Sept. 10, 2010

green burst

when i think of roatan i think of two colors:

turquoise blue and beautiful green

green

green 

green

today i went out photographing green

it was an easy job to do

whenever i leave the island the first thing 

when i return is soak up green

we have one two lane road that winds around the island

not alot of asphalt and highrises so all the backdrop is green

i love it!

so lush 

so beautiful

bob and i went into coxen hole

and then for a drive to seadancer

here are a few more green images for you to enjoy

green is beautiful!

we had a good day

except

i had a head on collision while snorkeling

yes it's true

ran smack dab into a tourist

and i was going pretty fast.

sheeshhh

i not only feel rather silly but have had a headache all day

and my neck is royally out

but in spite of it all

i am still doing fine in paradise.

i hope you had a great day too!

Sept. 9, 2010

 

resourceful

i taught carlos, our gardener, how to make planters 

large plant in the back, medium in the middle and small ones around it

i had to smile when i saw this!

how is that for being resourceful?

ya..it's an old pampers wipes container

why throw it away when it can be used?

and he even made a hanging one.

creative

carlos

and calming too!!

:-)

Sept. 8, 2010

 

in my garden

went to the shop again today

the carnival ship came over to the coxen hole port

due to high winds are mahogany bay

we had a great day there

people on the carnival are fun loving and generous by nature

we sold alot of things for our friends

and had alot of fun conversations

i met a guy who was wandering the street with a tripod,

several camera bags and a nice nikon (did i actually say that?!)

he came in and looked at my photos and we talked photos

he just got his camera and is still shooting in automatic

i have a strong aversion to automatic

i will use it if we are travelling and i just want to 'get the shot'

but i prefer to shoot manual.

he didn't even know how 

so i had a fun time teaching him

it was a great visit

the fruit guy

came by on his bike this morning

and i bought a cantalope and a pineapple

the sweet smell of pineapple wafted through the shop all day

yum~

at one point a couple walked in and asked if we had magnets

(we don't)

and after they left bob said

i am a chick magnet

and stuck out his stomach like half of the island men here

i literally cracked up laughing

he is so funny

i am glad that after 28 years together

we still laugh together

it is a gift

when we got home we were both tired 

but it had been a long time since i meandered through the yard

so i went out looking at flowers

this one begged to be photographed

so pretty

i am sitting out on the side deck hoping to catch a breeze

it is starting to get sooo hot here

september is our hottest month by far.

tonight we are going to meet up with the people

we met in church on sunday for dinner

we are going to the island rotisserie chicken

it will be delicious!

i can't wait.

Sept. 7, 2010

soy estupido

well maybe i should go so far as to say

'i am stupid'

but i sure did a stupid thing

sometimes i just do things so quickly that i regret it

this evening i had uploaded my photos that i took today

from my camera to the computer

now because i have take so many photos everyday

i always erase them off my camera card right away

 i made today's file for my computer 

and i thought i had put all of them in the file

but later realized i had only selected one

this crappy one that i took of a pharmacy

and by mistake i erased all of them

gone forever!!

now you may say no big deal

but today i specifically brought my camera into town 

to take photos for my other blog

(www.bobanddebi.blogspot.com)

and now nothing

i know i know...

i will have more chances to take photos 

but alot of them were great candid shots of people

and they cannot be replaced.

sigh

bob has said to me time and time again

don't go so fast on the computer

he is right

i was grateful that when i told him my mistake that he didn't say

'how many times have i told you slow down!?!'

he is a good man.

so ya i am going to be more careful

a hard lesson to learn

but i think i have learned it

i hope.

:|

i am done beating myself up...
hopefully it will be a good lesson learned....

so here is a crappy drive by photo of the farmacia
it is nicely painted i have to say...
but photo worthy?
not really.

Sept. 6, 2010

 

five smiling faces

aren't these kids so precious?!

i saw them coming out of the school

they were laughing and running around

 the evening light

so perfect on their faces

so i asked if i could take their photo

i love how the one boy is beaming

usually hondurans don't smile for a photo

but i got all 5 to smile

and i didn't even have to ask them to smile

they were having fun

they were just being kids

h.a.p.p.y.

someone said to me the other day

isn't it hard to live amongst so much poverty?

yes it is

but in spite of the poor living conditions, 

lack of good running water,

hunger,

and no prospects for a thriving future

inspite of all that:  they are basically happy

truly

simply

happy

it's beautiful

this school is about a 5 min. walk down the beach

from where we live

amber and i decided to go for a beach walk before dinner

to catch some breeze and a sunset

she went out deep sea fishing today and

she was thrilled that they caught some tuna 

apparently a barracuda snapped at one of the tuna before they could reel it in

did i ever tell you how much  i hate barracuda??!

anyways she asked if they could come over to cook the tuna

i think she thought i had some expertise but i haven't ever

cooked tuna steaks before.

the sunset was lovely

the tuna was delicious

and so closes another day in roatan

 

i spent the day cleaning and 

now at 9:00 pm i am ready for bed

~~goodnight~~

and 

God bless your sleeping and your waking

xo

Sept. 5, 2010

convo by the sea

every sunday afternoon we go to west bay

for our 'beach day'

it is wonderful because it is a beach day for  many people on the island
(translated:  the beach is packed!)

you look out and see many people greeting, kissing, talking and laughing

or standing neck high in water to stay cool
or walking hand in hand along the hot sandy shore
or sitting in the shade sipping a cool drink

i managed to capture those three people standing on the beach chatting

with the sun setting behind them

typical

we met a new couple yesterday

dan and linda

from colorado who want to move here!
how exciting is that!?

they sat in front of us in church

making the number of gringos there now 6 instead of 4

yeah.. we go to an island church...a wonderful place!

so as we were talking after church we realized that we needed

more time to answer all the plethora of questions so i invited them

over for lunch and they joined us for our beach day:

snorkeling was too murky but dan enjoyed it anyways
he said
wow i can see that this would be beautiful on a clear day!
don't you love that kind of attitude?  i do

we sat at infinity bay talking under the shade of the umbrella
enjoying the trade winds that were blowing

and yes..
answered many many questions about life here on the island

it was a great day together!

 everyone who comes to our house enjoys our hummers that visit

BUT

i get them first thing in the morning, alone, and they do amazing things

for me, their mama because they are comfortable with me

i took this photo without a zoom.. yes i am THAT CLOSE!

isn't this the most amazing photo??  

i should have made this my photo of the day....

what was i thinking??   

:-)

one thing about life in honduras that is challenging is:  afternoon heat!!   we have west facing windows that fill the whole back of the house so believe me it gets HOT in the house.  often i go out on the side deck to find a breeze, or we go shopping, snorkeling, or i go for a walk.   i enjoy late afternoon walks by the sea.

here is a slideshow i made of some of the photos that i took while out walking and visiting with neighbors and friends.