Week 13 Day 4: Teens are teens

Maccaroni Island's oldest resident, Bianca Blumington, is still going strong! Today she turns 127 simdays old. She is the only person from the original 4 couples who is still alive. Perhaps not alive and kicking, but up north she manages to go through the day, from cursing the Holy-Moly man, to feeding the cats.

Now that Bianca's granddaughter Graica Greench moved out to marry, she is left with her son, Alfonso Blumington, who is still single. This morning they went for a walk.

Bolan was Bianca's beloved hubby.

While Rita and Roger Redward, Yvonne and Yespar Yea-Low, as well as Greta and Gabriel Greench, all were resting near the mausoleum, Bolan Blumington was burried in the back of the graveyard.

Bianca does have plenty of grandchildren [Blumington family tree], but none of them will be Blumingtons by name.

And Alfonso walked up to the fishing pond in the mountain.

Today it was teens' day at school. Teens gather for education and skill building twice every week, and kids do gather twice as well.

Corinne Y. Redward is still stopping by a few hours most days to assist and inspire the young residents. But she had to admit it was getting harder now that the group of teens counts 13! The larger group, the bigger chance that some teen would not behave.

Gastor and Marvin Hamming are twins, sons of Constance R. Hamming, who is Randal Redward's sister, and Corinne's neighbours in the western region. Constance operates the local Consignment Store, and she is also the one with a dog named Cairo.

Gastor is Corinne's favorite pupil, while his twin brother Marvin is the opposite.

Ah, 12 teens in one room. Only the 13th, Amadeus Hawk, Agnes' oldest boy, is missing, but he never attend classes.

The right section pictured above is (from front) Yesador Yea-Low, Gastor Hamming, Marvin Hamming, Godrian Greench, Carla Black and Bonita Black.

The left section pictured below shows (from front) Richelle Yea-Low, Yvilla Redward (Corinne's daughter), Boletta Greench, Eileen Greench, Evita Hedgewall and Blanca Peel.

Boletta Greench, wearing a green jacket, found her cousin Marvin quite amusing, but they don't have much contact. She is not the one to step out of her comfort zone, she worries a lot that the boys hardly notice her. There isn't really many she could marry anyway, not related. Now she has a small hope that Yesador Yea-Low might like her. Boletta thinks he looks nice, and she knows he is sort of a loner, too. She was watching him all day without his knowledge.

Blanca Peel is a good girl, but Corinne knew she could also be quite a problem at times. Not as bad as Marvin Hamming, though.

Boletta Greench was hanging out with her sister Eileen and their cousin Blanca Peel. From there, Boletta could still see Yesador. He was busy discussing some subject with their teacher.

Dream on, boy...

Boletta isn't dedicated to farming, but she likes to help at the farm.

Yesador ea-Low was coming over...

Blanca had no idea she was just about to grab the only guy Boletta had a crush on.

That's called bad luck, Boletta...

After school, Gastor Hamming and Godrian Greench ran over to the graveyard. They wanted to find a good place for watching tonight's fireworks. Reynar Yea-Low had produced some fireworks, and nearly every night he planned sending them up over Maccaroni Mountain. It was done in the hope of making contact with the other world. Hopefully a ship would notice.

But the island is full of trees, and the top of the mountain can't be seen from just anywhere.

In fact they could not see the top. They would need to move farther away from the mountain.

Next to Greench Farm there is a smaller hill top, with sparse vegetation, only. The farmers of the southern region call it Sugar top.

Suddenly they got aware of a crying voice...

What did she just say, what was a set up? Anyone who followed this story from the beginning will recall how the young and naive Bianca trusted that her hubby had arrange nearly everything that happened, even the storm that brought them to the little island. Godrian and Gastor had naturally no such knowledge of the past.

The boys walked over to the Sugar top.

At 4 Greench Farm, Carie was out working the café, Albert was looking after the kids, and Blanca was busy with her homework. Today's subject had inspired her. Becoming a bartender would be nice, but maybe there was also other ways to make money that she had not yet thought of.

Blanca was excited for the date with Yesador Yea-Low. He is a good looking guy, a little too red perhaps, but who cares about skin colour anyway. Blanca's cousin Yophiel Hedgewall was bright green!

Gabriella is sort of caught in the middle, between her older sister Blanca who has begun controlling her own life, and the toddler Gerda, who gets all the attention from mom and dad. Maybe life will be more fun when Gerda grows up?

Still in the southern region, it's time to stop by at Cody and Rosanne's place, at 11 Rounder Lane. On the picture below, the Sugar top is seen to the right, while the main mountain is located to the left, just outside the picture.

Rosanne was looking for her husband. They just had a son, Rafael, and Rosanne being the snob she is, spends much time trying to improve their humble home.

According to Law and to traditions, a child moving out is entitled to its heritage shortly after moving out. But we all know that Randal Redward's universe is a little different...

Rosanne walked over to Redward Ranch. She moved out just a few simdays ago, but it felt like much longer. There was a new horse she had never met, and the path was decorated with new plants from Cody's production.

Randal Redward, Rosanne's Father, was at home.

Randal's problem is to find a way to secure the family heir. Yamir was not very interested in taking over the ranch, and Yvilla was simply not tough enough to bring on the Redward family standards. Randal had no intention of giving out parts of the assets until he knew who the main hair would be.

