Wampum

We have been fortunate in the loan capture of a double kayak from a couple camped a few spots away, and we've spread terror in Arizona and California, and most importantly, on Duck Island. Some of the ships we've looted and left adrift are ... the Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), which in groups moving away from a pyrate vessel look like penguins. Mallards, Red Heads, Canvas Backs, and more exotic quackers and whistlers (I can't identify them, the proper scope of Real ID is waterfowl).

The green heron was much more elusive than the larger blue heron. While muscle boats thundered up and down river we snuck into a hidden inlet and discovered both this and a large turtle.

Yesterday morning Jonah said "i want boat for me please dadawa", which is the "i want xxxxx for me please dadawa" forumla (more words than just the desired label word, in this case "boat") and proceeded to don his PFD and trunks and set off for the boat-holding neighbors. Naturally, I followed.

On the way back from a shower this morning Jonah said "we go to white's house". After a few tries it became "we go to dwight's house", followed by "Bobby". So now we know for sure what that means. We'd only conjectured that meaning, because he'd not associated "Bobby". I wish we could, it's a long way away.