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below deck at dusk

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A morning in the life...

I wake up to the sound of a rooster right outside my window. The sun is bright and it makes it’s way through the blackout shades that hang in my bedroom. As I grind my coffee beans standing in my kitchen, I look out at the Caribbean Sea, watching the vivid turquoise waters slowly crash against Glover Island in the distance. It looks like another beautiful day from the color of the water (which changes daily depending on the weather). I get the baby up and ready. We’re both sweaty and sticky and the house is humid. I finish my coffee and we’re out the door. As I load the baby into our small 1991 Escudo, I say “hi” to our landlady who has already been up for hours. She’s sitting outside her shop, shucking fresh chicken which she will sell today. Her apron dirty with brown and deep red stains, and skin dark and glistening under the hot Grenada sun, she smiles and gives a wave, one hand occupied with her machete.

#iliveinthecaribbean!#heliconia

Homemade Vegetarian Pho with all locally grown spices and herbs

#pho #caribbean #soup #bigbowl #star anise #cinnamon #clove #Grenada #Spiceisle

Weekend brunch at BBC beach

#grenada #brunch #sangria restaurant #morne rouge #Caribbean #islandlife

Sunset cruise on the Carib Cats catamaran on the Caribbean Sea

#boat life #sailing #Grenada #sunset #Caribbean sea #catamaran #caribcats

Migration route of Arawaks and Caribs

#migration #arawaks #caribs #West Indies #caribbean people

Turtle laying eggs

#turtle eggs

Keeping the caranage safe- St. George's, Grenada W. I.

"Fire played a variety of daily and seasonal roles in the West Indies, and as in all human societies, the people of these small islands resorted to the use of fire at different times, for many reasons, and on different scales, in both utilitarian and symbolic ways in living out and attempting to improve their individual and collective existence" - Igniting the Caribbean’s Past: Fire in British West Indian History.

Pictured are various lamps and lights found on the island of Grenada. The bottom one is a street light circa 1900.