Up north, at 4 Black Heights, Bella Black was busy painting, while Bonita and Carla snuck out.

Seems like most of the teens planned to watch the fireworks. Not a lot is happening on the island that could interest them, so the first attempt to shoot up fireworks from the mountain, sure was a major event.

It had started! But the first firework turned out to be just a vague poof of smoke. But then...

Now, would it be noticed from a distance? The lights hangiing on the sky for a few seconds, would it be enough to grab a ship captain's attention? Or was it just a shot in the dark?

More in a short week!

Week 13 Day 2: On the move

Last night Graica saw a ship passing their island, but she panicked and distracted Reynar, resulting in the ship passing without him noticing it. It was very selfish of Graica, causing them all not to be rescued, and today is a rather tough day on her.

But, before checking on her, let's stop by at 4 Black Heights, up north. Rebecka grew up, and was preparing to move out! She has been spending lots of time together with the much older LaShawn Gladiston, and she couldn't wait to join him at one of the smaller parts of Greench Farm.

So, it was time to leave. In case someone expected to see Rebecka's dad, Christopher, waving his oldest daughter off, he was working at the House of Law.

Rebecka had just one tiny worry. LaShawn never asked her to move in, she was just taking that for granted...

Also this morning, at 11 Rounder Lane which is in the southern region, Cody Mayor and Rosanne Redward were busy in the garden. Cody produces garden plants, and Rosanne is still learning. They are not yet married, but expect their first baby. Counting from Rosanne, it will be 4th generation, the first 4th generation resident on Maccaroni Island!

Cody was still on call as the judge representing the southern region.

Rosanne's mom, Corinne Y. Redward, had at least one good eye to Cody, for a very long time. She will probaby not be thrilled about the wedding, but Corinne is already an elder, and well... she has no choice but accepting.

In the same region, at 2 Greench Farm, Rebecka Black had finally arrived at LaShawn Gladiston's house...

It actually seems like Rebecka was about to cry. They sure belong together, and she is very much aware that LaShawn will turn elderly any day now.

Cody walked over to Greench Market, it's a grocery store and farmers market mostly run by the Greench Farm. Cody bought the pests serum from his brother Archie, and then their sister Beatrice entered the store. She was still trying to figure out a flower she recently grew, a weird thing she never saw before. She described it to the two others.

Their dad was Gabriel Greench. He was a dedicated farmer by heart, and when he and Greta went on their honeymoon, starting our story, he thought he would miss his little farm so much that he brought books for daydreaming. Those books now exists at 3 Greench Farm, the main house.

Archie's wife, Bridgette B. Greench, was taking a break in their garden. The farm is not just a home, or a job, but a lifestyle. They tend the garden for hours every day, and now that all 5 kids have reached teenage stage, both Archie and Bridgette reached their lifetime goals of raising 5 kids. 5 kids, but still none to take over the farm!

Bertil returned from a ride. The horse is old Pepper, originally bought by Bertil's granddad, Gabriel Greench. Bertil was asked to take over the farm, and begged for a day to consider it.

Both Archie and Bridgette are quite relaxed and understandable persons. If Bertil was their only kid, it would naturally have been a different matter...

Bertil saw the Unicorn only once. Being the only Equestrian on Maccaroni Island, he should be the one to befriend the shy animal.

Then Eileen, the youngest, popped up...

Eileen just grew up. She is the one finding her aunt Bella and granny Bianca in the Village Hall the other day.

Eileen's cousin, Blanca, lives across the road. They are same age, and they often hang out together.

Graica is Eileen's older sister. She is the one who moved up north to help granny Bianca and uncle Alfonso with the house.

They walked about for a while. Left the southern region, heading west.

The decided to pull a prank on the Redwards.

Well, they managed to hide, and for a few minutes life wasn't boring at all.

Up north, there are still only 2 houses. Lots of open land, but ground it's less fertile and not much grows up here. A group of wild dogs ran up towards the mountain. No wait, it's the 4 dogs of Constance R. Hamming's household. The first dog is Cairo, the puppy Constance found in the woods.

The 2nd dog must be Cairo's puppy, Brownie.

The blue house is the home of the Blumingtons. This is where Graica Greench lives, temporarily to help granny Bianca and uncle Alfonso. Some time ago Graica planted some strange seeds, one seed turned out to carry burning fruits! Graica never saw such a plant before... no wait, it was the plant that the Redwards grow and sell as lamps! Would this be a rescue to this very poor household? Producing lamps?

After a few minutes, Graica was back on track reflecting over the ship she saw last night. She had been looking for it hundreds of times today, but no ships out there. She felt bad for avoiding them all to be found, but she always thought of Maccaroni Island as her beloved home ground, no reason to get anywhere else.

She knew that others might want to get to the other world. She should have alarmed Reynar, they could have made contact with the boat, and Graica could still have chosen to stay here. Alone? Because Reynar would obviously have left the island without even looking back!

There he was!

Reynar lives with his parents, Dorothy and Alex Yea-Low, and his 3 siblings. But now his parents and siblings might move out, leaving the main residence to Reynar.

Well, no comments needed. The once so lovely and naive Bianca Blumington has really turned into a grumpy old crazy woman. She is the only one of the 8 original settlers still around. And turning 125 years old, she certainly seems to live forever.