Tag: west indies
member name: Janna O'Donnell
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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 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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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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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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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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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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February 20, 2007 09:49 PM EST --
It was a school day today and we went along with our routine. We had breakfast on the patio that serves as our dining room and watched a couple of industrious bananaquits working at building . . .
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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 09, 2006 08:46 AM EST --
This is our second Christmas season on the island. The Christmas lights started appearing the evening of Independence Day (November 30th). Now every store has traditional Christmas songs and . . .
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November 20, 2006 11:52 AM EST --
All of you who thought we were living in an English
speaking country, I must correct your thinking. I
knew when a six year old girl at the pool here asked
me, "Do you speak English" after . . .
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December 10, 2006 08:28 PM EST --
We've been here for almost two years but we forget how long that really is until one of our children makes a remark that brings into focus just how long it's been since we lived in Texas. . . .
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November 25, 2006 07:18 AM EST --
Putting up the tree the day after Thanksgiving is a tradition in my family. We crank up the Christmas music, put up the tree, string the lights and then the real fun begins--putting on the ornaments. We . . .
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November 25, 2006 06:49 AM EST --
Thanksgiving dawned to the worst thunderstorm we've ever had since we moved here. The rain was coming in sideways and it was actually raining inside our bathroom where the wind was forcing the rain . . .
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