Walking Saint Lucia 2014 July

Saint Lucia is under 'water emergency' - severe drought...it's well into our 'rainy season' and day by day passes with only Sahara dust clouding up the sky. A few sprinkles...last night I got to smell 'Petrichor' - the smell of earth wet by the rain (saw that one on Facebook last week) ... but the side effect of 2 inches of rain a few weeks ago has been a burst of flowering. Here you go - walking Cap-Donkey Beach-Cas en Bas and back.

tiny white flowers

Acacia nilotica

Purple flower beach vine

burs

burs again

not a wild flower - by the entrance to what would have been Raffles Golf Course

the yellow daisy like flowers - everywhere in bloom

not a flower - tiny red leafed plant

me n my shadow - one of the happy Cas en Bas dogs

Opuntia - prickly pear cactus

one of the purple flowers

the famous Rocket Booster...and Marjorie's Menu

Someone built a castle

tiny 'thistles' by the pond

The Red Puff Ball plant - one of the thorn trees

think this is a 'Ti Bomn'

The red leaf plant and tiny light purple flowers - about 1/2 cm

here they are up close

the white 5-lobe flower - looks like sweet lime's cousin but no scent

white bougainvillea by Cas en Bas

wild dwarf powye  - Tabebuia heterophylla

See www.saintlucianplants.com for all kinds of info on our wild and some cultivated plants and their uses

Been Away a Long Time

Well, I've been on a sort of hiatus - but will be posting work soon ... In the meantime - here's a promo video for Saint Lucia that shows my jewelry from Hot Couture 2013 - frames 42-43 s on Lyn Bristol's lovely handpainted silks


Catch up soon!

Soap and Body Products Training - June 2013

News video of Soap and Body Products training I did last year in Belmont, Dennery, Saint Lucia - a great group of people - hope they're still making things! Maybe I need to check on them...


 

Farewell 2013 - Last Sunset of the Year

A photo blog

Softly the day ends

Cruising into the sunset

There's gold to be found....

The Tree-People gather to watch 

And the ship sails on

as God Rays shine down

The mountains absorb the light

Soaking up the last glow

The light pushes the clouds aside

And the clouds make animals..birdy

Birdy and the Cat

And Dolly the sheep looks to the East

And the fish jumps over the clouds

Kitty pops in sideways

Fire Away!

Blazing 

They burst out

And shower us in gold again...

Wish you a wonderful 2014 and that we all walk our paths with great enjoyment, gratitude and blessings for and from those we meet along the way.... 

Please visit my facebook page to review and order your 2014 Sunset Desk Tent Sunset Calendar or Wall Nature Calendar

Desk cover

Desk Calendar Composite

Wall Calendar pictures

Wall Cover

"Boots" Walks On

Petrus Compton (rt) hands a farewell token to Kennedy 'Boots' Samuel

Press Release from the CDF - where I now work - our Executive Director ends his time with the organization as of the 31st December 2013 - wish him well and success in all his future endevours

"Very few call him Kennedy, his given name, preferring the familiar and folksy “Boots”. But whatever the name by which he was called, everyone recognized him as the face of the Cultural Development Foundation (CDF) and a champion of arts and culture in Saint Lucia and the OECS.

On Friday20th December 2013, Chairman of CDF Petrus Compton announced to CDF’s management and staff that the organization’s most easily recognizable face was moving on. Describing the moment as “painful”, the Chairman acknowledged that Boots had navigated the organization through difficult times, in the face of many challenges and thanked him on behalf of the CDF, artistes and culture practitioners and the Saint Lucian community in general.

“Boots” came to CDF from his former position as Executive Director of the Folk Research Center (FRC) with a strong background in traditional culture research and theatre. He was a well known figure in the theatre renaissance of the 1980s that briefly threatened to recall the glory days of the sixties, when Saint Lucia held forth as a vibrant hub for theatre and the performing arts in general.

Notwithstanding the difficult conditions under which performing artists were expected to practice their craft in those days, “Boots” was a significant force, along with persons like Kendel Hippolyte, George “Fish” Alphonse, Hayden Forde, deceased Lucia Peters and a few others, who strove to ensure that Saint Lucian theatre remained alive.

Throughout his tenure with the CDF “Boots” brought his trademark passion and tenacity to everything that he did, constantly and vocally challenging what he saw as a tendency to impose upon us a notion of “modernity” that rejected things “lucian” as valueless. He was a fighter for authenticity and relentlessly sought to ensure that a Saint Lucian flavor was at the heart of national events and celebrations.

Chairman Petrus Compton challenged “Boots” to look upon his departure from the CDF as an opportunity to re-focus and to set sights upon new and more compelling vistas, and he assured the gathering that the CDF would continue to make use of the talents and experience that “Boots” had accumulated over the years, in its programming.

'Boots' says a few words of farewell to the Board and Staff of CDF

“Boots” in turn, expressed deep appreciation for the opportunity he had to serve the arts and culture from within the CDF and thanked the staff and the Board for its support to him throughout his tenure. He expressed deep confidence in and support for the new direction that the organization had taken and exhorted management and staff to continue to work diligently along with the Board to realize the important mandate which the CDF was charged with pursuing.

The CDF is expected to intensify its search for a suitable candidate to fill the shoes left vacant as “Boots” walks on."

Saint Lucia Sunsets Calendar 2014

Sooooo....nearly there!!! I have designed the calendar - it's a desk calendar - 5"x9" so it can fit easily on your work desk - there are 12 lovely sunset photos with elegant section for dates ... AND a bonus cover photo - and here's where I need your help - which one of these do you like most?

Here's a peek at a calendar page too - I am thinking about also selling it as a digital file you can have printed at your local Xerox place....or through somewhere like Zazzle - will update here very soon!!!

Please drop me a comment if you think you'd be interested in buying this - THANK YOU!