At home, sitting at ground level on the porch, sounds came in a straight line, origin easily identified by their volume & directional line. Eighty feet above the canal, noise floods in from all direction, the waves lapping against the coral intertwine with screaming gulls, shouts of people in their million dollar homes on the next island, & the fishing boats carting tourists into the great Atlantic, building one solid wash of noise, a cacophony from only one direction: below.
So, in the event that is of any interest to you at all...
A List of Sounds Overheard from the Canal:
- construction
- spanish-speaking workers doing said construction
- a barking dog that lives in a near-by sail boat
- a boat captain discussing the following items with today's clients:
- the weather
- what kind of fish they'll catch
- accidentally spilling motor-oil into the canal the last time he was maintenanced the boat
- his new haircut
- "do it from the top, or you'll kink it!" (i think he was talking about a hose?)
- the color of his hands after this week's sunburn
- "it was nasty, but i had to do it.. it was just a bunch of muck." (i have no idea what this line was in reference to)
- and of course, the incessant screaming of birds
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