Now being back in Antigua has brought me right back to earth where electricity goes off every now and again as does the water supply. But today was different....it didn't just bring me back to earth it brought me back to nature.
APUA, Antigua's finest (and only) public utilities service authority (responsible for water, electricity, and telephone services) had water off for almost two days now due to not one but two burst water main pipes in my area.
So now I've got to bathe outside by the water tank we have, which is a large iron tank - which has been there according to my Mom, since this house has been here.....which has been here since plantation days! Yes I live in massa's house, obviously its had a few renovations and so on....but my Grandfather who bought this hillside property years ago kept certain features of the place. For instance there is still foundation around from some of the other houses from those days. But I digress.
So here I was naked in the sunshine, about to get clean and ready for an interview I had today. Turning on the tap at this huge tank I suddenly hear this loud buzzing noise, and I thought to myself, must be a large bee! Oh crap just what I need with my exposed derier in plain view! But to my luck I realised it was a Hummingbird. Beating its wings at 80 times a second it hovered there for a second looking at the water that was running over my cloth. It then to my astonishment landed on my cloth and started drinking the water! I badly wanted to touch the hummingbird with my other hand but I thought this would scare it away so I left it to finish drinking its water....It then started flying again. It stayed for a second or two nearby as if to say thank you..... it then beelined around the nearby guava tree and it was gone.WOW!
Thank you APUA for returning me to Nature.....but please see if you can better your services for goodness sakes.....outside cold when you have to bath with a lil bucket and a washrag!
