Well, here we are on the far side of the holidays. I am grateful, everything turned out peachy. Peachy, that’s a spring type term. I saw the first little flower shoots pushing up out of the soil yesterday. It starts out slowly but soon it is a cascade, peachy that is.
Sincerely hope that you all have survived the festivities. Slight hangovers are OK. Slight everything is OK. I see Pope Francis had to apologize, happens to the best of us. Time to sweep up the debris and get going.
We had four pilgrims stop by yesterday afternoon out of the blue. I took them for a walk and gave them the ten cent tour. They were sweet, I couldn’t resist. They heard about me from friends who heard it on the Camino, that Phil’s Camino was on Vashon Island so they came and found me. Geez, really. They bought a DVD and left a donation for bird seed and went on their merry way. News gets around.
Walking in a few minutes. Maybe I will take some pics along the trail. Still trying to learn how to use my new smart phone and haven’t taken a photo yet. It is dry this morning but rain coming this afternoon again.
OK, I am going to bail out, or is it bale out? Anyway, time is short. Happy New Year and all that!
big smiles loves, Felipé.
Hi Phil and Rebecca, just a note to say hi and wish you all a Happy New Year! may it be a healthful, peaceful one and may our country heal itself. All ok here, and reading your blog, seems all ok on your island too.
Best to you folks; might be up your way in 2020. Maybe yes, maybe no….but ain’t that the way it is for everything! love, Erna and Jerry
Erna and Jerry ~ And a Happy New Year to you all. We are doing well. It would be great to see you all again, berry season? Phil.
Hey, Phil, Give the pope a break! Did you see the way that woman yanked him?? It was humble of him to apologize, but she owes him an apology for being rude. Glad you made it to Muxia—now do we have to walk back to Finissterre and Santiago, or can we take a bus? Tell me more about the pilgrims who came yesterday. Where are they from? Do you write the place of origin in your log? Might be fun to see. Have a good one.
Henriette Anne
Henriette ~ Hi, there you are. Been a long since we heard from you. I wasn’t getting down on the Pope as much as I was saying that he is showing us how to apologize. These folks that came to walk live on Fox Island which is close by. And they heard about us through people in Spain. And they came to Vashon and just started to ask around till they found us as. they had no contact info. Pretty cool. See you soon, Felipé.x
I’m sure you could address an envelope “Phil, Camino, Vashon, USA” and post it from anywhere in the world, and it would get to you. You are like the bike up a tree across from the Country Store, only in better condition! See you Tuesday. xxxooo H.A.
Henriette ~ Well, I don’t think that we are quite that famous but working on it. And the postal service is getting pretty picky. I once sent a ice cream sandwich to a buddy just to see. It made it, came on a little tray. Kids. Felipé.x