Back on Useppa, the weeks fly by. If you read our holiday letter, you heard Steve bemoaning a lack of overseas travel. Clearly he’s focused on correcting that issue in 2018.
Shanghai was Steve’s first passport stamp of the year. He was quick to raise his hand to do a pre-visit, in preparation for our return in May with a group of HBS students. Yup - more on that later.
Santa brought Steve a drone, which he has quickly mastered. Besides zipping around the Island and dodging palm trees, Karen now has areal views of the Butterfly Garden - perfect for planning!
Karen’s work to attract yellow Sulphur butterflies and capture their lifecycle has paid off. Eggs, caterpillars, chrysalis and butterflies found the masses of Senna and Cassia planted last summer. Karen’s threatening to get her Master Gardener certificate so that she can come out of retirement and officially start a career in Butterfly Gardening. Perfect for a NYC girl, don’t you agree?
Looking for culinary, culture and local art? Come to the Pine Island Clam Jam - where you can find a bit of everything while the experts judge the best “chiefs”. Karen and her neighbor John eye an outdoor fire pit made from discarded iron tanks. Ok - we’d need a bigger backyard and a crane, but stil......
Like many sailing club members, Karen and Steve took a turn at the grill for upward of 40 after the Saturday afternoon Catboat races. And this year the Useppa Yacht Club sponsored the biannual Catboat Rendezvous - where sailors and their boats come from as far away as New England.
So when should we expect you? We’re leaving Useppa before the end of April, so the clocks ticking!
