CHAPTER 7: AUNT SYBIL’S
We crossed the Berbice river in a ferry from Rosignol
to New Amsterdam, an old town named by the Dutch. Clarence and I trudged our way down to Saint
Ann Street with our luggage and tattered kite.
We arrived at my Aunt Sybil’s house late in the evening, it was already
dark and we were greeted with lots of love and kisses by my mother and Aunt.
Now Aunt Sybil’s house was an old time huge Dutch
style house with a high roof, the ceiling space allowed breeze to flow through
the house. My aunt’s house also had lots of windows and a bottom house which
she rented to boarders. The house was also surrounded by a guinep tree and a
mango tree and a dunks tree. The dunks
tree was so close to the house that with a reach out the window one could pick
the dunks.
After a quick bath,
cold water mixed with hot water from a kettle and poured into an enamel
bucket, followed by a quick rub down with soap from head to toe, a bowl to
throw water over your body we hopped out the bath as soon as possible. Towels
off, then on with the pajamas, we headed down to the kitchen for a hot dinner.
Aunt Sybil had a huge kitchen with a large table from which all activity revolved. We sat down to some fresh brewed hot ground cocoa with raw cow’s milk and some Bakes with Salt Fish and two Chinese Cakes for sweetness. I vow that Cocoa tea is the best in the world! Made with roasted fresh cocoa beans ground in a hand mill and served with hot fresh cow’s milk; just milked for the cow earlier in the morning it’s a taste to be savored for a lifetime.
Once upon an Easter
Attached to this blog illustrations for { Once Upon an Easter} also please find painting Diamond she is on sale for $2000.00.
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