvested. If they are left on the trees they turn into very deadly rocks falling from the sky. The coconut is used in just about everything we eat here. From drinking the coconut water to using the meat, and making coconut milk, it is such a versitile food. In these photos you can see the man (and his tools) who climbs up and cuts out the mature coconuts. He makes it look so easy and can climb a tree in 10 seconds flat. Several of us tried it out but barely got off the ground.

Things here at Rocky Point continue in the same routine otherwise. We've had a full house the past few weeks and it's been nice to have 15 people around the table for meals. I hope that you're all happy and healthy. Lots of love and light from 6 degrees north of the equator and on the opposite side of the planet.