Where we reside

Because I know it's hard to envision a different environment, I thought I'd post some pictures so you'd be able "see" where we are.  The picture I've added to the top of the blog is the view off our balcony.  Not bad, we think :) The really nice thing about this view is that you can see it from the living room, the kitchen, and the master bedroom.  To the left of the point, there is an expanse of open water, and boats of all sorts cross there going between downtown Charlotte Amalie and St. John.  Having that point across from us also means that the view is nice at night, as the lights come on.

In case you read that we live in a condo and thought "hi-rise", this is actually what our complex looks like.  The buildings are 2-stories tall, with separate condos on the lower and upper levels.  I was standing in the parking lot to take this, and the water is on the other side of the building.

You walk down several steps to a sidewalk that runs parallel to the buildings, then come to the walkway to our building:

We have one of the prettiest entries, because our upstairs neighbor/landlord grows orchids.  I never see him doing anything with them, but they are beautiful!

We are in the downstairs unit, and as you walk in you can see through the kitchen and the living room right out to the water:

Our condo has all the space we need, but little more.  Besides the kitchen and living room/dining area, we have 2 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms and a utility closet for the washer & dryer.  It's comfortably furnished, which is really nice, since there aren't very many furniture stores on the island!

Of course, our favorite part is that balcony, where Bob was busy doing some CPE this afternoon:

What you can't see is that it was pouring down rain while he was out there!

While we haven't needed to buy much for the condo, we have added some things for the kitchen. Then, this week, we added Bob's new favorite thing: the Weber Q gas grill.

It's just the perfect size!  And, needless to say, we tested it right away ;)

We've also gotten a hummingbird feeder, and the birds found it almost immediately.  Between watching the rain storms move in across the water and watching the hummingbirds fight over the feeder, we've had a pretty great Sunday!  Now it's time to get out the chicken breasts I've been marinating and get that grill going ...