Tag: barbados
member name: Janna O'Donnell
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December 22, 2007 11:56 AM EST --
I'm not from this beautiful island but I have many friends. One of them, a lovely dark skinned lady in her forties, was kind enough to answer my questions one day last week. We were standing . . .
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August 27, 2007 04:37 PM EDT --
In the predawn hours Sunday morning, the Codrington family was asleep in the apartment they had just moved in 2 weeks before. There were 5 of them in the house that early morning--Donavere, 30, and . . .
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November 01, 2007 07:24 PM EDT --
My husband and I were fortunate enough to be able to sneak away for a weekend in early November last year while my parents were here to watch the kids. We didn't want to go off island since . . .
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November 15, 2007 05:36 AM EST --
It cracks me up when people want the dirt on Barbados. Truly, it has it's warts as do all countries but in my experience the good far outweighs the bad. The one thing that is a thorn . . .
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January 12, 2008 08:13 PM EST --
My husband recently gave me a great gift: we had a picnic on the beach and he watched the kids so I could take photos of the sunset. I got some great shots and I thought I'd share some of them . . .
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March 01, 2008 10:33 AM EST --
The one thing we always do with every visitor who comes to see us on the island is to take that lucky soul on a catamaran cruise. Our children look forward to it and so do we. It's the . . .
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March 04, 2008 10:34 AM EST --
Oddly enough although I have posted the photos on Gather and asked many people, the positive identification came through a book called Wild Places that I was reading with my 6 year old daughter for . . .
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April 10, 2008 06:51 AM EDT --
10. When people say they are going to "shout you" you expect a phone call.
9. You "give way" instead of yield in the round about.
8. You . . .
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May 18, 2008 07:55 AM EDT --
My kitchen window faces west so every day that I'm home at sunset, I get a fantastic show. Each sunset is as different as a fingerprint and each has it's own beauty. Sometimes I gather . . .
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June 25, 2008 06:23 AM EDT --
We have some family visiting us from Sweden and we took them up to the Barbados Wildlife Reserve for the afternoon. We feel that you haven't truly experienced Barbados until you see our Green . . .
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March 22, 2007 07:36 AM EDT --
I was unprepared for the night noises
Cocooned behind double paned windows for so long
Disturbed by hissing traffic
Only
When the trees had lost their leaves
And could no longer protect me . . .
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November 08, 2007 08:34 PM EST --
Farley Hill in the north of the island is a beautiful spot. It is the venue for most outdoor concerts and a favorite place for picnics. It was once the grounds of a plantation . . .
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February 15, 2008 08:31 PM EST --
With their cool elegance, nothing says beautiful like an Orchid. Orchids are some of the world's most exotic and expensive flowers in part because they are so difficult to grow. When . . .
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February 19, 2008 09:54 PM EST --
For those of you who just can't get enough orchids, I thought I would share some more of the wonderful orchids that we saw. I took these photos with my Sony Handycam.
The area around . . .
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June 06, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
The kids and I go on an evening walk around the neighborhood every week day. Last evening we found a Giant West African Land Snail making his leasurely way down the road. His shiny, beautifully . . .
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February 22, 2008 08:48 AM EST --
I'm ashamed to say that like most people, we often fail to explore what is in our own "backyard." In our case, our free time is usually spent at the beaches--which are magnificent here, . . .
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February 11, 2009 07:01 AM EST --
Bajan Woman 1: Did you hear that Chris Brown beat up on Rihanna?
Bajan Woman 2: That girl been away from Barbados too long.
Bajan Woman 1: If she was a real Bajan woman he'd a had more . . .
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March 22, 2008 09:52 PM EDT --
A local Barbadian children's author, Roberta Simpson, has written a wonderful book called Nana's Bible Stories . On her website she now has several free Easter downloads available. . . .
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December 19, 2008 05:42 AM EST --
Imagine hundreds of citizens flooding the White House lawn at Christmas time with picnics in hand. Imagine a stage set up on the lawn and everyone handed a candle to light and hold while they . . .
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August 29, 2007 09:21 PM EDT --
Most Americans know might know a little about Barbados, but that knowledge is usually limited to the beauty of the beaches. Some know that singing sensation, Rihanna, calls our shores home. . . .
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