Brisk but peaceful morning

Sunrise came in about 6:30 this morning. Another beautiful day at the beach... Are they ever not beautiful? Well, maybe when I'm worried about the storms, beach erosion, NE winds, hurricanes, low fishing yield... Speaking of fishing yield, we are in our third day of the bluefish from Monday and I haven't taken the time to go out there. I don't even have finger mullets (bait) to get our next meal. Oh well, must go out before the end of the day.

It's not all fun and games though. Yesterday I spent some time at the hardware store nearby and bought myself 5 gallons of paint and a few paining tools. All that means, there is work ahead. But of course, no need to rush into that just yet. There is still a lot of fishing expeditions, and a lot of visits to the post office between here and there.

My wife has been praising the outcomes of the kitchen in the last three days. The bluefish yielded some very good meals and we found it quite tasty. My challenge was to present it in three different ways so that we don't ge tired of the same old fish. Day one, I prepared the bluefish with coconut milk, the second day was bluefish steamed in a foil tent in the oven and today, we just had it in curry sauce. I can't get her to commit on which way she liked it best but from the look of her comments, all three days were big hits.

This is a picture of the curry sauce version. The bluefish is the one at the top position on the plate. The bottom position is cuban congri which is a mixture of rice and black beans very seasoned, prepared in the oven and topped with reduced red onions. To supplement those two I steamed some cabbage and addedred onions soften in olive oil and mixed with white vinegar at the end to give it a little acidity.

The whole meal experience received another thumbs up from my wife. The pressure continues to see if I can keep the streak going.

However, I better get busy on the fishing department, otherwise there will not be lunch tomorrow.

Soon after lunch we rushed out on our cruisers to make a quick visit to the post office as usual.

And of course, made it back quickly to watch the dolphins graciously swimming west just beyond the beach. I know what you're thinking... life is rough. I know.